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The Tomato Nation Fall Classic: Doubleheader
October 2, 2010 – 9:45 AM | 2 Comments
The Tomato Nation Fall Classic: Doubleheader

(If you think I’m having a contest with myself to see how many baseball puns I can flatten in the next month, you are correct! “Enjoy”!)
As of this writing, not quite a day and a …

Cosmos
December 21, 2009 – 10:00 AM | 38 Comments
<I>Cosmos</I>

When the National Geographics came out that had the Voyager photos of Jupiter and Saturn in them, I visited them on their shelf in the den almost every day. I looked at them hundreds of …

Crazy Nines: Colors Of The World, Spice Up Your Life! (Not You, Mike Greenwell)
August 21, 2008 – 7:16 PM | 4 Comments
Crazy Nines: Colors Of The World, Spice Up Your Life! (Not You, Mike Greenwell)

Starting Position Players
C Bob “Red” Kinsella
As far as I can tell, Kinsella never even put on the tools of ignorance in the majestic total of four games he played for the New York Giants. Why …