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Umps Penalized for Bad Calls

MLB Punishes Umps For Bad Calls

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10 years ago
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Here’s what caused all the fuss. When a MLB manager changes pitchers, the new pitcher has to face at least one batter. Most anyone who has followed or played baseball for any length of time knows rule 3.05. Incredibly, neither the team manager nor the umpires seemed to remember it that say.

When More >

Umpires must be Seen not Heard

Umps Should Be Seen & Not Heard

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11 years ago
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Mr. Tom Leppard, who is the Major League Baseball Umpire Supervisor, told the press, “In the umpiring profession, we often say that an umpire has done his job well when no one knows he’s there.”

That sounds about right, but, that’s not what has been happening in ball parks around the country of More >

SEC

SEC Ponders Scheduling Nine Conference Games

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11 years ago
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Being a member of college football’s Southeastern Conference (SEC) is a great source of pride to the member schools, their coaches, fans and athletes. Considerable bragging rights come with membership in the SEC.  Seven national championship titles in a row can not be denied. But, there is a little More >

Mickey Mantle

Mickey Mantle’s Corked Bat To Be Auctioned Off

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11 years ago
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Mickey Mantle was one of the greatest baseball players in the history of the game.  He was a switch hitter who could bang them out to either field at will it seemed and many a big league pitcher dreaded seeing him come up to the plate.

Hall of Fame Catcher and former Yankees Manager Bill Dickey More >

Abner Doubleday

Who Invented Baseball?

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11 years ago
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When we were growing up it was common knowledge that Abner Doubleday was the man who invented the game of baseball.  It was in all the books. It seems that the famous A.G. Spalding headed a five-star panel of baseball experts to do a highly publicized investigation into the origins of the game.  More >

Dwight Howard

Magic Johnson Calls Out Dwight Howard

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11 years ago
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Dwight Howard was obviously very frustrated during the last game lost to the Spurs at Staples Center on Sunday evening. He had good reason to be. Half of his team, including most of the starting lineup, was sitting on the bench, dressed in street shoes, nursing some kind of incapacitating injury More >

Wrong Pay Per Head

What to do when you picked the wrong pay per head service?

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11 years ago
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So you’re kicking yourself because you didn’t do your due diligence and put the perspective pay per head service to the test before blindly moving all your players into that service, now what? Don’t feel like the lone ranger this exact scenario plays out time and time again and mostly happens with More >

NFL

NFL Misfits That Are Looking For Another Chance In 2013

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11 years ago
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You hear the rumors every year about this time that at least one or more of the NFL head cases are ready to make another go at a comeback and the 2013 NFL Football season isn’t any different!

Rumor has it that Terrell Owens is currently in training in hopes for another shot to once again play for More >

Futures Betting

Futures Betting Heavy On NBA and MLB

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11 years ago
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NBA Futures Betting

At the start of the 2013 NBA Playoffs it comes as no surprise that the Miami Heat are going in as favorites at 2/3. They have dominated the season winning 65 games while losing only 16 for a .802 percentage. The Heat have won 9 of their last 10 games and look to be going into More >

Kobe Bryant Achilles Tendon

Kobe Tears Achilles Tendon-Out For The Playoffs

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11 years ago
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After Friday night’s game against the Golden State Warriors, Kobe told the press, “I can’t walk,” Bryant said solemnly, leaning on crutches in the Lakers’ locker room. “I tried to maybe put pressure on my heel, but there was nothing there.”

Way back on Mar 29 Kobe hurt his foot. At the time it was More >

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