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Purple Row Interviews Hall of Famer Tony Gwynn
Through a promotion sponsored by Pepsi Max, Purple Row was granted an ten-minute interview with former San Diego Padre Tony Gwynn. Gwynn, who retired following the 2001 season after posting a career 132 wRC+ (including never having a season below 100 - full or otherwise) and accumulating a lifetime...
Rickey Henderson's "I'm the Greatest of All Time" Speech Has Been Grossly Misremembered & Misrepresented
Every five seconds this weekend, you've heard someone make a crack about Rickey Henderson's infamous "greatest of all time" speech, given after he set the all time steals mark. In actuality, Rickey's speech was gracious, more personal than most and far from everyone's apparent nightmare vision of...
AN Interviews Jason Giambi: Part I
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Somebody let Rickey play in the WBC
New York Post: This is what I love about Rickey, he didn't try to leave the game in his prime, he's trying to play forever. Rickey said if a GM needs him he'll be there. "but if a club came out and said they needed a left fielder, they needed a guy to get on base and steal a few bases, they...
Padres Marketing Plan: First pitch honorees
Don't get me wrong. I'm actually looking forward to this season. Everybody is tightening their belts and getting ready to play poker the way I like to play poker. Back to the wall, short stacked and hungry blinds. Our team is playing some shark dressed like a rock but pretending to be a fish poker....
10 reasons to hate the..Oakland Athletics
1. "The Bash Brothers"Turns out this was a comedy.2. The white shoes"Look at us. We're so different. We're crazy out here on the left coast."3. McAfee ColiseumI've never been there, but McAfee Coliseum has to be the worst ballpark in baseball. It has tons of wasted space in the lower seating area,...
The Tao of Rickey
In honor of Rickey Henderson's election into the Baseball Hall of Fame yesterday, I'd like to rerun some clips from a post I wrote back in 2005 when Rickey signed with the San Diego Surf Dawgs. As we get closer to the HoF induction ceremony in July, I look forward to hearing more stories about...
Remembering my conversation with Rickey Henderson
I'd like to congratulate Rickey Henderson on his election to the Baseball Hall of Fame. Many Braves fans get sore at the mention of the Hall because one of the Braves greats, Dale Murphy, has been repeatedly denied entry. The pros and cons for Murphy's induction are argued about every year with...
Loves Me Some Rickey
Rickey Henderson and Jim Rice were elected to the baseball Hall of Fame by the BBRAA. Bert Blyleven appeared on 62.7% of the ballots. Tim Raines (21.9%) and Alan Trammell (17.4%) came nowhere near the 75% needed for election; both are eminently qualified and it's an ongoing embarrassment to the...
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