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2008-06-12 22:03
by Bob Timmermann

People say, "Bob, how do you come up with all this stuff?" "How do you write so much?" and sometimes "Bob, why do you buy your shoes mail order?"

But the secret to my blog writing has been found out.

 

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2008-06-12 22:27:16
1.   Bob Hendley
So you didn't end up springing for those shoes you saw in that store in Hawai'i?
2008-06-12 22:39:11
2.   Eric Enders
"Now, we are going to provide you with a short list of really fascinating baseball papers' topic:

Baseball slang that is used in everyday life.
Unusual baseball events.
Baseball superstitions.
Baseball curses: curse of the billy goat, curse of the Bambino, curse of the Bat.
I think you have no right to describe this national game poorly in your baseball papers."

What the hell is the Curse of the Bat?

2008-06-12 22:42:16
3.   Bob Timmermann
The Curse of the Bat will be showing up on the Griddle in about three weeks.
2008-06-13 00:47:03
4.   Ken Arneson
A bat that was cursed with rabies was once found at my kids' school:

http://tinyurl.com/3mqbh5

2008-06-13 05:32:53
5.   Ali Nagib
Three Words: Discount Shoe Warehouse
2008-06-13 09:15:03
6.   mintxcore
"I think you have no right to describe this national game poorly in your baseball papers."
2008-06-13 16:46:54
7.   Linkmeister
"There is some evidence that baseball already existed in Romania in 1364."

Vlad the Impaler is an ancestor of Vlad Guerrero! I knew it!

2008-06-13 22:58:06
8.   Bob Hendley
"Baseball can be called a distinctive feature of our culture. This is, indeed, a national game, and every American citizen can call it his/her favorite one."

That's quite a preamble, no wonder Bob is up on his citizen/not citizen. Any idea what percentage of ballplayers are non-citizens?

2008-06-13 23:05:56
9.   scareduck
8 - that would be difficult to ascertain. Big Papi was naturalized this week, and I expect a fair number of his countrymen have been also.

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