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| What baseball teams will be in the World Series this year? | | what baseball teams will be in the world series this year and do the Houston Astos have a chance? The Astros notoriously start slow and get stronger as the year moves forward. They are waiting on Lance Berkman to return and still have questionable pitching if they plan to make a run they better turn things around quick after starting the year 0-5 with a new manager.The Phillies with Ryan Howard, The Cardinals with Albert Puhois and the Braves with rookie phenom Jason Hayward seem to be the favorites in the National League.In the American League the Yankees and the Angels will probably be the favorites with the Red Sox and White Sox in the hunt also. | |
| | I bet you thought they only existed in movies . . . | | Today kicks off the National Hobo Convention in Britt, Iowa.I remember seeing them in the movies and tv shows when I was a kid. So I was curious and this is what I read, I found this very fascinating:What a hobo looks like: To begin with, there is no real way to visually tell who a hobo is, there are no specific uniforms, or style of dress. No secret hand signs, or greetings, no membership cards, and contrary to most police attitudes, no organized gangs. This Idea come from an attitude called "Pass The Buck", where a police officer cannot figure out a conclusion to a crime, so the police officer finds a Hobo to blame. And where a Hobo is concerned, migratory in activities, and habits, they are still predictable to return to places and areas they deem comfortable with a frequency. With only a past history of employment, they return to areas they are used to, the police know this and so, with that predictability, they haunt areas that Hobos frequent. Looking for someone who fits the description of the criminal suspect the police cannot otherwise find. The Hobo, having no community ties in the town, has no physical proof of his travels, and past places of residence, and... | |
| | Yankees-Red Sox argument ends in murder? | | Sports can get you killed! Some people are way too fanatic about who ro what they support.>Ivonne Hernandez, 43, pleaded not guilty on Monday to reckless second-degree murder, aggravated driving while intoxicated and two counts of reckless conduct after the incident in a Nashua, New Hampshire parking lot last Friday.>Prosecutors say Hernandez was drunk when she drove her car across a dirt parking lot outside the Nashua City Hall into Matthew Beaudoin, 29, and Maria Hughes, 21, after exchanging words with them about the Yankees and Red Sox baseball teams.What do you think of that?Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080506/od_nm/yankees_redsox_dc;_ylt=AiZW2hm3_hjQj0orJN.YklntiBIF | |
| | Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar..... Family | | If you watch the discovery channel or the discovery health channel at all, then you will be completely familiar with the Duggar Family. On August 2, 2007 Michelle Duggar gave birth to her 17th child. Yes you read right, 17 children. The Duggars have gone through an estimated 90,000 diapers, and Michelle has been pregnant for 126 months — or 10.5 years — of her life. And They say they are not finished yet. Can you imagine? Now you might ask Why? Why would a couple at 39 years of age continue to pop out a child a year nearly for the last 2 decades...Jim Bob who is an aspiring republican senator says "We both just love children and we consider each a blessing from the Lord. I have asked Michelle if she wants more and she said yes, if the Lord wants to give us some she will accept them." So what are your thoughts about this kind of hysterical mass producing of baseball teams? Is Jim Bob and Michelle really inspired saints, on a mission of God to fulfill the biblical command to go forth and multiply, or are they mad hatters who are in need of birth control and psychiatric care? | |
| | Have you ever won anything? | | Lots of people sign up for give-aways, raffles and even purchase lottery tickets.
Today, I won tickets to our local baseball teams game. 4 tickets that would've cost me $40! I was thrilled!
What is the biggest thing that you have ever won. | |
| | For all you baseball fans out there... SPRING TRAINING INFO!!! | | Hey everyone, I am a member of Associated Content and I was browsing through the articles and found these which offer spring training information for all the baseball teams. I was looking through it cause I want to head down to check out the Giants in Arizona this weekend. If you are a baseball fan the you gotta check these out. http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/159054/spring_training_2007_cactus_league.htmlandhttp://associatedcontent.com/article/159054/spring_training_2007_grapefruit_league.html | |
| | What is your country's national traditional sport | | My country's OINA.
It was first time mentioned during the rule of Vlaicu Vodă in 1364, when it was spread all across Wallachia and it used to be a game of the shepherds.There are two teams, one "at bat" ("la bătaie") and one "at catching" ("la prindere").The game begins with the team "at bat", with one of the players throwing the ball while another player of the same team has to hit it with a wooden bat ("bâtă") and send it as far as he can towards the adversary field. After that, the player has to run on the "culoarele de ducere şi întoarcere" that are to be found in the adversary field before the adversary receives the ball from his co-players.Comparison with baseball * Same weight of the ball: around 140 grams for both * Longer and slimmer bat for Oina * A game takes only 30 minutes for Oina * Oina teams have 11 players; Baseball teams have 9 players
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| | | Major League Baseball (MLB) - American or Un-American | | If you have been following the contraversy over Arizona's new immigration law, you may have seen mention that the MLB is thinking about planning to boycott or cancel playoffs in Arizona because of this law.The excuse they are using is that is would result in[b]possible harrassment of their players[/b].[b]Players[/b], not fans. The AZ law[b]only[/b] requires police officers to ask for identification if they reasonably suspect the person is illegally in the country; and then,[b]only[/b] if they are stopped for something else - traffic stop, drugs, domestic violence, etc.So, this has had me wondering and wondering[b]why[/b] this would be an issue to the MLB.Are they worried that their minority players are so unruly they would be stopped frequently for these types of violations?Are their players here in the US illegally?Do they have such a high number of legal immigrants that it would be a problem if even a small percentage were stopped on routine violations and asked to produce their paperwork? (Note:[b]federal law[/b] also requires them to keep their work visas, passports, green cards, etc. with them.)All of these questions lead me to wonder why... | |
| | The Astros. Miguel Tejada and Steroids | | In recent years, the Houston Astros established a reputation as a good old boy baseball team, free from the taints of controversy that had encumbered other baseball teams and other sports. In 2006, the Astros played for the World Series against the Chicago White Sox, who featured a very explosive, Hispanic manager in Ozzie Gullen and a racially diverse team. When the White Sox swept the Astros 4-0 questions began to simmer about the Astros. People began calling them, the old boy network team, others called them a racist organization to have an all white team in 2006. But others pointed to the fact that with players with squeaky clean reputations like Craig Biggio and Jeff Bagwell, they steered clear of the steroids taint that had saddled many other teams. They said in the long run the image of old boy respect was worth more.The reputation of a racist organization was unfair. The Astros, in their history were known for some of the best minority players in the game. The (Toy Cannon) Jimmy Wynn, pitcher J. R. Richard, Cesar Cedono, Joe Morgan, and current baseball executive Bob Watson all coarsed through the franchise. But there were reports that the welcome they got was not... | |
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