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Someone I Never Met

Potomac Avenue — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 12:44:09 -0800

The Grandy Man: the story of Yankees All-Star Curtis Granderson's bond with the family of Brian Bluhm, a Detroit Tigers fan and blogger, gunned down in the Virginia Tech shootings in 2007. From ESPN's newish hour-long news magazine: ESPN:60 (other stories include: Boxers and Organ Donation, Catfish Hunters, Cockfighting Undercover, Champion in Chernobyl and a piece about soccer in Liberia among wounded veterens narrated by the rapper Nas: Survival 1.

When Does Heckling Cross the Line?

fenriq — Thu, 16 Sep 2004 09:55:09 -0800

Heckling? Good Natured Fun or Verbal Abuse
The recent assault of a fan by Texas Rangers' reliever Frank Francisco with a folding chair is inexcusable, there's no doubt about that. But what about the fans who literally spend every moment at the park needling, heckling and verbally abusing the players?
There's a difference between ribbing the opposing team and calling an athlete a fat f***. Where does the line get drawn and why is any heckling permitted anymore?

3 K's you're out!!!

WolfDaddy — Thu, 03 Jun 2004 09:15:13 -0800

How to score a baseball game. A childhood pleasure I've never given up.

MLBFanStrike.com

espada — Wed, 10 Jul 2002 14:23:15 -0800

MLBFanStrike.com urges you to stay away from the ballpark on 7/11. I sympathize somewhat, but don't you think this will have little effect? And are they ripping a page out of the Charleston Riverdogs book?