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Sporting Men No. 5

June 18 08

The shades, the ’stache, the mouth: Mr. October, Reggie Jackson (1946-).
(wiki Mr. October)
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Sporting Men No. 2

June 2 08

England Captain Bobby Moore (1941-93) kisses the Jules Rimet Trophy after winning the controversial final match of the 1966 World Cup at Wembley Stadium. Moore died of cancer in 1993.
(wiki Bobby Moore) (wiki 1966 World Cup)

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Sporting Men No. 1.

May 29 08

Sandy Koufax, left-handed, Jewish pitcher for the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers (1955-1966).
Sandy famously refused to pitch the first game of the 1965 World Series because it fell on Yom Kippur.
He also had a lifetime ERA of 2.76, which is a mean feat in and of itself.
(wiki)

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Cultural Observations #32: Major Junior Hockey

April 5 08

I spent the evening watching a QMJHL playoff hockey game between the Halifax Mooseheads and the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles. Halifax beat their island counterparts 5-4, but the game could nearly have been Cape Breton’s. Had not the visitors played such an undisciplined first ten minutes, which saw them down two goals and [...]

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A posthuman Barry Bonds

August 30 07

Too many people have blogged about Barry Bonds and The Record already.
Since I am hardly a baseball fan, I gave little time to following the run-up to Barry’s 756th home run early in August 2007. I kept up appearances with the family (all sportive types), and spoke once or twice with a close friend [...]

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