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My Internet-Fueled, Futuristic Fantasy Life with the 2012 Phillies
The fundamental flaw with team-based fantasy previews is that, come draft time, you shouldn't really care if your players are Phillies or not (note to yourself: send thank you email later). Silly! you should know that fantasy draft preparation is a sophisticated, multivariate analysis/guessing game...
Sports Links 05.12.08
And a wholly unnecessary Emanuelle Chriqui photo. + Lenny Dykstra's high end mag for pro athletes is stuck in legal/ monetary disputes, as former Ram defensive back Ryan McNeil's is. That "Nails never fails" article in the New Yorker is getting old already. Move it to the "fiction" section,...
Not a Figure Skating Post
But I have to congratulate our friends at PhilliesNation for their Phillies World Series championship (WOO) and thank Brian over there for all of his help on Required Elements.
Today in Sports History: September 30th
9/30/1972 - Clemente gets 3,000th hit in final AB In his final at-bat of the final game of the regular season, Roberto Clemente sends a pitch from the Mets' Jon Matlack to the outfield wall for a double. It was the 3,000th hit of his big league career, adding another accomplishment to one of the...
Today in Sports History: October 29th
10/29/1996 - NBA announces 50 greatest In commemoration of the league's 50th anniversary, the National Basketball Association announces a list of the 50 greatest players of all time. Also announced were the 10 greatest teams of all time -- one of which was the '95-96 Bulls team that had just won 72...
Today in Sports History: August 17th
8/17/1957 - Foul ball hits woman twice It was not a good day to be Alice Roth, the wife of Philadelphia Bulletin sports editor Earl Roth. Mrs. Roth was sitting in the stands when Richie Ashburn of the Philadelphia Phillies lined a ball into foul territory. The ball came right at Alice and smacked...
Today in Sports History: May 19th
5/19/1979 - Phillies unveil one-day uniformsAt Veterans Stadium, the Philadelphia Phillies debut an all-burgundy alternate uniform that was supposed to be worn every Saturday. However, the "Saturday Night Specials" were ridiculed so heavily that the Phillies never wore them again.5/19/2005 -...
Today in Sports History: April 18th
4/18/1962 - Celtics steal Game 7 The Boston Celtics beat the Los Angeles Lakers, 110-107, in overtime to win their fourth consecutive NBA title. Lakers guard Frank Selvy, who once scored 100 points in a college basketball game, hit two baskets in the final minute to even the score at 100. Selvy...
Today in Sports History: September 23rd
9/23/1908 - Merkle commits bonehead error The first famous gaffe in MLB history occurs as Giants first baseman Fred Merkle fails to tag all the bases in a critical game with the Chicago Cubs. Merkle's mistake would wind up costing the New York ball club, and would make his name one of the most...
Today in Sports History: July 15th
(Phillies fans embraced their team's futility. Photo courtesy of AP Photos) 7/15/1994 - Belle caught with corked bat The Cleveland Indians were playing the Chicago White Sox in a seemingly-ordinary July game when White Sox manager Gene Lamont, having been tipped that Indians slugger Albert Belle...
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