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As I watched Jacoby Ellsbury steal home against the Yankees Sunday night, I thought to myself: "This pretty much sums it up." An aging Andy Pettitte forgets to deliver from the stretch, letting a youthful Ellsbury elude another future Bingo regular, Jorge Posada's, tag at the plate. Would Justin Masterson have made the same error? The two ballclubs could not be headed in more opposite directions. Every year, the Red Sox seem to call up another hyped prospect, while the Yanks continue to overpay for limited talent, and shun their farm system.

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Home-plate umpire Angel Hernandez is wearing a microphone for ESPN Sunday Night Baseball, although where he is wearing it is a mystery (it is not visible to the naked eye on close-up shots of Hernandez).  You might suspect that many of the conversations involving the home-plate umpire are such that players and managers would rather they not be made public.

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Here we are again, on the wrong end of a series swept away like sand tracked in from the beach.  It would be easy to pin yesterday's loss on Josh Beckett (who officially got the loss) or today on Tim Wakefield (also the statistical loser).  But these two losses occurred not because the starters broke down, but because Terry Francona has no one he trusts in the bullpen more than a tired starter.

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For those of you who have had your head in the clouds you may not have heard how John Tomase pulled a Dan Rather only rather then going after the most powerful man in United States politics, George W. Bush, he went after the most powerful professional sports franchise, the New England Patriots.

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Like half a million Americans, I subscribe to MLB's Extra Innings package, that wonderful addition to my basic package that allows me to watch more baseball than anyone ever thought possible. I call it "Baseball Heroin," as it's all too easy to sit for hours flipping between games, immobile, helpless to the draw of constant, and constantly changing, baseball.

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Ok, in honor of my editor restoring my interest in actually, you know, typing things on this website, I'm going to post something.

This is for my loving fanbase... all three of you.

So, today was the draft. And all people care about that happens in the draft come down to a few things:

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After 17 years as the Green Bay Packers quarterback, the legendary and future hall of famer 3 time MVP Brett Favre is set to retire.

"I know I can still play, but it's like I told my wife, I'm just tired mentally. I'm just tired," Favre, a three-time NFL MVP, told ESPN's Chris Mortensen in a voice mail message.

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    When the Patriots picked up Randy Moss, Wes Welker, and Donte Stallworth in the off-season I predicted 19-0. After the spy gate incident I felt even more confident about an undefeated season. What happened then? The Patriots steam rolled teams around the league on their way to smashing records including the first ever 16-0 regular season. 

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I am a heterosexual man and a HUGE sports fan. However, I find it disgusting how many alleged sports shows stoop to sexual language, bawdiness, and objectifying themes in order to discuss sports. It makes no difference if you’re watching Pardon the Interruption on ESPN, The Hot List on ESPN News, or listening to Kevin Kiley on ESPN radio. Topics such as Tom Brady vs. Peyton Manning will inevitably deteriorate into: Tom Brady dates super models. Legitimate issues such as whether or not Michelle Wie should stick to the LPGA can barely last ten seconds of commentary before somebody interjects that “she’s hot.” Last summer, Kevin Kiley was discussing the disappointing second half of the Dodgers’ season. The topic of a particular call-in show was: Are the Dodgers a one night stand that looked like a smokin’ hot chick while you were drunk, but who is sagging and fat now that you’ve woken up sober?

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