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Archive for July 2004

Barry Bonds for MVP

Jul 21st, 2004 | By SBG | Category: MLB

At the all-star break, many of the online baseball columnists for major sports websites selected Scott Rolen as their first half MVP.  This is, in a word, ridiculous.  Sure, Rolen is having a very good year.  Most of these columnists point to Rolen's high RBI total as evidence that he is valuable.   Yes, Rolen is on pace [...]

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Iraqi Death Toll

Jul 21st, 2004 | By SBG | Category: Miscellaneous

So, do you think that the numbers of American troops dying in Iraq is increasing or decreasing?  I think you'll be surprised to hear that more troops have died in July than died in June.  Or than July is already the fourth deadliest month for American troops since the "Mission Accomplished" speech.  Or that more [...]

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Studying for the Bar Sucks

Jul 20th, 2004 | By SBG | Category: Personal

Studying for the bar sucks.  It is boring and tedious.  I want this over now.
 Peter Gammons' Poll of Players Who "Play the Right Way"
Peter Gammons is a well-known baseball writer and talking head on ESPN. He writes for ESPN.COM as well. Gammons' column today talks about players who "play the right way."  Interestingly, most of [...]

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NFL Manifesto

Jul 19th, 2004 | By SBG | Category: NFL

For some time I have been threatening to write a white paper, or more accurately, a manifesto on the NFL. This is an ongoing project. I intend to develop the NFL Manifesto over the course of time. I will include a link to this under Ongoing Projects. I'll also try to let people know when [...]

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Blog of the Day

Jul 19th, 2004 | By SBG | Category: Miscellaneous

I am going to create a library of blogs that I read and enjoy.  Today I have added the "Illustrated Daily Scribble."  I found this site tonight when reading some of my other links.  The author creates daily cartoons on a legal pad and uploads them along with commentary.  His site is very political (with [...]

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Goals of My Blog

Jul 17th, 2004 | By SBG | Category: Miscellaneous

I'd like to create a weblog that is interesting to a number of people.  I think that it is easier said than done.  Part of what I would like to do is have a blog that is different from others... funny, thought-provoking, and not tied to one topic.
 
I'd love to write a baseball blog, but [...]

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In the Beginning

Jul 17th, 2004 | By SBG | Category: Miscellaneous

So it begins.

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