Category Archives: People

Radicalbaen’s Ides Of March Salute to Brutus and His Progeny

Quote of the Day:     “A soothsayer bids you beware the Ides of March.”     –Brutus, to Julius Caesar, in Julius Caesar by Shakespeare As everyone knows, Brutus answered Caesar’s last words in the affirmative as he dealt the final and … Continue reading

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A Virtual World Series of Pascagoula Champions

Quote of the Day:     “What if this weren’t a hypothetical question?”     –Unknown (the Great) Who wins a best of seven series between the 1983 Pascagoula Panthers Mississippi State Baseball Champs and the 1996 Panther Baseball Champs? … Continue reading

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Jackson County HOF Round II Results and Round III Voting Thread

Fred Cook, Jim Marsalis and Sam Leslie received enough votes to join Matthews, Buckley and Jones in the Hall. Here’s who came up short of the votes needed in this round: Eddie Khayat 12 votes Litterial Green 12 Hugh Pepper … Continue reading

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I’d Like to Walk a Mile in These Shoes

Quote of the Day:     “Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way when you criticize them, you are a mile away from them and you have their shoes.”     –Jack Handey Some … Continue reading

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Jackson County HOF Voting Thread, Round II

Like in Round I, please vote below. Make your pitch for a particular athlete in the “Official Home” thread and keep the comments here to your actual ballot. The only candidates to consider are those who received at least two … Continue reading

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Round I Voting Results, Jackson County HOF

Quote of the Day:      MD: Hey TB, don’t you think 30 is too big of a class? TB: Yep, I think you’re right. I’ll lower it. And with that, it was decided in the grand tradition of democracy … Continue reading

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In Memoriam, Johnny Smith

Quote of the Day:     “I am a part of all that I have met.”     –Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Ulysses A Goula boy, Johnny Smith, PHS Class of 1988, Pascagoula Gulf League champion 1981, trumpet player, Marine, childhood friend … Continue reading

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A Hillbilly Ski Trip Conversation

TB was in (on?) Beech Mountain over New Year’s, as you already know if you follow the blog. As always, I was on the lookout for a conversation worth recapturing in print. On our last evening, FlyinJ and I ordered … Continue reading

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Snowman and the Bandit

Quote of the Day     “For 50 years, all I’d done was take, take, take.  I decided from now on it is going to be giving.  And I’m way behind.  We’re all way behind. We live this life like what’s … Continue reading

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New Link–Gerry Spence

I just found out Gerry Spence started a blog.  I linked it to your right because I need more links to make my site cooler.  Also because I’m intrigued by the opportunity to look inside the mind of greatness.

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