Pregame notes: Martin out with a stiff neck

Source: LoHud.com

Russell Martin has a stiff neck. He felt it yesterday, and it’s still bothering him today, which is the reason he’s not in the lineup for this afternoon’s series finale in Oakland. “It was pretty bad yesterday,” Joe Girar ...
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Midday open thread

Source: Daily Kos

A terrific ad, from our own Crashing Vor: You have chosen the quarterfinalists of the GOP Madness competition! You can see the current bracket here. The next round of voting starts next week. A nice head ...
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Teixeira batting third; Stewart back at catcher

Source: LoHud.com

The problem has become the arm chair managing and GMing has grown to a weird level. Posters actually believe they can run a major league baseball team – all that comes with it. Very good, you made one or two pred ...
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Babes on the Bay turns 13

Source: Corpus Christi Caller-Times

ROCKPORT — After the final raw oyster is slurped off its shell at Fulton's Oysterfest and before corks begin popping at Rockport's Festival of Wines the town hosts the biggest little fishing tournament of its kind in Texas and beyon ...
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MORE UNDECLARED WARS, MORE NEEDLESS DEATHS

Source: The Burning Platform

Isn’t it wonderful that damn near every (unconstitutional) federal department decides that they too should have their very own spec ops teams? My question after reading this is: WHERE THE FUCK IS CONGRESS? WHER ...
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Substitute Maicon Santos scored the winning goal in the second half in Eastern Conference-leading D.C. United's 3-2 over the New England Revolution on Saturday night in Washington. Dejan Jakovic and Brandon McDonald scored in the first half for United (8

Source: Lowell Sun Online

raced to his first Nationwide victory of the year. He'll try to double up in Sprint Cup's longest race of the season, the Coca-Cola 600 on Sunday night. In between comes the Indy 500, a race that owner Roger Penske's cars have won 1 ...
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Yankees News and Notes 5/27/12: Tex? Tex!

Source: SB Nation

Mark Teixeira! Is he back? Maybe. Probably not, but maybe. It all depends on what you're looking for. If you're looking for him to start going to other and shoot for a higher batting average, you should probably stop. He is what he is according to he ...
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Alzheimers at the OutsetA Black Family Coping at the Crossroads

Source: New America Media

Photo: James Small Part 2. Click to read Part 1. MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.--The police were called to Ann Small’s home a couple times before her husband was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. Small didn’t know why he was acting so differently, and a ...
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A red, white and blue affair

Source: Mail Tribune

Third annual Mill Creek Memorial Veterans Festival honors all those who have served and sacrificed Brenda Monroe competes in the first heat of the bed races at the Mill Creek Memorial Veterans Festival Saturday in Prospect.Julia Moore "‰Johnny Lee Fulto ...
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