Baseball

Yankees Finance the Second Coming

Sean Hartofilis | Posted 01.07.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: New York Yankees, Sports, Baseball, George Steinbrenner, Curt Schilling, Jesus Christ, Major League Baseball, Brett Favre, Pope Benedict XVI, Entertainment News
Sean Hartofilis

Those players from other clubs who'd always credited the Almighty for their successes seem uncertain about how to deal with Jesus as a Yankee, as he represents one third of the Holy Trinity.

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Sabathia and Obama -- High Hopes

Stephen C. Rose | Posted 01.07.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: c.c. Sabathia, Baseball, New York Yankees, Espn, Obama, Barack Obama, Hopes, Sports, Politics, Challenges, Expectations, Living, Huffington Post, Spirituality, Espn Sports Center, Entertainment News
Stephen C. Rose

Sabathia must be the most expected person in baseball. And surely Barack is the most expected person period. In the world.

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Frozen Ice Balls and the Bush Legacy

Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 01.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, Tug McGraw, Karl Rove, Baseball, War, George W. Bush, Iraq, Barack Obama, Dick Cheney, Zhou Enlei, Bill Lee, John Maynard Keynes, World Series, Middle East, Russia, Reggie Jackson, Climate Change, Tony Perez, Eurasia, Politics News
Lincoln Mitchell

It is worth trying to determine precisely what Bush means when he asks us to take a more historical perspective on his presidency.

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Mark Teixeira & Baseball's Fantasy World

George Mitrovich | Posted 12.31.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Economy, Sportswriters, Mark Teixeira, Baseball, Economic Crisis, Jamie McCourt, Yankees, Agents, Mannie Ramirez, Red Sox, Dodgers, Professional Athletes, Scott Boras, Baseball Players, Entertainment News
George Mitrovich

We may achieve a new equity between players and fans, between the few who makes millions playing a game and the many who labor to survive America's economic nightmare.

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A Red Sox Fan Lovin' Those New Yankees

David Margolick | Posted 12.28.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: New York Yankees, Sports, Mark Teixeira, Manny Ramirez, Evil Empire, George Steinbrenner, Boston Red Sox, Baseball, Mlb, Entertainment News
David Margolick

What better way to restore the Yankees' traditional repulsiveness than to spend more than all of the other teams combined this off-season?

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Rubbing Your Eyes in Fantasy Land

Murray Fromson | Posted 12.12.2008 | Business

Read More: CC Sabathia, Sports, Richard Daley, Rod Blagojevich, Yankees, Barack Obama, Illinois, Baseball, Business News
Murray Fromson

CC Sabathia and all the other high-priced players and the teams that sign lucrative contracts ought to feel a sense of embarrassment for their insensitivity at a time when tens of thousands of Americans have lost their jobs and their homes.

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Yanks Had to Sell NYC to CC Sabathia While Offering $161 million

Paula Duffy | Posted 12.12.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: CC Sabathia, New York Yankees, Major League Baseball, New York City, Sports, Baseball, Entertainment News
Paula Duffy

Brian Cashman, the team's general manager, played the role of a college football coach trying to recruit a high school senior when he flew to the home of CC Sabathia.

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The Secretary of Sports

Roger I. Abrams | Posted 12.11.2008 | Home

Read More: France, Al Gore, Title IX, Baseball, Bowls, Football, College Football Playoff, Obama, Obama Transition, Canada, Basketball, Department of Sport, Amateur Sports Act, Hockey, Home News
Roger I. Abrams

President-Elect Obama has made plain his support for a college football playoff system. Advocates of our current system have expressed their diss...

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Obama Must Learn to Play Cricket

Frankie Martin | Posted 12.09.2008 | World

Read More: Australia, Islam, War on Terror, Pakistan, Politics, Iraq, US Foreign Policy, David Kilcullen, State Department, Barack Obama, Baseball, Us Surge Iraq, Pashtun, Pervez Musharraf, Akbar Ahmed, Afghanistan, Terrorism, Cricket, World News
Frankie Martin

Americans began to understand tribal culture and tribal codes of honor and hospitality. And they realized that organizations like Al-Qaeda were antithetical to traditional culture.

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Life With My 10-Year-Old Son

Lanny Davis | Posted 12.09.2008 | Style

Read More: Bill Clinton, Baseball, Dads, Washington Times, Willie Mays, Kids, Fatherhood, Bonding, Fathers, Style News
Lanny Davis

I struggle to find something in common with my 10 year-old son Josh and, of course, what I found, like most other fathers of 10-year-olds, is sports. And by that I especially mean baseball.

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Japanese Schoolgirl Signs Professional Baseball Contract

AP | MARI YAMAGUCHI | Posted 12.02.2008 | World

Read More: Sports, Huff Fluff, Japanese Schoolgirls, Baseball, World News

TOKYO — A 16-year-old Japanese girl signed with a regional baseball team Tuesday, becoming the country's first female professional baseball play...

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Why Are We Still Prosecuting Barry Bonds?

Paula Duffy | Posted 11.24.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Steroids in Baseball, Barry Bonds, Barry Bonds Federal Investigation, BALCO Labs, Major League Baseball, Sports, Baseball, Entertainment News
Paula Duffy

The feds have given Barry Bonds every chance to recant what he said to Congress, cut a deal and see what he'd get. He has fought it every step of the way.

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Risking Our Best Talent? Send Them All to Double-A Birmingham!

Peter Schwartz | Posted 11.19.2008 | Business

Read More: Liar's Poker, Wall Street, Michael Lewis, Executive Compensation, Financial Crisis, Baseball, Moneyball, Sabermetrics, Business News
Peter Schwartz

Serial entrepreneur Penny Hersher worries about a talent-retention challenge if Wall Street eschews bonuses this year. In response to a Bloomberg arti...

