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I usually only care about baseball as it relates to the young players, coaches, and parents. I leave the bigger philosophical questions to the big guys, like ESPN and the like.I admit that I am as guilty as anyone of only paying attention to my hometown MLB team, my beloved St. Louis Cardinals, but reading an article about the Miami
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If you settle for LESS than a woman who represents EXACTLY what you want in a woman, you will not be a happy man. Yes, yes... I have a "firm grasp of the obvious", right? But if it's SO OBVIOUS, why do SO MANY men end up settling down anyway? That's a question that came up during a coaching call
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Autographed baseballs are among the most popular types of sports memorabilia, with a history stretching back decades. Teams have been writing on them since the early days of the game when the teams, scoring, and other details of a game were written on the ball, which was later preserved as a "trophy."Signing or autographing a ball didn't become popular until
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BiloelaThis is the story of young immigrants from the small towns of southern Rhodes (Rhodes Island, Greece) who came to work in the sugarcane and cotton fields of Biloela, Queensland, Australia. These early immigrants were overwhelmed with nostalgia for their native towns, the families they left behind, and their church. However, they took the opportunity to improve their lives by
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When a young person fails to make a team at school, he or she can feel quite disappointed, hurt, angry, and upset. Similarly, the child's parents may be very unhappy with their son or daughter's setback.There are a number of things that parents can do when their child is cut from a school team. Some of the ideas mentioned in
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Christopher Ingraham's Washington Post article (June 13, 2014) says it all: "There are more museums in the US than Starbucks and McDonald's combined." Quite accurately we think of museums as important cultural and educational institutions; however, they are also silent superstars of the entertainment industry. According to the American Alliance of Museums (AAM), with more than 800 million live visits
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I assume you are one of the many people who have been dumped? Or did you make the biggest mistake and end the relationship yourself? And now you want to go back with the person you love? There is only one way to do this right and that is the right way. Do you want to get your ex back?
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It's not often that coaches and the media agree on who should be in college football's preseason top 25 polls, but this year, at least, their top 5 picks are mirror images: Florida ( 1), Texas (2), Oklahoma (3), Southern California (4) and Alabama (5). Of the 60 possible first-place votes in the AP Top 25 media poll, Florida garnered
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For the second year in a row, the rookies defeated the sophomores in the NBA All-Star Rookie Challenge. Are rookies trying harder than sophomores, or are players from the last two drafts better than last year's picks? Before the 2010 game, the sophomores had won the last 7 games, usually by a wide margin.In 2010, standout sophomore players were Michael
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Philadelphia over Houston. Michael Vic continued his path to MVP with another solid performance. The Eagles with all their talent and speed on offense held to 34 points with two more dropped touchdown passes and taking a long halftime heading into the third quarter letting the Texans get back into the game. The bad news for the Eagles is that
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