RANTS
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 "I believe in the Church of Baseball. I've tried all the major religions and most of the minor ones -- I've worshipped Buddha, Allah, Brahma, Vishnu,Siva, trees, mushrooms,and Isadora Duncan...I know things. For instance -- There are 108 beads in a Catholic rosary.  And--there are 108 stitches in a baseball. When I learned that, I gave Jesus a chance. But it just didn't work out between us. The Lord laid too much guilt on me.  I prefer metaphysics to theology. You see, there's no guilt in baseball...and it's never boring." from Annie's opening soliloquy in "Bull Durham."


TODAY'S LINE UP:

~ AT THE PLATE 
(ok -NOT SO current BIG news and irresistable links)  I hope to update soon.  Am busy seaching for a real writing job!

--11/13/00 STILL waiting to find out who's president...and CONGRATS to Pedro for his third (second, consecutive, unanimous) Cy Young Award!

 --11/07/00 While waiting to find out who our next president will be, I found this cool link.  This is for everyone out there who thinks they're smart enough to understand ALL of Dennis Miller's MNF references. (And I thought learning object-oriented programming was challenging...)
--11/04/00 Why I LOVE A-Rod !! and I'm no longer going to be shy about it!  This ain't exactly "girltalk" either. :-)

--10/?/00 This reallllly exciting news just in <*yawn*>: Yankees win the 2000 World Series. It was about as thrilling as Gwynneth Paltrow or Matt Damon landing a lead role in a Hollywood movie.

--07/26/00 JUST IN FROM COOPERSTOWN! (Well, ok, it was three, uh make that FIVE months ago.  But I'm still excited about it.)  Congratulations to Carlton Fisk, Tony Perez and Sparky Anderson and thanks for a terrific weekend! Photo gallery is here.

 ~ CHIN MUSIC! ~


1. Low & Away UPDATED 10/30/00
(See something in the media that's got you all hot under the collar??  Tell me abowd-it and maybe you'll see your rant here.)
2. Up & Inside UPDATED 01/29/01
(full-length rants)
FROM THE OPTIMISTS' FILES
(like Murphy, Flanagan is an optimist...well, once in a while.)
  • Why THIS is THE YEAR for the Boston Red Sox (well, WAS...:-()
    • JIM RICE FOR HOF IN 2002!! More reasons why JR should be enshrined with baseball's best:
  • Jim Rice's Birthday, 2000: My first real BASEBALL PRANK!  (spring training)

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  • RICE GETS A SAVE:  A NEWS STORY about one of his little-known statistics.   Note: I will be collecting press clips to add to this section.  Please forward any you might come upon.

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  • "MY JIM RICE STORY" from Sportsjones.com - This is a "must read" for Rice fans.  Check out the whole site, it's terrific. 

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  • CAREER HIGHLIGHTS/STATS

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  • Last year's HALL-OF-FAME CAMPAIGN T-SHIRT LOGO (hey, I'm batting .500! - Congrats FISKIE!)


    • ETC.
  • updated 10/28/00 Sports Quotables
  • Baseball Hall of Fame 2000 Photos!
  • NEW - CHURCH (of baseball) CHAT! (rant room)
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       More to come!!  I'm just getting started. 
    This page updated 03/20/01 (but not thoroughly...more soon!)

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