Baseball
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LA Times: Dodgers capitalize on ninth-inning error to rally for Game 2 victory over Cardinals
Holliday’s ninth-inning error today at Dodger Stadium paved the way for a stunning two-run rally that gave the Dodgers a 3-2 victory over St. Louis and a commanding two-games-to-none lead in the best-of-five National League division series. With two out, the bases empty and the Cardinals clinging to a one-run lead, closer Ryan Franklin got James Loney to hit a sinking liner into left field, almost directly toward Holliday, who couldn’t make the catch when the ball struck him in…
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Guess who’s going to Game 2 of NLDS?
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Toast of town: Dodgers defend NL West crown
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LAT: For Dodgers, it’s all about the wins and the grins
The Dodgers have an eight-game winning streak and have the second best record in the NL. What a great way to start the season!
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For Shame, Baseball. For Shame.
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Meet Yu Darivish, the first Iranian-Japanese pro baseball player
This past weekend I’ve been helping Aaron set up a new blog called “East . . . a windup chronicle of Baseball, Culture, Art, and Politics from the Pacific Rim.” He posted today about Yu Darvish, a new 20-year-old hotshot Japanese pitcher who has an Iranian father and a Japanese mother. He’s the ace for the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters. He’s got his own site, and his own fan site. I think he just might be the first pro baseball…
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Ghostride the Volvo
In the tradition of the Internet mash-up, it’s only fitting that in response to the A’s departure to Fremont, two kids mixed two great Oakland traditions: ghost ridin’ the whip, and the A’s.
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Endy Chávez vs. Willie Mays
I spent a good portion of last night listening to Game 7 of the NLCS on the radio last night. For those of you that missed it, the highlight of the game was Mets centerfielder Endy Chávez’ amazing grab in the sixth inning, saving the Mets from what should have been a two-run homer. Josh Levin, my editor over at Slate, has a great piece stacking up this play to the most famous baseball catch in history, Willie Mays’ The…
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LET’S GO, OAKLAND!
Best part of the game: within two minutes of the final out, the folks in the right field bleachers (where my brother and I were sitting) started chanting: Yankees suck! Yankees suck! I can’t wait for the ALCS.
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Parallels Workstation in the Playoffs
Best thing about Parallels Workstation? My Gameday Audio (which I paid good money for) finally works on my Mac — well, Engadget’s Mac, to be precise. For the life of me I can’t get it to play natively on my MacBook.
