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Mussina made all the smart moves
Wherever he was, Mike Mussina always acted as if he was the smartest guy in the clubhouse. Yesterday, he proved it. By announcing his retirement less than two months after winning 20 games for the first time, Mussina ensures we will remember him at his...Tags: Pedro Martinez, Roger Clemens, Baseball, Cy Young, Major League Baseball
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Mussina walks away from game on his own terms
Wherever he was, Mike Mussina always acted as if he was the smartest guy in the clubhouse. Yesterday, he proved it, if reports that he has decided to retire are accurate. By exiting less than two months after winning 20 games for the first time,...Tags: Pedro Martinez, Roger Clemens, Baseball, Cy Young, Major League Baseball
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Happy birthday! Nov. 17
Gordon Lightfoot, singer, 70 Martin Scorsese, filmmaker, 66 Lauren Hutton, actress, 65 Danny DeVito, actor-director, 64 Tom Seaver, baseball player, 64 Daisy Fuentes, actress-model, 42 Rachel McAdams, actress, 30 The Associated Press, On-This-...Tags: Daisy Fuentes, Gordon Lightfoot, Rachel McAdams, Martin Scorsese, Danny DeVito
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Ben Crandell's Timeout: Where Anthony Bourdain could be traveling
Role models are hard to come by these days. While ethnically diverse kids such as my own now have one in Washington to look up to for quite some time, what about us unexceptional walking-around guys who have outgrown Tom Seaver and Clyde Frazier, and...Tags: Florida, Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington, Allen Hughes, Fort Lauderdale
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Today's Celebrity Birthdays
Rock musician Gerry McGee (The Ventures) is 71. Singer Gordon Lightfoot is 70. Movie director Martin Scorsese is 66. Actress Lauren Hutton is 65. Actor-director Danny DeVito is 64. ``Saturday Night Live" producer Lorne Michaels is 64. Baseball Hall-of-...Tags: Sophie Marceau, Gordon Lightfoot, Music Industry, RuPaul, Music
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Why are so many of these letters marked SWS -- sealed with slime?
Question: Once again, the real weakness in the BCS system shows up: the computers! Who is doing the programming? The computer average for Ohio State is 5th, while USC averages 10th. How can that be?
Bruce M. Jaffe
Answer: Why do the birds go on singing?...Tags: Ohio State Buckeyes, Securities, National Collegiate Athletic Association, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, ESPN
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Shea Stadium farewell was low key but worked well
WatchdogI thought the closing ceremonies for Shea were simple but warmly effective, especially that pitch from Tom Seaver to Mike Piazza, and the two of them closing the outfield doors for good. I wish I could gloat about being there,......Tags: Mike Piazza, New York Mets
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Mets, Yanks have identical records: Time for a playoff!
WatchdogNow that the Yankees and Mets have the same record, and in light of what Hank Steinbrenner wrote this week about the unfairness of it all . . . here's my idea for the right way to close out Shea:......Tags: Derek Jeter, David Wright, Baseball, Major League Baseball, Hank Steinbrenner
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I took a date to twin bill in Bronx in '76, and my mom!
WatchdogMy Friday newspaper column has a baseball theme in general and a strong dose of the Yankee Stadium finale in particular. That includes ESPN's and YES' plans for the evening, and the going rate for ducats on StubHub. I also......Tags: Wine, Beer, and Spirits, Phil Rizzuto, Bobby Murcer, ESPN, New York Mets
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Tom Seaver pitches in dark in '65, sends off Shea in '08
WatchdogThis is ridonkulously cool, and weird. It's footage of Tom Seaver pitching for the Alaska Goldpanners in the 1965 Midnight Sun Game, the Fairbanks tradition in which a game is begun at 11 p.m. or so around the summer......Tags: Customs and Tradition, Fairbanks, Alaska, Florida Marlins, New York Mets
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Mets performed pocketful of miracles
Special to NewsdayWhen they've been good, they've been very good and occasionally great. When they've been bad, they've been inept and sometimes laughably so. If there's one characteristic the Mets have lacked throughout their existence, it's consistency. No other...Tags: Oakland Athletics, Major League Baseball, George Weiss, San Diego Padres, Philadelphia Phillies
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It was a grand stage for excitement
Special to NewsdayShea Stadium rose from the ashes, literally. Like the adjacent land at Flushing Meadows that power broker Robert Moses twice transformed into a World's Fair, the plot on which Shea Stadium rests was a former dumping ground for the Brooklyn Ash Removal...Tags: O.J. Simpson, Nashua Corporation, Major League Baseball, Weather Reports, Bruce Springsteen
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