October 28, 2009
William Safire (1930-2009)


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An obscure first time governor when Richard Nixon chose him as his running mate, Spiro Agnew was one of America’s ‘Most Admired Men’ less than a year later. His role was that as the…

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October 27, 2009
Lifelong Indians Fan Reflects On Cleveland's Departed Sons
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Chief Wahoo outdoes us by leaps and bounds.
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I recently asked our resident Cleveland Indians fan commenter and general gadabout Chief Wahoo to write a guest post for…

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Friendly Neighborhood Yankees Fan Returns to Poke You With Pointy Stick

For some reason we decided to let Rob Iracane, one of the rapscallions from WalkoffWalk, back to pen this post. He’s a Yankees fan but says he roots for the Phillies when they aren’t playing the…

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I Want to Have Twins Just to Get Them These T-Shirts [T-shirts]
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The mother had a C-section so her shirt says “Ctrl-X”.

So cute those two and their t-shirts. Mine would say cmd + c and cmd + v, however. [The Daily What]



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October 26, 2009
Frickin’ A-Rod or: How I Learned to Stop Wallowing and Grudingly Support the Yankees
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one of us….one of us….

Rooting for the bad guy always sounds so good in theory; there is a sexy excitement to the whole thing, a contrarian pride, and a Clint Eastwood danger….

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Opinion: I’m Rooting for the Phillies to Fail
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one of us…. one of us…

I am not rooting for the Yankees, I just can’t root for the Phillies.

The two teams will compete in the World Series, starting Wednesday night,…

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October 25, 2009
You Got Your Game Theory In My Baseball
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It was really only a matter of time before my nerdiness made its first appearance on this new stage. Here’s hoping you don’t mind, but I just couldn’t resist.

Steven Levitt, who most of…

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October 23, 2009
A Review of Last Night’s It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia

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Did Comic Book Guy write this?

I love watching It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, one of the few comedies left on television that’s worth following on a regular basis. Part of the…

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October 22, 2009
Missed calls prompt umpire switch for World Series

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Yes, because the experienced umpires have been SO great. cough cough McClelland
NEW YORK (AP) — Stung by a rash of blown calls in the playoffs, Major League Baseball is breaking…

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Playoff Liveglog Club: Yankees @ Angels, ALCS Game 5

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Alex Rodriguez! John Lackey! Tim McCarver! Are you as pumped as I am for Game 5 of the American League Championship Series? Rob invited me to liveglog this event because “nobody else…

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