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Old Wed Oct 03, 2012, 11:35pm
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Teddy wins, Teddy wins, Teddy wins
It's finally over! Go Teddy!!

Teddy wins! Nationals mascot finally ends 525-race losing streak - Yahoo! Sports
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Old Thu Oct 04, 2012, 05:24am
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How about that finish in the AL West? The A's came from 13 games back at one point and after the last day, stand alone on top.
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Old Thu Oct 04, 2012, 10:34am
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How about that finish in the AL West? The A's came from 13 games back at one point and after the last day, stand alone on top.
If only it was covered in the media with the same fervor as last year's Chicken and Beer fiasco. Texas has pretty much gotten a pass nationally for the last month, although now there will be plenty of "Huh?? What happened?" analysis.

I'm actually really looking forward to these one-game play-ins tomorrow. While on a philosophical basis, I'm against diluting the field of playoff teams, I'm glad that they've come up with a way to reward the division winners. It should be harder for the wild cards to advance in the playoffs.

And I would also love to see an O's/Nats World Series.

BTW, can anybody believe what Dan Duquette -- former Boston GM, and then out of baseball completely for about 10 years -- has done with the O's. I'm amazed that he's been successful after being away from the game for so long. I'm sure he wasn't completely cut off from baseball information, but still. . .
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Old Thu Oct 04, 2012, 12:08pm
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Bye bye Bobby.
No surprise there. And the right thing to do, imho. But then again, I've never been a BV fan.
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No surprise there. And the right thing to do, imho.
Shocking news!

Boston Red Sox fire Bobby Valentine as manager after one season - MLB News | FOX Sports on MSN

I wonder if this means that the ownership team will actually allow their GM to do his job this time around. . .
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That's really fun. It makes me wonder if that was their plan all along (to have him win when the Nats finally won the division, even if it took 20 years), or if somebody just had the thought, "wouldn't it be a great time to break the streak?".

Who was the character that took out the other three Presidents? At first, I thought it was the Philly Phanatic, but it's clearly not him. His nose fell off!!
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Old Thu Oct 04, 2012, 10:28am
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No mention of the Triple Crown? I know in this sabremetric era, RBIs aren't supposed to count for anything and OBP is more important that batting average, but come on! Nobody has won all three categories in 45 years!!

Congratulations to Miguel Cabrera. This has to get the MVP, right? I know they like to talk about Ted Williams winning it twice and not getting the MVP, but look who he lost to. (Although one of those times, a NYC writer left Williams completely off his ballot, which was indefensible. He was just trying to rig the voting for DiMaggio, and it worked.)

And while it pains me to see somebody overtake a Red Sox legend in the record books, at least I can think about Yaz's great '67 season and the Impossible Dream team, instead of this year's pathetic excuse for a team.
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Congratulations to Miguel Cabrera. I can think about Yaz's great '67 season and the Impossible Dream team.
Yaz carried the Sox after Tony Conigliaro got his face smashed in by a pitch. He went seven for eight the last weekend of the season to help the Sox win the pennant. He didn't realize that he had won the Tripe Crown until someone told him the next day. I was hoping that either I would die, or Yastrzemski would die, before someone won the Triple Crown again, but, hey, records are made to be broken, and Cabrera had a hell of a year. I tip my Red Sox cap to him.
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The only thing better than the Sox season actually being over is that there is playoff baseball this afternoon! I'm actually looking forward to these 1-game play-ins. I think it'll be fun!
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The only thing better than the Sox season actually being over ...
Goodbye Bobby. We never really got to know you.

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