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FUN FACTS: RAYS VS. WHITE SOX

Ted Bauer

Interesting start to the MLB playoffs: our boss is happy, with the Red Sox taking it to the Angels once again. Our...

Blog Entry | Conversation | October 02, 2008

THE MLB PLAYOFFS: FUN FACTS

Ted Bauer

Those one-game playoff battles tend to be pretty good, eh? White Sox find the postseason again with a 1-0...

Blog Entry | Conversation | October 01, 2008

FOUND ITEMS: REINDEER DRAG RACING

Ted Bauer

...of an awkward period in the seasonal flow. You're psyched that football's back and MLB playoffs are almost here, but at the same time, you can feel that awesome mid-November to...

Blog Entry | Conversation | September 19, 2008

Wednesday: 'Dancing with the (Super)stars'

Ted Bauer

...Jokinen? Game-winner, 'Canes up 2-1 in the series. Rajon Rondo? Third triple-double of these playoffs, tying Larry Bird for a Cs record. Wednesday: the night those people that make sickening amounts of...

Blog Entry | Conversation | May 07, 2009

A-Rod: Those Affected

Ted Bauer

...it's Jeter's team. He hasn't won a World Series since 2000, and missed the playoffs entirely last year for the first time. This A-Rod situation opens his 2009 season on a...

Blog Entry | Conversation | February 10, 2009

ESPNTheMag.Com Presents: All-World Power Rankings

Ted Bauer

...s assess sporting options: (1) MLB. Sure, pitchers and catchers report soon, but you ain't got any legit games until early April ; (2) NHL. Hmm. Valid, but playoffs don't start 'till late...

Blog Entry | Conversation | February 03, 2009

THE MAG.COM PRESENTS: ALL WORLD POWER RANKINGS

Ted Bauer

...is? Please click here.] Today back in 1956, Don Larsen hurled the only perfect game in MLB playoff history. Seemed a good time to rank other examples of 'perfection.' Hate to break it to...

Blog Entry | Conversation | October 08, 2008

FUN FACTS: DODGERS VS. CUBS

Ted Bauer

...have a tough first-round draw in veteran postseason anchor Joe Torre, equally veteran postseason bopper Manny...That's the second-longest coaching streak in MLB history, behind Nick Altrock, who was listed as...

Blog Entry | Conversation | September 30, 2008

FUN FACTS: WHITE SOX VS. TWINS

Ted Bauer

...we are—one game for the final playoff spot. Analyze it all you want, but we...temporarily underachieves athletically only to ascend to rapid MLB prominence with funky batting stance and hands quicker...

Blog Entry | Conversation | September 30, 2008

FUN FACTS: RED SOX VS. ANGELS

Ted Bauer

...much utterly snakebit by the Sox in the playoffs. (Granted, the personnel is different in both cases...first Native American of Navajo descent to reach MLB. He also went to Oregon State. So did...

Blog Entry | Conversation | September 30, 2008

THE SPORTING EQUIVALENCY: JENNIFER TILLY

Ted Bauer

...her in Bride of Chucky. Jennifer Tilly's MLB Equivalent: Milton Bradley Logic: both are somewhat grating...1 World Poker Tour title, which is more playoff wins than Romo has). Five: if Tilly dated...

Blog Entry | Conversation | September 16, 2008

CLIP REEL: CELEBRATING THE MONTREAL EXPOS

Ted Bauer

Fourteen years ago today, Major League Baseball's eighth work stoppage began; it...team. Should be noted that the only Expos playoff team was '81, though. A detailed look at...

Blog Entry | Conversation | August 12, 2008

AN INTERVIEW WITH RICK SUTCLIFFE

Ted Bauer

...in the bullpen; I'm feeling good. Before the game, people from the Hall of Fame or MLB—I'm not sure which—came to talk to me. Had that happened before? No...

Blog Entry | Conversation | August 05, 2008

A BRIEF HISTORY OF WRIGLEY FIELD (BEFORE THE LIGHTS)

Ted Bauer

Throughout this week, we'll be rolling out a package dedicated to the first night game at Wrigley Field, which took place on August 8, 1988 (twenty ye...

Blog Entry | Conversation | August 04, 2008

THE SPORTING EQUIVALENCY: GREG KINNEAR

Ted Bauer

...of Greg Kinnear by wondering: who exactly in Major League Baseball could possibly be Tina Fey's...for a Pacers team that hung around the playoff hunt, yet everyone wants to call them "Jermaine...

Blog Entry | Conversation | June 17, 2008