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Andre Dawson acting like we don't go golfing together every month. Andre Dawson was at a card show this weekend so I popped my head in to say “hello.”  He and I are old friends, but he likes to play this game where he pretends not to know me and then kicks me out of the show when I cut in line and refuse to pay for his autograph.  What a joker.

DOWNTOWN — Back in my early days at the P-D covering hockey, the selection of the “Three Stars” at each game was, loosely, my responsibility. Toward the end of the game, a quick straw poll was taken of the other writers in the box. Sometimes the selections were obvious. Sometimes they weren’t.

Not since the Boston Red Sox sold Babe Ruth had a baseball transaction gone more awry. The Chicago Cubs, dissatisfied with center fielder Lou Brock -- who was slumping following his breakout year in 1963 -- decided to trade Brock and two others to the Cardinals for Ernie Broglio (and two others).

NEW YORK, NY — An extensive, week-long SSNN investigation has discovered that former catcher and current FOX broadcaster Tim McCarver almost stayed awake for all 15 innings of Major League Baseball’s All-Star Game. “I almost made it, I almost did,” said McCarver, donning a cardigan and speaking from his New York home.

Using the eye of fantasy baseball, one can look back in history and get a feel for who the fans thought were the best players of each generation. The Fantasy Baseball Hall of Fame expands their list of greats by opening the door to the 1970s. Ryne Sandberg and Mike Piazza get bumped off the "best ever" list for their positions.

1964: The Cardinals complete the most famous swap in team history, landing Lou Brock, Jack Spring and Paul Toth from the Chicago Cubs in exchange for Ernie Broglio, Bobby Schanz and Doug Clemens. The Cardinals were three games under .500 and in eighth place in the National League at the time of the deal, largely because their offense was averaging slightly better than two runs a game.

Nationals photo RYAN ZIMMERMAN This will never happen in baseball today, but wouldn't it be nice if ballplayers actually realized that sliding headfirst into any base or home plate is, well, a bad idea. You don't save any real...

Lou Dobbs Drops the “NAFTA Superhighway” Ball Posted on May 25th, 2008 by blogger It’s too bad Lou Dobbs didn’t have his notes together when he was confronted recently by Paul Waldman of Media Matters for America, a “progressive,” read Democrat, organization (see video).

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Jon is a long-time collector of all things baseball cards and recently hit the jackpot when he received a call from a man in his late 50’s who wanted to sell off his collection. Jon, an entrepreneur of sorts places ads in newspaper to see what kind of collections pop up from time to time.