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Scratchbomb’s Thoroughly Compromised 2011 MLB Preview: NL Central

Posted on March 25, 2011 by

CHICAGO CUBS 2010 record: 75-87 Biggest offseason acquisition: Matt Garza, who, along with Carlos Zambrano, could give the Cubs the angriest 1-2 pitchers in baseball. Biggest offseason loss: Tom Gorzellany, on purely technical grounds. Is this the year that the … Read on! —->

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Scratchbomb’s Thoroughly Compromised 2010 MLB Preview: NL Central

Posted on March 30, 2010 by

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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1999 Project: Game 161

Posted on October 2, 2009 by

Click here for an intro/manifesto on The 1999 Project. October 2, 1999: Mets 7, Pirates 0 While the Mets prepared for the middle game of their series with the Pirates, art-lovers and curious souls lined up at the Brooklyn Museum … Read on! —->

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1999 Project: Game 160

Posted on October 1, 2009 by

Click here for an intro/manifesto on The 1999 Project. Over the final weekend of the regular season, Filip Bondy wrote in the Daily News of the sad tale of Famous Fixins. In the midst of the Mets’ hot summer, the … Read on! —->

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1999 Project: Games 98-103 (AKA At Home They Feel Like Tourists)

Posted on August 20, 2009 by

Click here for an intro/manifesto on The 1999 Project. Just as the Mets returned to Shea, the front office made its long-rumored deal for a starter, sending two minor leaguers to Oakland in exchange for Kenny Rogers. “The Gambler” was … Read on! —->

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1999 Project: Games 45-47

Posted on June 8, 2009 by

Click here for an intro/manifesto on The 1999 Project. May 24, 1999: Pirates 7, Mets 4 Thanks to the general ineffectiveness of their starting rotation, the Mets front office debated bringing Jason Isringhausen all season. The member of the ill-fated … Read on! —->

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Yar, She Blows

Posted on January 19, 2008 by

If two’s a coincidence and three’s a trend, as all the marketing mavens tell us, then I have to wonder about current trend in children’s programming: Pirates. I don’t know when this happened. I certainly didn’t watch a lot of … Read on! —->

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