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Bart Giamatti Said it Best, 2010 Edition

If you can stand it, here’s the 2009 edition. From “The Green Fields of the Mind” It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart. The game begins in the spring, when everything else begins again, and it … Read on! —->

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Coming Soon: The Parallel Universe Fake Mets

My dedication to this site was derailed the past few days by the tail end of spring break. Not mine, of course, but The Baby’s. It seems day care gives spring break even to three-year-olds, so I spent a good … Read on! —->

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Scratchbomb’s Thoroughly Compromised 2010 MLB Preview: AL Central

CHICAGO WHITE SOX 2009 record: 79-83 Local weather: Broad-shouldered Namesake: Article of footwear whose color could be changed in an ironic fashion to indicate infamy or shame Is Hawk Harrelson the biggest tool in all of baseball announcing?: Perhaps, though … Read on! —->

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Scratchbomb’s Thoroughly Compromised 2010 MLB Preview: AL West

ANAHEIM ANGELS 2009 record: 97-65, AL West title, lost Championship Series to Yankees Local weather: Suburban Namesake: Theatre investors. Ziegfeld’s in the house tonight, everyone! How much does Angels owner Arte Moreno look like a Walt Disney?: A disturbingly large … Read on! —->

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Scratchbomb’s Thoroughly Compromised 2010 MLB Preview: NL East

ATLANTA BRAVES 2009 record: 86-76 Local weather: Hotter than the devil’s drawers, suh! /sips mint julep Namesake: Valiant Native American warriors like Chief Noc-a-homa What will Bobby Cox do after he retires?: I don’t know, but for his wife’s sake, … Read on! —->

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Scratchbomb’s Thoroughly Compromised 2010 MLB Preview: NL Central

CHICAGO CUBS 2009 record: 83-78 Local weather: If you don’t like it, just wait a minute!* (* joke stolen from your grampa) Namesake: The smaller partner in a “bear” relationship Has it really been 102 years since they won a … Read on! —->

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Scratchbomb’s Thoroughly Compromised 2010 MLB Preview: NL West

ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS 2009 record: 70-92 Local weather: Ball-meltingly hot Namesake: Venemous rattlesnake responsible for the majority of fatal snakebites in northern Mexico, thus explaining why the Diamondbacks are Lou Dobbs’ favorite team. Do they really play for the entire state … Read on! —->

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Reminder: You Make the Call!

Last week, I posted a question to the general public about what baseball-related horrible waste of time I should work on this upcoming season. And the response has been underwhelming! Thus far, The Parallel Universe Fake Mets have the lead, … Read on! —->

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You Make the Call!

I’ve been playing around with a few ideas for site features during the upcoming bases-ball season. Rather than pick one without any input like a fascist, I thought I should let you, the reader, choose, or at the very least … Read on! —->

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