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The Hall of Fame career that Matt Stairs could have had ...

The Hall of Fame career that Matt Stairs could have had ...

fingerfood.typepad.com — PHILADELPHIA - Once upon a time, back in the late 1980s when you were much younger, thinner and had your whole future in front of you, the Montreal Expos had a base-stealing third/second baseman named Matt Stairs. He was a hockey player from St.
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Len Bias: 25 years later

Len Bias: 25 years later

fingerfood.typepad.com — Note: This was written five years ago and it seems like a good idea to rework it again given it has been exactly a quarter century since Len Bias died of a cocaine overdose. Twenty-five years ... Twenty-five years. Think about all that can happen in the space of 25 years.
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Scott Eyre is living the good life

Scott Eyre is living the good life

fingerfood.typepad.com — When talk first surfaced about the prospect of Scott Eyre making a mid-season comeback-talk that was nothing more than hot air-the over/under was set at 30... As in the amount of pounds he gained since "retiring" after Game 6 of last season's World Series.
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Revisiting Jim Furyk's outside game

Revisiting Jim Furyk's outside game

fingerfood.typepad.com — NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pa. - Old rivals die hard. Either that or old rivals just get old and like to talk about the old glory days. Oh yes, those halcyon days when we had more hair and could drill 20-footers from the corner...
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Wing Bowl 18 definitely not for the weak

Wing Bowl 18 definitely not for the weak

fingerfood.typepad.com — The first thing one notices when they walk into the Wachovia Center on a Wing Bowl Friday is the smell. Strong is putting it kindly. Actually, it's more of a stench than a smell, kind of like the one that emanates from a baby's diaper if it were placed out in the July sun all day and mixed with a curry.
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Visiting with Pete Rose in Las Vegas

Visiting with Pete Rose in Las Vegas

fingerfood.typepad.com — LAS VEGAS - Needless to say, there is a lot of baseball talk at the Winter Meetings. It's never ending, actually. Banter over the latest free agents, trades, the economy of the game is the reason why everyone showed up at The Bellagio in the first place.
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Joining a crowded table

Joining a crowded table

fingerfood.typepad.com — I don't know a whole lot about Shawn Andrews, the offensive lineman for the Eagles who made news for the past few weeks because he had not yet showed up at training camp in Bethlehem. My knowledge of football players is pretty much limited to the fleeting vignettes that flicker across the TV screen.
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A final word from Farmersville

A final word from Farmersville

fingerfood.typepad.com — It was quiet in Farmersville on Monday afternoon, but that was no different than any other day. Perhaps the slow moving tractor barreling down the tight, single-lane road toward the concrete bridge and Turtle Hill Road would have caused a traffic backup or at least a minor commotion had anyone else been around.
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Practice, not a game

Practice, not a game

fingerfood.typepad.com — Ed. note: The following was slated to run on the special CSN 10th Anniversary Web site, but was spiked because the content, I was told, was a sore spot with certain folks. I'm not sure who those folks are (actually, I am, but I'm not going to tell you), but I was also told to save the essay for my blog.
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Once in a lifetime

Once in a lifetime

fingerfood.typepad.com — It's hard to forget that night in the 1980s when Red Auerbach came down from his seat in the stands, rushed onto the floor where his Celtics and the 76ers were just starting a tussle - during a pre-season game no less - and jumped right into the mix.
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There is crying in baseball

There is crying in baseball

fingerfood.typepad.com — They say there is no crying in baseball. Surely whoever made up that inanity never spent a day in baseball. In the 30-plus years in which baseball has been a part of my consciousness and, truth be told, one of the major focuses of my life, the game has been nothing but crying.
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Excuses not making the grade

Excuses not making the grade

fingerfood.typepad.com — My days as a science cheat were very short lived. Actually, unlike Floyd Landis, Justin Gatlin and now Marian Jones, and the host of athletes nabbed in failed drug tests and a blanket of bad excuses, my dabbling in cheating ended quickly after it began. Lucky me.
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Formula for Floyd: Toughen up

Formula for Floyd: Toughen up

fingerfood.typepad.com — During the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, swimmer Amanda Beard went home with three medals - one gold and two silvers - in part because of her tenacity. Oh sure, Beard had a lot of talent. She had to in order to simply make the Olympic team.
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Excuse Chaney while he disappears

Excuse Chaney while he disappears

fingerfood.typepad.com — I'm just a blue-collar guy that goes to work ... In any job I've ever had, I've never thought about a time when I would leave. I just go to work.
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This Time Jordan Really is Finished

This Time Jordan Really is Finished

fingerfood.typepad.com — Michael Jordan spent Wednesday afternoon playing 18 at Pine Valley, so by the time the fourth quarter rolled around he was pretty tired and content to watch his career wind down from the Wizards' bench.
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Andre Iguodala eats his vegetables... and you should, too

Andre Iguodala eats his vegetables... and you should, too

fingerfood.typepad.com — MIAMI - There is an interesting interview with Andre Iguodala in a recent edition of the magazine, Food Republic, a slick-looking periodical about epicurean pursuits. It seems to be for those types who use the term, "foodie," without irony and look to Anthony Bourdain as some sort of righteous hipster.
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The forgotten hero of the champion Cubs & Columbia, Pa.

The forgotten hero of the champion Cubs & Columbia, Pa.

fingerfood.typepad.com — Back when the Continental Congress was figuring out where to locate the permanent capital, a little town in Pennsylvania called Wright's Ferry decided to lobby for the gig. Figuring its location along the banks of the mighty Susquehanna River that separates York and Lancaster counties was perfectly located and easy for delegates from the other colonies, Wright's Ferry challenged for the privilege to be capital.
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The road heavily travelled

The road heavily travelled

fingerfood.typepad.com — If you hang around baseball long enough, chances are you will see a lot of cool stuff. The Phillies' victory over the Mets on Tuesday night wasn't unique in a grand way, but it is one that will stand out in my memory banks for the oddities and the wacky foresight from Charlie Manuel.
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Andre Iguodala won’t be accepted for who is

Andre Iguodala won’t be accepted for who is

fingerfood.typepad.com — Friday, January 20, 2012 Game 15: Wells Fargo Center Sixers 90, Hawks 76 PHILADELPHIA - Let's say, for instance, you are a really good painter. In fact, you're such a great painter that galleries fight to hang your work and critics can't get enough of it.
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Albert the Great

Albert the Great

fingerfood.typepad.com — Technically speaking, Albert Pujols is having the worst season of his career. Though he leads the National League with 36 home runs, he also leads it in grounded in double plays. Worse, Pujols is only batting .300 with a .371 on-base percentage and a .921 OPS-all the worst totals of his career.
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The annual, rambling essay on Jim Thome (and why the Phillies should get him)

The annual, rambling essay on Jim Thome (and why the Phillies should get him)

fingerfood.typepad.com — It usually comes around once per baseball season that I will find a reason to write something about Jim Thome. Sometimes it's actually newsworthy, like if he had just joined a team ready to play the Phillies in the playoffs.
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