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Who wants to see my two balls?! … LOL 13 Aug 2013 | 12:43 am
MrSportsBlog shows off a National League baseball and one from the American League, both part of a vast memorabilia collection.
Good thing NFL exhibition games only matter to Dean Spanos’ pocketbook 9 Aug 2013 | 10:23 am
First of all, NFL preseason games mean very little – except to the greedy NFL owners who pocket millions of dollars charging full prices for a meaningless exhibition game. But other than the first of...
Padres score with trade for Ian Kennedy from Diamondbacks in deadline deal 1 Aug 2013 | 03:46 am
The July 31 trading deadline is typically a time when the teams far, far away from the pennant race dispatch their high-priced commodities to teams in contention. It isn’t the time you expect the San...
“Vacation, All I Ever Wanted” now chronicled in 140-character tweet form 26 Jul 2013 | 02:46 am
Welcome to the second lifetime edition of vacation via tweets. My recent vacation to Southern California and Las Vegas was by far the most enjoyable of the three vacations I have taken since moving f...
The “MVP” chants for disgraced Ryan Braun will forever be pronounced “MVPee” 23 Jul 2013 | 05:17 am
At least Ryan Braun figured out a way to save us from more meaningless talk about the Royal Baby. But wow, Braun revealed what we already all suspected — that he is a complete fraud. The 2011 Nation...
Rivera’s entrance is one of those baseball moments that will always be remembered 17 Jul 2013 | 11:34 am
The Major League Baseball All-Star Game has lost luster over the past couple decades – some of it due to the buffoonery of commissioner Bud Selig – but featured an unforgettable priceless moment in Tu...
Timing leads yours truly to see Lincecum no-hit the Padres — second of my lifetime 14 Jul 2013 | 01:27 pm
Sometimes timing has a really interesting way of playing out in your favor. I decided to take a vacation to my beloved hometown of San Diego in July instead of June because I have a crazy quarterly t...
Jamaal Franklin plunged like a boulder but entering NBA Draft was still the right call 29 Jun 2013 | 05:34 am
There seems to be suggestions that San Diego State standout Jamaal Franklin made a mistake by entering the 2013 NBA Draft. Those opinions hinge on the fact that Franklin fell to the 41st pick – nearl...
What’s more stunning? Blackhawks’ comeback or that I was watching? 25 Jun 2013 | 08:30 am
Had a rare Monday night without work duties and was looking to do something different. So I did – I stayed home and watched Game 6 of the Stanley Cup finals. Yes, I watched an entire NHL game from s...
San Diego Padres above .500 for first time since 2011, could make run in NL West 18 Jun 2013 | 01:51 am
Here is a sentence I never thought I would type this baseball season: The San Diego Padres are above .500. When the Padres began the season 5-15, it figured there was a better chance they would be 20 ...
