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The Pittsburgh Pirates are in town to play the Rockies. Both the Rockies radio and TV teams have claimed that Pirate Lastings Milledge wears number 85 "because that was the year he was born."
Labels: Media Rant
posted by Douglas T. Dinsmoor @ 11:01 PM
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Yeah, I'm a baseball nut. I also love the ballparks, and I consider myself an aficionado. I've seen over 2,000 professional baseball games in 54 MLB parks and 123 minor league venues.
I lived in Boston for over 20 years, and I continue to be a die-hard Red Sox fan, as well as a card-carrying member of Red Sox Nation.
Now back in Denver again – I was born 12 blocks from Coors Field – I also follow the Rockies. I've grown fond of them and I'm now a genuine fan, but my relationship with them isn't yet the same deep emotional and cultural investment I developed with the BoSox, but stay tuned.
I consider myself a baseball purist, and I loathe interleague play and the DH.
I've never worn a tie to a ball game.
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I don't know what annoys me most about Renck and the rest of the idiots. First is the idea that the difference between the outcomes of the first two games of the Pirate series was the Rockies attitude. Clearly the difference was that Jimenez was unhittable.
Second is the grammatical sloppiness: "Earlier in the season, this is when Jimenez would make a critical mistake"
Third is the thoughtless use of sportswriters cliches such as: "To advance, these are the kind of games they have to win". What kind are those. This was followed by "That has become rather predictable since June 4 as they have gone a baseball-best 43-19. What has become rather predictable?
I started legally drinking in 85. That was also my first year with Bedrock Giants season tickets. Mickey Marble was the great slugger back then.
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