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Monday, November 03, 2008 12:30 AM

Charity Auction

Did you know that in the course of the year, the average Microsoft employee donates over $1200? Not too shabby. A lot of that money is given in October for the annual Giving Campaign. Part of that campaign is an internal auction. Last year I won the ski...
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Friday, October 31, 2008 1:30 AM

Phillies Grand Slam

How much of a sports fan are you? Preston and Steve (the best morning show in the world) gave away two tickets to Game 4 of the World Series in a trivia contest. This wasn't just any trivia contest though. If you got a question wrong, you had a bowling...
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Wednesday, October 01, 2008 2:42 PM

Baseball To Your Desktop

The MLB is notoriously stingy with their content. You have to pay to see or hear any games over the web. Thanks to EdD for pointing out that we can now watch live streams of all the playoff games for free! You get a mosaic view of four different video...
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Tuesday, September 30, 2008 1:30 AM

Most Incredible Catch Ever

Thanks to AndyC for sending in this one. Edwin Baptiste from Morgan State must not have cut his fingernails before the game. If I didn't see this on some sports news sites, I would not believe that it was real. UPDATE: YouTube pulled the last video...
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Thursday, September 25, 2008 1:30 AM

Cubbies Clinch

The Cubs have clinched the NL Central for the second year in a row! They currently rank first in BA, R, OBP, SLG, and OPS. Not too shabby. I should have posted this a week or two ago, but did you know that it's very simple to calculate how far a team...
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Tuesday, September 16, 2008 1:30 AM

Ryne Sandberg

If you stepped into my room when I was about 12 years old, you would have seen a huge Ryne Sandberg poster pinned in the spot of honor directly above my headboard. It was still wrapped in the plastic with a cardboard backing because I wanted it to stay...
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Thursday, August 28, 2008 1:30 AM

Waiting 100 Years

Cubs fans have lived full lives and died since the last time the Cubs won the World Series. Yet, pick any year and talk to a Cubs fan in March and they will say "This is the year!" Talk to them in mid-April and they say "Wait for next season...
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Thursday, August 07, 2008 1:30 AM

2008 Summer Olympics

Unless you've been hiding under a rock, you know that the Olympics are starting up tomorrow. My DVR is already set to record all three channels of HD coverage. I'm not sure how much of it I'll actually watch, but it's fun to get caught...
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Friday, August 01, 2008 10:03 AM

Favre

Is anyone else sick of hearing about the Brett Favre deal? Every morning on SportsCenter they devote ~5 minutes to dissecting the latest information. I DON'T CARE. The Cubs just swept a four game series with the Brewers and are now five games up in...
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Monday, July 14, 2008 5:43 PM

NEWMAN!

It's official: Ryan Newman is leaving Penske at the end of the year to race for the newly formed Stewart-Haas race team. I'm really looking forward to seeing what he can do over there with Tony Stewart as a teammate. Both are from Indiana and...
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Monday, July 14, 2008 1:30 AM

StubHub

I've heard a lot about StubHub, but I've never actually used it to buy or sell tickets. Transferring tickets online has always seemed very sketchy to me as there are many holes for scams. I had an extra ticket to get rid of so I decided to give...
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Thursday, July 10, 2008 3:58 PM

Richie Sexson vs. Carlos Zambrano

Here's an interesting stat for you: Richie Sexson (1B for the Mariners) is batting 0.218 this year. Carlos Zambrano (pitcher for the Cubs) is batting 0.358. Crazy, eh? Over the past two years, Carlos has batted 0.291 and Richie has batted 0.210. If...
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Thursday, June 12, 2008 10:08 AM

US Open

The U.S. Open has extended their web coverage this year and you can now choose some specific feeds to follow your favorite players. I'm recording it all at home on the Tivo, but when I watch that I would just fast forward to the Tiger Woods parts...
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Tuesday, June 03, 2008 12:30 AM

Beer Belly

Remember that Beer Belly that Tim and Chelsea bought for my birthday? This evening I got some season tickets for the Mariners game from a guy at work and decided to try to sneak the Beer Belly into a game for the first time. Tim and I huddled behind the...
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Monday, June 02, 2008 1:25 AM

All-Star Ballot

Here's my MLB All-Star Ballot for 2008. American League 1B - J. Morneau, MIN 2B - I. Kinsler, TEX SS - Y.Betancourt, SEA 3B - M. Cabrera, DET C - D. Navarro, TB OF - I. Suzuki, SEA OF - J. Hamilton, TEX OF - M. Ordonez, DET DH - D. Ortiz, BOS National...
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