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The Big Unit May Pitch at 50

Even though he's getting up there, 45-year-old Randy Johnson is still an imposing figure on a baseball mound. Sure, he's not the same flame-throwing southpaw that nearly made John Kruk soil himself way back in 1993, but he's still bringing it. Johnson won 11 games for the Diamondbacks last season after missing most of 2007...

Sean Casey Is Calling It a Career

Veteran first baseman Sean Casey is retiring from baseball after 12 years in the major leagues. Casey played for the Red Sox in 2008, but is best known for his time with the Reds, where he earned the nickname "The Mayor" for his genial and friendly nature in the clubhouse and at first base with opposing baserunners.Casey...

Manny Being Choosey: And Then One Day, You Just Started Walking

For no particular reason at all, you begin to walk. You walk to the end of the road. When you get there, you keep going to the end of town. You walk and walk and walk. Sometimes people recognize you and wave, sometimes they don't. It's all the same to you.As you walk and walk and walk, people begin to follow you. The real...

The Dugout: Two Minuses

The people at ESPN know what they're talking about. I'm pretty sure Peter Gammons knows more about baseball than anybody else in the world knows about anything else in the world. If you put his baseball knowledge end-to-end it would reach Jupiter. But as I get older I become more and more aware of what ESPN is doing with...

The Dugout: The Yankees Take Game One

LeBron James knows better than any of us: There is no way the Cleveland Indians can overcome the dynastic onslaught of the New York Yankees. I mean, even if we win all of the games they're still moving on in the playoffs, and everyone in Cleveland will have to go back to watching Drew Carey and dying in the burning river...

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05/30/12 Sports advertising and marketing have gone way too far Source: Larry Brown Sports Sports marketing has come a long way since the days of Abe Stark's curtly-worded "Hit Sign, Win Suit" in right centerfield at Ebbets Field.
05/23/12 Kruk on the Phanatic: He watches tape, he studies, he... Source: The 700 Level For whatever reason, the ESPN Baseball Tonight crew decided to show their love for the Phillie Phanatic and John Kruk gave some incite into how the green fella prepares for a day on the job.
05/10/12 Winchester Cathedral set to launch unique research... Source: Romsey Advertiser - Romsey - Hampshire - UK WINCHESTER Cathedral is poised to launch a unique research project into the bones of Anglo-Saxon and medieval kings that have lain in wooden chests for more than a thousand years.
05/09/12 Man is locked up for Wigmore arson attack following... Source: Ludlow & Tenbury Wells Advertiser - UK A 20-year-old man put lives at risk when he started a fire near Ludlow after an argument at a pub darts match.