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Interesting story about Don Larsen's trip to New York and back home so he could tape the commentary accompanying the telecast of his World Series perfect game.

And he posts here on NSBB. :D

I don't know about movies, but they are going to show the Ken Burns Baseball documentary that originally aired on PBS. They're showing one inning per week on Tuesday evenings, beginning this upcoming week.

Technically, whether you use a/an before a word beginning with an H should be determined by the letter after the H. Thus, "an hand" is technically correct. Only if the h is silent, if I'm not mistaken. It would not be correct to say "I want an hamburger." Nor "have an happy holiday." I believe you're right (such as an historic moment; the word is pronounced "istoric" with the "h" silent).

A couple of Cubs-related programs coming up. On Sunday, Jan. 11 (8:00 P.M. Eastern time) the Cubs-Pirates game from April 21, 1991 will be shown (final score, 13-12) And on Wednesday, Jan. 28 (11:30 P.M. Eastern time) are highlights from the 1945 World Series (the Cubs' last appearance in the Series).

Ugh; 0 for 3 today, with two of them high confidence point picks. And to think I picked against one of my own teams (Kentucky, where I went to graduate school) and they won. I'm now officially eliminated. My maximum points are lower than the points scored already by some people.

Just like Neifi saving the Cubs in 2005. :D

the beauty of DirecTV is that for the 4+ years I've had it, I've never had to deal with the channel controversies. Big Ten Network, NFL Network, MLB.....all part of the standard lineup. DirecTV >>>>>>>>>> Dish when it comes to sports. No comparison.I can't deny that, but I'm extremely hesistant to switch to Direct TV and give up my dual-tuner 622 receiver. Dish Network's superior equipment is really the only thing they have going for them. i'll take the programming over the equipment, especially since the latest firmware updates have made the DirecTV HD DVR pretty decent It was full of bugs when they first replaced the TiVO receivers with their own, but it seems like they've fixed the issues. I definitely agree that the programming is more important than the equipment.

the beauty of DirecTV is that for the 4+ years I've had it, I've never had to deal with the channel controversies. Big Ten Network, NFL Network, MLB.....all part of the standard lineup. DirecTV >>>>>>>>>> Dish when it comes to sports. No comparison.

Gabor's back! Get yer World Series tickets!

Um.....

Could it be that Hendry made that comment as a red herring?

He's owed 106m ($17.7m per year). Yes, it is that bad of a deal, no he's not "very" productive and no, he's not "probably" going to have his best year as a Cub next year. There could be a market if they ate a big chunk, but I don't see the point in that. There are 150+ free agents still out on the market because nobody outside the Yankees is committing any money this offseason. How is Soriano not productive? And how do you know he's not going to have his best year as a Cub? If Soriano plays 140+ games he will no doubt have his best year as a Cub. That is a big "if" but its possible. Its just surprising how many people on this board jumped for joy when Soriano was signed, then get all geeked when he has a good game and goes on one of his hot streaks but then turn their back on him and say he's worthless when the season is over. So i'm guessing if soriano hits over .300 40hr 100+ RBIs with 20+SB .360OBP next yr that contract is till not good for you. Oh wait maybe you'll use the excuse that he's old at 32yrs old or past his prime, or maybe that he's just not good anymore. Does someone need to link in the old Soriano thread? Because the general reaction was very, very negative about the signing at that dollar amount, though many were hopeful that Soriano would provide good (but probably not great) offense for the first half of the contract. It also amazes me to see how often people fall into the trap of ascribing positions from many different people to "the board". I'm sorry would rather me listed the members on the board that said it one by one. Relax saying "the board" is only a term on the saying you specifically so calm down buddy. If I interpret what you wrote appropriately, you must not have been here when the deal went down. The majority were against the signing. He wasn't here then. He's only been a member since Nov. 2008.

My New Year's resolution is to not believe the Peavy rumors unless/until a trade is officially announced. And I may set a record by breaking my resolution before the new year even begins. :D

Time for Miles to write a column about signing Miles. :D

You can never have too much pitching. :D

The first Holiday Bowl I remember was 1979, when Indiana beat BYU 38-37 (that was the second year for the bowl). BYU missed a game-winning 27-yard field goal attempt with less than 10 seconds remaining. That was when Lee Corso was IU's coach, and they finished the year ranked in the top 20 (that's as far as the polls went back then) after the bowls.

Right on Missouri over Northwestern (5 points), wrong on Rutgers over North Carolina State (18 points). I think NCSU would have won if their starting quarterback was able to play the second half.

Something along those lines used to happen in college football (back before the days of .500 teams playing in bowl games). One of the college all-star games, the now-defunct Blue-Gray game, was always played on Christmas afternoon. Because there were still bowl games to be played nobody on teams with a bowl game still to be played were in the Blue-Gray game.

Translation: golden boy tag removed. Or worded differently: "We don't want to actually fire him after we hyped him as head-coach-in-waiting, but if someone wants to take him off our hands we'll help him pack."

Pick a winner.

Pick a winner.

Pick a winner.

Pick a winner.

have you paid attention to the way the nfl works? nobody loses 5-10 years in a row unless they are completely dysfunctional in the front office (cardinals, raiders). hell even the raiders were in a super bowl not that long ago. people were saying the falcons were going to be a disaster for years after their star qb ended up in jail and their head coach ran out on them, and they're back in the playoffs a year later. Or look at the Dolphins. 1-15 one year, division champions the next.