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Baseball show previewing Yanks-Tribe

by Ted Berg on May 28th, 2010 at 2:51 pm

Sam Borden on the telephone:


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Ralph Kiner, part 3

by Ted Berg on May 11th, 2010 at 9:03 am


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Chicken-fried steak sandwich, Ballpark in Arlington

by Ted Berg on May 9th, 2010 at 3:57 pm

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An image culled from my strangest fantasies

by Ted Berg on May 8th, 2010 at 8:16 pm

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Jordan jerseys still on sale in Birmingham Barons gift shop

by Ted Berg on May 5th, 2010 at 10:28 am

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Thrilledgeville

by Ted Berg on May 1st, 2010 at 8:44 pm

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The Godfather

by Ted Berg on April 30th, 2010 at 11:21 am

I didn’t eat the Frito Pie last night. Toby pointed me toward the Godfather, and I couldn’t resist. Though at delis all over the New York area “The Godfather” refers to an Italian hero, at Grayson stadium it’s an Italian sausage covered with Philly cheesesteak and chicken-steak. (Is that an oxymoron? You know what I mean, like the chicken equivalent of Philly cheesesteak.) I got mine with jalapenos, because I’m like that.

Here is what the Godfather looks like. There’s an Italian sausage under there. The ketchup was my own addition:

What did it taste like? Exactly how you’d expect: Amazing. I still have a little bit of a grease headache just thinking about it, but worth it nonetheless. This needs to catch on.

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Bobby Cox says Jason Heyward takes too many pitches

by Ted Berg on April 29th, 2010 at 10:25 am

Bobby Cox says Braves rookie Jason Heyward is taking far too many hittable strikes and limiting his chances by continually falling behind in counts….

“We’re going to talk to him,” Cox said. “He’s taking way too many pitches for strikes. [As a result] he’s getting one pitch to swing at right now.”

- Dave O’Brien, Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

As Aaron Gleeman points out, the Heymaker has swung at the fourth fewest percentage of pitches inside the strike zone of any Major League qualifier, so Cox is probably onto something, all snark aside.

That said, if he’s looking for a right fielder who won’t take too many pitches…

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