Craig Crawford: Bait and Pitch
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You almost have to laugh at the debate over whether President Bush is getting too Ã¢ÂÂpolitical,Ã¢ÂÂ as in the gnashing of teeth from Democrats after the president used the fifth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attack to address the nation on television with a re-hashed stump speech defending the war in Iraq.
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Debunking the falsehoods springing from this November's contest
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Sometimes a TV series needs a tune-up. Tweak the plots, juice the promotion and it may end up a challenger in the ratings race.
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This category-killing concept is selling for half price!
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Brendan Donnelly has the old-time baseball thing going. A sense of vengeance and, apparently, a distaste for interleague play.
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Whaddya think? Let him close tonight? He threw only 99 pitches and he was still pumping high-octane gas at the end. Curt Schilling might be good for a batter or two in a pinch tonight.
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If he is removed he wants it to be based on the game situation, not the number of pitches he has thrown. The staff ace reached his imposed pitch count of 70 here in Baltimore after three innings last night.
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So many angles. So many sub-plots. So much intrigue for a game pitting two non-winning teams holding one-way tickets to irrelevance.
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ESPN announced yesterday the signing of Rick Reilly, whose contract with Sports Illustrated expires at the end of November. He will write the back-page column in ESPN the Magazine and deliver essays on âSportsCenterâ during its golf coverage.Reilly said he succumbed to ESPN after rejecting offers 5 and 10 years ago. âThe money was ridiculous,â he said in a news media conference call. âThis is an itch Iâve always wanted to scratch, to take my voice to a different place.â Despite being on TV regularly with one-minute commentaries, he said ESPN wanted him for his column. âBelieve me, with this nose, I know whatâs best for me,â he said.
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Muhammad Saleem, the new addition to the Pronet Advertising blog, today made a post exposing how the owner of a site named BringPopcorn.com tried to pay multiple Top 10 Diggers $500 to Digg his site and have it appear on the Digg homepage. Hello, I need a favor. I run a website bringpopcorn.com. Would you get my website [...]
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I must admit to being of two conflicting minds when it comes to the anti-Kerry activities of the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth. On the one hand, there is nothing that makes my blood boil more than a fraudulent Vietnam veteran.
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Barry Bondsâs threat to Hank Aaronâs career record of 755 home runs couldnât generate more of a sideshow, which includes a possible indictment.
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Curtis Granderson of the Detroit Tigers has written the words âDonât think. Have Funâ on his cap as a reminder to play baseball loosely and not scrutinize every situation.
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Following up on yesterday's piece about Demo-like conferences. Eric Norlin proposes that the economics are still out of whack. The people providing the value, the people attending the show, should get in for free. The demoers should pay. He has a point. In my HyperCamp proposal, that is how it works. The premise is that in 2007 everyone who attends is as much press as anyone else (everyone's a blogger) so what's the justification for some people getting in as press (i.e. free of charge) and others paying $2500.
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Whether Alex Rodriguez or his agent, Scott Boras, is calling the shots, they are making a farce of the best player in baseball.
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25, 2004. Reader Wayne Sweeney blamed both the players and fans for their roles in last weekendâs Pistons-Pacers melee. âIf someone threw a drink at me, Iâd charge them too,â Sweeney
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You forget about Mark Bellhorn. He lulls you to sleep with those droopy eyes and that droopy hair and his insistence on examining every pitch as though it is a rare piece of art. He'll drive you crazy, this second baseman, who takes and takes and takes pitches until he either walks or strikes out. Or hits incredible clutch home ...