Posts Tagged ‘baseball’

Tobacco cost Dempsey his baseball dream

Thursday, July 7th, 2011

Tobacco cost Dempsey his baseball dream
Coaching his son’s Little League baseball team has brought back terrible memories of his own childhood brush with the sport for actor Patrick Dempsey.

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Roger I. Abrams: A Change in the Game of Baseball We Can Believe in

Monday, June 20th, 2011

Roger I. Abrams: A Change in the Game of Baseball We Can Believe in
It is absurd that the rules of the game played in the American League differ from the rules of the game in the National League. Yes, I am talking about the designated hitter rule.

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Chewing tobacco a baseball pastime some want gone

Saturday, April 17th, 2010

Chewing tobacco a baseball pastime some want gone
Nick Leyva remembers the day he gave up chewing tobacco. Just quit, cold turkey, and never looked back. It was during spring training in 1996. The Toronto Blue Jays were in Dunedin, Fla., when a guest speaker paid a visit to the clubhouse.

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