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The
Education of Daniel Murphy  With one-half season of major league experience in his back pocket, Daniel Murphy is still learning. His education includes a new vocabulary. In May, Murphy was introduced to a word he’d never heard before – slump. From May 9 through May 31, in 20 games, Murphy was 6-for-46 (.130) including a 2-for-31 skid over one two-week period .... more |
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Pat
Venditte: Two pitchers in one The late Ted Williams, the last major league baseball player to bat over .400, once told a reporter, “Hitting a baseball is the single most difficult thing to do in sport.” One year after Williams passed away, the USA Today published a comprehensive case study and agreed, of the 10 Hardest Things To Do In Sports, hitting a baseball was No. 1.... more |
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Phenom to Phenomenon: The Enduring Story of Sidd Finch In an era when uniformed ballplayers were walking out of cornfields in Iowa and Roy Hobbs was crushing majestic moon shots in to the New York City skies on the big screen, another fictional baseball character was born: Hayden “Sidd” Finch ... more |
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Method
to the Madness In between the time LeBron James was named high school basketball Player of the Year and the 2002 college basketball season tipped off, David Beachnau began outlining a formal proposal to bring March Madness to Detroit ... more |
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The
Devil is a Liar Robert Quinn can’t tell his story. He’d like too, but he can’t. The fact of the matter is he doesn’t remember it – or parts of it anyway. For the better part of three months his actions are mere snapshots in the mind’s eye ... more |
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Gary
Smith: Going Deep The cancer was winning. It was no longer a matter of if, but when. The tumors that had assailed Jim Valvano’s body were multiplying and beginning to rob him of the very things that defined him as a human being: energy, passion, hope ... more |
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Red,
White and CSU Crack. Click. Stop. Rewind. Play. R.J. Swindle sat in a recliner in front of his parents television set, remote in hand, watching a videotape replay of his major league debut with the Philadelphia Phillies. The last time he’d seen it was in real time ... more |
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The
Golden Thong Los Angeles Dodger infielder Nomar Garciaparra looks like any other baseball player up until the moment he reaches the batter's box. That's when he transforms from a ballplayer to a circus freak, thanks to a succession of taps ... more |
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Michael
Strahan: Unfinished Business A small army of reporters formed a semi-circle in the middle of the New York Giants locker room. Within seconds, it was literally lights, camera, action. The huddle, oblivious to their surroundings, soon resembled a soccer scrum ... more |
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Married
to the Game Jessica Richey had planned, what she thought, would be a perfect birthday celebration for her then fiancé Bob Richey: Dinner reservations at one of Charleston’s best restaurants with a great view overlooking historic downtown. No surprises, no fanfare, just a quiet, relaxing evening ... more |
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