Category Archives: Sports

Does America Still Love an Underdog?

Posted on September 7, 2010 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day: “If there’s one cultural quality we have, it’s that we always see ourselves as an underdog.” –Bill Gates When better to pose the question above? TB’s been thinking of a new feature, “Underdog of the Week.” … Continue reading →

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Thursday Pickin’ Season III (The Return of Thursday Pickin’)

Posted on September 2, 2010 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day: “For those about to rock, we salute you.” –AC/DC Thursday Pickin’ is back. In the grand tradition of the great handicappers–Jimmy the Greek, Leonard Postosis, and of course Waldo–TB is here to help you get rich. … Continue reading →

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Revelations

Posted on September 1, 2010 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day: “Outlined against a blue, gray October sky the Four Horsemen rode again. “In dramatic lore they are known as famine, pestilence, destruction and death. These are only aliases. Their real names are: Stuhldreher, Miller, Crowley and … Continue reading →

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Chicago Diary

Posted on August 23, 2010 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day: “Now one and one is two, two and two is four I’m heavy loaded baby, I’m booked, I gotta go Cryin’ baby, honey don’t you want to go? Back to the land of California1, to my … Continue reading →

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2010 Football in Julypalooza

Posted on July 28, 2010 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day: “And we’re ready for the kickoff……the ball sails high into the air and the Bulldogs let it bounce (silence for several seconds). I can’t see who’s got it…..there may have been a whistle on the play……a … Continue reading →

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Gone

Posted on July 7, 2010 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day: Reading isn’t good for a ballplayer. Not good for his eyes. If my eyes went bad even a little bit I couldn’t hit home runs. So I gave up reading. –Babe Ruth The boy stood in … Continue reading →

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Game 7

Posted on June 18, 2010 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day: “An acre of performance is worth a whole world of promise.” –Red Auerbach Begrudging congrats to the Lakers. That was a helluva game last night. Ugly, but great. Those dudes on both teams were playing about … Continue reading →

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Luck and Logic

Posted on June 16, 2010 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day: “We talked into the night. The kind of talk that seemed important until you discover girls.” –the writer, Stand By Me The two boys laid flat on the roof and stared up at the endless black … Continue reading →

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The Imperfect Game

Posted on June 3, 2010 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day: “Baseball fits America well because it expresses our longing for the rule of law while licensing our resentment of law givers.” –A. Bartlett Giametti Armando Galarraga of the Detroit Tigers pitched one of the twenty-one greatest … Continue reading →

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The Butler (Bulldogs) Didn’t Do It

Posted on April 6, 2010 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day: “Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily.”     —Napoleon Bonaparte Southerners more than any other group of Americans know how to take pride in glorious, gallant defeat. We have … Continue reading →

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