I held the 54th pick of the 2008 Sun Baseball League (fantasy) draft. I already had A-Rod, Tulowitzki, Prince Fielder, and Papelbon. I wanted a slugger … and an outfielder. Already off the OF board: Matt Holliday (the No. 5 pick), Manny Ramirez (13), Ben Braun (17), Carl Crawford (18), Alfonso Soriano (20), Carlos Beltran […]
Andruw Jones? What Was I Thinking?
April 10th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Dodgers, Fantasy Baseball
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Newspapers No Longer Are Worth Dying For
April 10th, 2008 · 5 Comments · LANG, Sports Journalism
Any useful journalist who has been around newspapers for any length of time can tell you: It’s an avocation, not a vocation. We love(d) what we do. And we will allow huge tracts of our real lives to go to pieces to make sure the print product we worked for is as good as it […]
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Claude Anderson: Nailing Down the Facts
April 10th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Seasons in The Sun, Sports Journalism, The Sun
I was operating from memory when I did a lengthy post on former San Bernardino Sun colleague Claude Anderson. The mass of information was correct, thank goodness, but a few facts were off a bit, and a few others I didn’t bring up at all because I didn’t know. Like how old he was when […]
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