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Mr. Unlucky’s Almanack

Do the aphorisms and observations of Benjamin franklin and his Poor Richard still apply, or are we beyond hope and salvation?

Archive for September, 2007

Actually, for MLB I should substitute Bud Selig, the commissioner, and George Mitchell, official in charge of cover-up.
I seem to recall a few weeks ago that both St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Rick Ankiel and Toronto Blue Jays infielder Troy Glaus had been pretty much caught with their hands in the cookie jar of steroids.  Shortly [...]

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There may be someone of sound mind out there who somehow believes that O.J. Simpson didn’t gak his ex-wife and her companion, but whoever that person is no doubt is using a different definition of sound mind  than the rest of the world.
That’s why news out of Las Vegas that Simpson has been booked on eight [...]

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Being a native Californian and Los Angeles resident since birth, I have several decades of observing left-coast behavior (I was going to say humanity, but I’m not sure it applies).
Thus it was a pleasant surprise to spend a couple of quick, red-eye-flight-faciliated days in Philadelphia with my friend, eating, drinking and going to baseball games.
My [...]

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Some of us in Southern California actually realize what a gasbag and phony Dodger "great" Tommy Lasorda is (but I do give him credit for winning the Olympics baseball competition; that took something special).  However, most are fooled and consider him to be some kind of icon and ambassador for baseball.  Cough, spit, phlegm.
I was [...]

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