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Contemplating Trading Redding…ing

Tim Redding pitched a damn good game yesterday. Granted it was in a pitcher’s park against a team who could switch uniforms with the Nats and we wouldn’t notice an offensive difference,...

Tools and Tool Sets for Sale

It seems that Sears has a Sale on Tools and Tool Sets. All mechanic’s tool sets, all ball-bearing tool storage, and all gladiator garage organization are on sale. Plus you get a $30 gift card...

Art of Pizza: Usually a Classic, But Not This Time

Daniel Zemans, our man in Chicago, checks in with another piece of intel on the Windy City pizza scene. Daniel also blogs about Chicagoland pizza, along with his friends, on the Chicago Pizza Club...

Masterful

Justin Masterson's first relief appearance: 2 2/3 innings, 8 up, 8 down, 3 whiffs, 2 stranded runners, only one hard-hit ball, and that one was caught by Jacoby Ellsbury. Nice tuneup for the...

Heads up for when the phone rings

Do you ever wonder what triggers that first complaining phone call? Sometimes “social networks” and other websites that promote grassroots actions get the ball rolling and you won’t ever know what...

A Look at the Triple-A Leader Boards

With the Minor League Baseball season about two-thirds of the way done (already!), there are some interesting names at the top of the leader boards. I thought it might be fun to take a look at the...

Papi in Portand: Night 2

By Dan Hickling Globe CorrespondentPORTLAND, Maine -- Greetings from sunny Hadlock Field, where the wind, tonight, is blowing out to right center. That?s a jet stream that would seem to be...

Coalfire: Chicago's Entry into the Coal-Oven Pizza Craze

Daniel Zemans, our man in Chicago, checks in with another piece of intel on the Windy City pizza scene. Daniel also blogs about Chicagoland pizza, along with his friends, on the Chicago Pizza Club...

Home Run Inn: You Can't Ball Like Derrick Rose, But You Can Eat His Favorite Pizza

Daniel Zemans, our man in Chicago, checks in with another piece of intel on the Windy City pizza scene. Daniel also blogs about Chicagoland pizza with his friends on the Chicago Pizza Club blog. —The...

MSNBC Global Warming Story - Penguins in Danger at North Pole

Check at about the 46 second mark. Story about vast expanses of water now present at the North Pole.I feel sorry for those penguins. Not only are their ice shelves collapsing as evidenced by the...