Well, misery loves company. How can baseball be America's game if Chicago and Boston never stand a chance? They came oh so close only to be swatted down for thinking they could hold a lead and move on. At least we've learned again that baseball humbles, and breaks more hearts than any other game could even dream of doing. Has the consolation ''Wait till next year?'' ever rung more hollow? [click to continue]
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It's Gone!
(posted 10/17/03 12:31 a.m.)
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Well, misery loves company. How can baseball be America's game if
Chicago and Boston never stand a chance? They came oh so close only
to be swatted down for thinking they could hold a lead and move on.
At least we've learned again that baseball humbles, and breaks more
hearts than any other game could even dream of doing. Has the
consolation "Wait till next year?" ever rung more hollow?
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Round 'Em Up
(posted 10/13/03 12:41 a.m.)
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In defending his nonpartisan newspaper disinterested and selfless
reporting on Arnold Schwarzenegger's social skills,
L.A.
Times
editor
John S. Carroll
did not come off too well in the special op-ed
he wrote for his paper's Sunday edition. It did not help that
instead of engaging critics he dismissed
them