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Bootleg City: The Outfield, 1985-’86

Robert Cass July 10, 2009 24

Last Saturday I discussed the global economic woes that have trickled down to many American cities in the past year, including Bootleg City. The recession has led to crippling budget cuts here, and now

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How Bad Can It Be?: Fightstarters

Jack Feerick June 26, 2009 24

The point of a column like this is not to be a consumer guide, or to give “thumbs up”/”thumbs down” to the latest media product (which is just as well since Ebert owns the

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Basement Songs: John Fogerty, “Centerfield”

Scott Malchus April 30, 2009 12

Spring is in the air, and the baseball season is still young -- which has Scott Malchus thinking about the eternal hope of the hardcore fan while listening to John Fogerty's "Centerfield."

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How Bad Can It Be?: Toward a New Jock-Rock Canon

Jack Feerick April 17, 2009 5

The calendar may define it as March 21, but any baseball fan knows that Opening Day is the real first day of Spring. With a new season just kicking into gear, it’s time to

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Basement Songs: Dave Matthews Band, “Steady As We Go”

Scott Malchus March 26, 2009 5

A winter chill crept into our sunny spring Sunday and we all donned heavy coats to go to a baseball game. Tickets to the World Baseball Classic between the United States and Japan had

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10 Things to Love/Hate about the World Baseball Classic

Jon Cummings March 23, 2009 5

Tonight Japan and Korea will face off in a grudge match at Dodger Stadium – having already split four games over the last two weeks — in the finale of the second World Baseball

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A-Rod: Can This Career Be Saved?

Jon Cummings February 19, 2009 8

If the tallest tree in the forest cracks at the base, and everyone in the country hears it, do we have an obligation to prop it back up? Or can we just fire up

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Eight Great Ways to Piss Off a Ballplayer

Zack Dennis July 15, 2008 16

A couple weeks ago, I planned a weeknight getaway down to Anaheim to watch the Angels play against their closest rival for the division crown, the Oakland A’s. We took the Metrolink train down

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Political Culture: Two Guys Named George Play Ball

Jon Cummings April 3, 2008 18

In our current age of hyper-partisan combat and contempt – to which I have proven myself at least as susceptible as my fellow fifth-rate political blatherers – it sure does chap my ass when

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