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Sunday, August 22, 2004 |
Mets' Aggressive Bonds Strategy Backfires
The Mets attacked Barry Bonds as if they had a brand-new scouting report on him, and he basically deposited it in McCovey Cove. [The New York Times > Sports]And what a weekend he had against them. I had great seats at the park on Saturday and saw the man hit a single, two doubles and a triple! We were hoping he could cap it off with a walk-off home run in the 12th to win the thing, but it was not to be. Still, it was one of the most amazing offensive shows I've seen anyone put on.
8:48:40 PM Permalink
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How can it rain fish?
From the BBC: How can it rain fish?. The latest in a series of bizarre British weather phenomena is a rain of fish. It may sound like the stuff of legend, but such events are increasingly well documented. On Wednesday, the village of Knighton, in Powys, was reported to have endured such a fishy deluge. Not a story easily believed - an odd site for a Biblical-style plague, one might think, perhaps to be followed by the waters of the nearby River Teme running red with blood? But in fact, as the Met Office explains, such occurrences are not as... [Mirabilis.ca]
>Shades of Charles Fort!
8:38:33 PM Permalink
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quotes of the day
"I was not prepared to shoot my eardrum out with a shotgun in order to get a deferment. Nor was I willing to go to Canada. So I chose to better myself by learning how to fly airplanes." George Bush,... [Majority Report Radio]
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© Copyright 2004 Steve Michel.
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