Wish List

Posted on Tuesday, December 1, 2009 @ 9:36 pm
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Both the Kindle and Sony eBook stores have serious deficiencies. The selection is just plain unsatisfactory if you're serious about books. But Sony seems to be completely missing the point. Good thing I didn't expect to make much use of their store. I'll mostly be finding my reading material elsewhere.

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Beloit in Midwest for 1970 (1969)

Posted on Friday, October 9, 2009 @ 10:16 pm
Filed Under BB Research Notes, Baseball, MWLguide
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The team name was going to be the Braves, the 1969 affiliation would be a Tigers-dominated co-op, the 1970 affiliation would be with Cleveland, and owner Mike Kelegian would likely move the team to Rockford for the 1970 season. None of these things happened.

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Have You Ever Had the Urge? (1968)

Posted on Thursday, October 8, 2009 @ 10:23 pm
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Some 4,000 fans watched, slightly stunned, as Stump interrupted what appeared to be a roaring argument between Deegan and managers Jack Krol of Cedar Rapids and Rac Slider of Waterloo with a pie.

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One of These Days

Posted on Thursday, October 1, 2009 @ 4:49 pm
Filed Under Bureaucrats, Work
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A day full of good-byes....

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Call Off Final M-O-V Playoffs (1950)

Posted on Thursday, September 17, 2009 @ 3:29 pm
Filed Under BB Research Notes, Baseball, MWLguide
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As you can see, the accounts actually disagree, both about the status of the Paducah/West Frankfort series and about the reason for the cancellation. Looking at the game reports for those which were actually played, it looks like the weather was sufficient reason to shut things down; it was wet and cold, and few were in the stands.

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