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“AMPHIBIOUS PITCHER MAKES DEBUT”.
“AMPHIBIOUS PITCHER MAKES DEBUT”. I posted here about Pat Venditte’s debut as a major league pitcher under the caption: “AN AMBIDEXTROUS PITCHER SUCCEEDS IN MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL.” A newspaper in Oregon reported on the story under the headline “AMPHIBIOUS PITCHER … Continue reading
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JOEY VOTTO TAKES A THREE BALL WALK!
JOEY VOTTO TAKES A THREE BALL WALK! I have posted several times, including here, about instances when major league umpires have lost track of the count of balls and strikes and have let a batter take a base on balls … Continue reading
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ROTISSERIE BASEBALL AND USA TODAY.
ROTISSERIE BASEBALL AND USA TODAY. Those of us who were early players in fantasy baseball leagues are aware of how much difference the internet made. The wikipedia entry on fantasy baseball points out that: “the advent of powerful computers and … Continue reading
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EXPLAINING REFEREEING DECISIONS.
EXPLAINING REFEREEING DECISIONS. A benefit of the NBA reports is that they explain the guidelines which are used to apply the rules with much more clarity than any of the announcers do. I learned from reading them. Some examples from … Continue reading
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LSMFT—“LORD SAVE MACARTHUR FROM TRUMAN”.
LSMFT—“LORD SAVE MACARTHUR FROM TRUMAN”. When I was a little older, I realized that the welcome for General MacArthur reflected the enormous power at the time of the Chicago Tribune. President Truman had removed MacArthur from command in Korea, and … Continue reading
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SCHOOL CLOSINGS BACK IN THE DAY.
SCHOOL CLOSINGS BACK IN THE DAY. I can remember only two school closings back in Elmhurst, Illinois (a Chicago suburb with Chicago weather). One closing was because of weather. We were told that the school was closed because the temperature … Continue reading
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WHY ANNOUNCE AN AUTO RECALL ON A SATURDAY?
WHY ANNOUNCE AN AUTO RECALL ON A SATURDAY? I often see references to what is apparently a Washington cliche: bad news is released on a Friday or Saturday because Saturday and Sunday are slow newsdays. On Saturday January 31 the … Continue reading
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TIMES NEW ROMAN IN THE COMPUTER AGE.
TIMES NEW ROMAN IN THE COMPUTER AGE. I posted here five years ago about the belief of David Ogilvy, the advertising legend, that ads should use typefaces that are used in newspaper and magazine text because that is what consumers … Continue reading
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WHEN TIMES NEW ROMAN WAS NEW.
WHEN TIMES NEW ROMAN WAS NEW. Until I read this article by Meredith Mann on the New York Public Library blog, I had thought that the Times New Roman typeface was associated with the New York Times. Instead, it is … Continue reading
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LETTING FOOTBALL FANS KNOW ABOUT MISTAKES REFEREES MAKE.
LETTING FOOTBALL FANS KNOW ABOUT MISTAKES REFEREES MAKE. I posted a couple days ago about the furor (as the tabloids would say) over an important play in the Detroit Lions/Dallas Cowboy playoff game in which the officials reversed a penalty … Continue reading
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