Tag Archives: Sports

Football Season At Last

Posted on September 2, 2009 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day: “Time, as we age, is often damaging. But this was one of the Lord’s good days, resting for me forever in a kind of somnolent tenderness. I was thirteen and it was a golden, luminous November’s … Continue reading →

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Can’t. Focus. (But Thursday Pickin Starts in One Week!)

Posted on August 27, 2009 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day: “Umpires would be natural Republicans–dead to human feelings.” –George Will, from Men at Work (1990) TB stopped yesterday at the gas station to satisfy a craving for Hostess cupcakes. Nothing else would do. After I wolfishly … Continue reading →

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Unrelated and Incomplete Things Pondered

Posted on August 25, 2009 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day: “I’m a limousine ridin, jet flyin, kiss stealin, wheelin dealin son of a gun. Whooooo!” Ric Flair Did you know under the Obama administration if you and your spouse die the GOVERNMENT can decide who raises … Continue reading →

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Football in Julypalooza III (sponsored by Q and Z)

Posted on July 24, 2009 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day: “We are inclined to believe if we have watched a football game or a baseball game, we have taken part in it.” John F. Kennedy TB is eagerly anticipating the return of Thursday Pickin. This year … Continue reading →

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Football in Julypalooza (sponsored by Q and Z)

Posted on July 17, 2009 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day: “In the East, college football is a cultural exercise. On the West Coast, it is a tourist attraction. In the Midwest it is cannibalism. But in the South it is religion. And Saturday is the holy … Continue reading →

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The First Annual Q and Z July Football Extravaganza Post

Posted on July 8, 2009 by travellinbaen

Quotes of the Day: “uggggggghhhhhh”     —Quail “Blank Stare” –Zeek –board/bored comments from sports fans and longtime friends of the blog on July 1, 2009 Did anybody besides TB find last week’s poll results interesting? Discounting the anomaly that … Continue reading →

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The Uniforms List

Posted on June 8, 2009 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day:     “I love doubleheaders. That way I get to keep my uniform on longer.”     –Tommy Lasorda TB’s got a couple of ideas floating around the noggin for essays this week, but being that its Monday … Continue reading →

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And The Crowd Goes Wild!

Posted on April 26, 2009 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day:     “How about that?!”     –the great Mel Allen TB’s been up in Oxford all weekend. I went to see Robert Earl Keen play Friday night and then spent all day Saturday at the Double Decker … Continue reading →

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A Virtual World Series of Pascagoula Champions

Posted on March 7, 2009 by travellinbaen

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 III Results and Final Ballots

Posted on February 21, 2009 by travellinbaen

Elected in Round III were Eddie Khayat and Hugh Pepper, both receiving 16 of 21 votes cast. Below are three special ballots. One for Moss Point athletes, one for veterans (defined as playing in the county prior to 1970), and … Continue reading →

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