Maybe Best Baseball Birthday

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I regret having to deliver this to you as late as I have today. We had a birthday party that is just breaking up, and my pinch-hitter John William Greenbaum felt unwell and asked me to wait and write the column when possible, which is what I'm doing. First off, the Brewers have finally moved shortstop ...

Thursday Heat and More

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First, here's the second edition of "Thursday Heat," written by Jesus Millan, a teacher from Avon Park, Florida. Tim Lincecum: Where will You go? Plus Caribe World Series Preview According to MLB Network Insider Ken Rosenthal on Monday,  Former 2-time  NL Cy Young Award winner and 3-time  World Series Champ, now Free Agent Tim Lincecum will be doing ...

A Move and some Birthdays

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Today's only move of any interest is lefty Chris Capuano signing on with the Brewers for  a minor league deal. It seems incredible to Yankee fans who saw him last year that this same guy won 18 games in 2005 with the Brewers. Should he make the team it will be his second  hitch with ...

Special Birthday Man and Other Things

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Our special birthday man, to quote one of his commercials "Must be in the front row."  But I'll move him to the back row in the upper tier in an obstructed view seat and listen to him say "He Missed the Tag._    Before we get to him, baseball is still at a standstill although some ...

Thursday’s Late Word from Indiana

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Owing to a day-long commitment, I asked John William Greenbaum to handle the usual tasks of the column.  This he did, and his report follows: Hello, this is John-William Greenbaum pinch-hitting for Don Wardlow. You have my apologies as to getting out this column so late, but better late than never and I had to double-check ...

Where the Hall of Fame Went Wrong

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When it was announced that Pete Rose would be put in the Cincinnati Reds' Hall of Fame in  June, it brought back from its grave the tedious subject of putting him into the real National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, New York. If God is a baseball fan, as I fondly hope he ...