Daily Archives: June 12, 2003

Yogi on the Devils

Who knew Yogi Berra was a hockey fan? Thanks to Matt for sending this to me. By the way, in case you’re curious, that guy who promised to marry his longtime girlfriend if the Mighty Ducks won the Stanley Cup … Continue reading Continue reading

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Sammy draws a seven

In case you missed it, Sammy Sosa’s eight-game suspension for using a corked bat was reduced to seven games on appeal. Basically, MLB cut him some slack for being forthright in admitting that he was wrong. I’m cool with that. … Continue reading Continue reading

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Prosecution rests, defense opens

The prosecution rested its case against former HPD Captain Mark Aguirre yesterday, going with a witness who said he felt “duped” by his former mentor instead of with Chief C.O. “BAMF” Bradford as I thought they might. “He was a … Continue reading Continue reading

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Two things are certain: spam and taxes

Yesterday I noted a WaPo story about House Majority Whip Roy Blunt (R, Missouri), who tried at the last minute to slip a provision that limited the sale of tobacco products over the Internet into the bill that created the … Continue reading Continue reading

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Will Bloom County ride again?

Via Mark Evanier comes this feature article about Bloom County creator Berke Breathed, who appears to be inclined to get back into doing a weekly strip. “I can’t say it wouldn’t be appealing to bring back Opus to the Sunday … Continue reading Continue reading

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Astros no-hit Yankees

It’s usually a bad sign when your starting pitcher is forced out of the game after an inning due to injury, but five Houston Astros relievers picked up the ball from Roy Oswalt and combined to throw a no-hitter against … Continue reading Continue reading

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