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It’s not that Matthew Pouliot didn’t let the body cool before deeming Ken Griffey, Jr. “overrated.” It’s not even that the word “overrated” is the very first word in the headline — that that adjective, …

I’ll tell you exactly what did it.
I’d bought Bean tickets to a Mets game for her birthday, and she kindly invited me to go with her. We arranged to meet up at our seats, and …

Dear Sars,
Would love a little help figuring out what the heck I am remembering here.
It’s something I saw as a kid in the mid-to-late eighties on a children’s program. I’m pretty sure it was a …

Dear Sars,
I have been looking and looking and looking for a reproduction of the “Thinker of Hamangia.” I have scoured the nets for this thing, hoping a museum shop or art gallery would have …

Leaving KC, I spotted another Smart. It took some maneuvering to get alongside it, not to mention steering in weekend traffic while taking Compulsive Waving Family to deranged new levels, but I managed it. The …

Friday dawned windy, with thunderstorms in the forecast. Campbell is a brave little cherry Starburst, good in most weather, but she’s not perfect; wind moves her around a lot, and on the high setting, her …

Every year we come down for the baseball conference, it’s cold and rainy, and every year, every earthworm and slug within six feet of the front-entrance apron at the Crestwood Suites decides it’s going to …

This is not what I wanted to hear.
I don’t mean Mark McGwire’s admission that he used PEDs itself.I did in fact want to hear that, no matter how belated, because the discussion needs to move …

Which baseball player do you despise above (or perhaps “below”) all others?Which name, upon its mention, sends your heart rate up into a hate gyre?
Do you hate the same players now that you did when …
The Ask The Readers Holiday Gift Jam continues!At a loss/not feeling it this year?Let the TN readers help!
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Hey Sars,
I need some help from the readership.I need some new nightgowns for Christmas and I’d like to …