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World Series Sets Record Low For Viewership

New York Times | RICHARD SANDOMIR | Posted 10.30.2008 | Media

Read More: World Series Ratings, 2008 World Series, Baseball, World Series, Media News

The three-inning conclusion of the suspended Game 5 of the World Series attracted 19.8 million viewers on Wednesday night. Combined with those who wat...

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Phillies win the World Series

AP | BEN WALKER | Posted 10.29.2008 | Home

Read More: Sports, Baseball, World Series, Phillies Win World Series, Phillies Beat Rays World Series, Phillies, Rays, Home News

PHILADELPHIA — From losingest team to longest game, the Philadelphia Phillies are World Series champions. Strange as that sounds. Strange as it ...

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Open Letter to Bud Selig

Erik Lundegaard | Posted 10.28.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Bob Gibson, Baseball, Carlton Fisk, Bud Selig, World Series, Major League Baseball, Philadelphia Phillies, Bill Mazeroski, Fox, Tampa Bay Rays, Game 7, Lou Brock, Willie McCovey, Entertainment News
Erik Lundegaard

This isn't baseball. This isn't fun. It's not fun to watch guys freezing their asses off in the most important games of the year.

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America's Pastime: Politics or Baseball?

Lloyd Garver | Posted 10.25.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Politics, Obama, Baseball, 2008 Election, Mccain, Presidential Campaign, World Series, Tampa Bay Rays, Philadelphia Phillies, Entertainment News
Lloyd Garver

Right when I think it's possible that people could be turned off by the long campaign, along comes America's Pastime to take our minds off politics.

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Season of the Boo-birds

Tom McNichol | Posted 10.23.2008 | Business

Read More: Wall Street Bailout, Baseball, Wall Street Crisis, Philadelphia Phillies, Economy, Philadelphia Baseball, Phladelphia, World Series, Financial Crisis, Phillies Booing, Philadelphia Sports Teams, Fan Loyalty, Business News
Tom McNichol

It's time to stand up, America, cup your hands around your mouth, and let it rip for all of Wall Street and Washington to hear: Booooooooooooooooooooooooooo.

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World Series Fashion Trends and Their Presidential Parallels

Disgrasian | Posted 10.23.2008 | Style

Read More: Elitist, Mullets, Swing State, Baseball, Tampa Bay Rays, Major League Baseball, How to Give a Man Hug, Obama Baseball, Real Americans, Mohawks, Baseball Caps, Fashion Trends, McCain Maverick, Political Fashion, Sports, Punk, Swing States, Pennsylvania, World Series, Palling Around With Terrorists, Man Hug, Hat Brims, Florida, Fashion, Philadelphia Phillies, 2008 Political Election, Style News
Disgrasian

Both World Series teams happen to be from two important swing states, Florida and Pennsylvania. Kinda puts a new spin on the idea of a state being "in play," doesn't it?

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Rethinking the American Electorate after an Obama Victory

Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 10.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: Anti-Americanism, Mariano Rivera, Baseball, Bill Ayers, Yogi Berra, Progressive Movement, Progressive Politics, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Politics News
Lincoln Mitchell

For years now a central piece of the progressive worldview is that progressives are enlightened Americans in a sea of their ignorant, bigoted and narrow-minded compatriots.

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Philadelphia-Tampa Bay World Series: Will It Be The Lowest Rated Ever?

Hollywood Reporter | Paul J. Gough | Posted 10.21.2008 | Media

Read More: Sports Ratings, Baseball, World Series, Philadelphia Phillies, Baseball Ratings, Tampa Bay Rays, Fox, Rays Phillies World Series, Tampa Bay Philadelphia World Series, Fox World Series, Media News

With Sunday night's seventh game of the American League Championship Series drawing record ratings for TBS, Fox Sports is hoping that some of that mag...

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Broadcast Sports: Buck and McCarver Are About to Destroy Another World Series

Stephen Kaus | Posted 10.20.2008 | Media

Read More: Vin Scully, World Series, Joe Buck, Rays, Sports, Baseball, Media News
Stephen Kaus

The World Series is on Fox. Joe Buck announces baseball as if it were a funeral. Buck does not even like baseball, and it shows. His dad was one of the best. He is the absolute worst.

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Fox: We're OK With Tampa Bay-Philly World Series

New York Post | Don Kaplan | Posted 10.16.2008 | Media

Read More: Sports, Television, Baseball, World Series, Philadelphia Phillies, Fox, Tampa Bay Devil Rays, Tv, Fox World Series, Media News

DESPITE what the experts think, Fox claims it's not upset over the prospect of a small-ball Fall Classic between the Phillies and the Tampa Bay Rays. ...

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The Dodgers Needed a Testosterone Shot and Got One

Paula Duffy | Posted 10.14.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: LA Dodgers, Male Behavior, Baseball, Dodgers Egging On, National League Championship Series, Hiroki Kuroda, Dodger Stadium, Retaliation Pitch, Foul Ball, Pitching, Shane Victorino, Male Virility, Men Behaving Badly, Philadelphia Phillies, Entertainment News
Paula Duffy

What a charade the whole "retaliation pitch" situation was in game three of the National League Championship Series between the Philadelphia Phillies and the Los Angeles Dodgers.

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Drowning My Sorrows in Baseball

Paula Duffy | Posted 10.10.2008 | Living

Read More: Sports Habits, Baseball, Relationships, World Series, Escapism, Economy, Living News
Paula Duffy

Many people live and die by how their favorite teams are faring. Don't judge us too harshly.

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