MISTER FADED GLORY
I'd call this blog a "Critique of Life," except that sounds way too pretentious.
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Monthly Archives: November 2005
A plea for Milton Bradley
Well, last night I posted a wishlist that included Brian Giles (but maybe just a pipe dream). Giles chose not to take the Blue Jays’ offer of 5 years and $55 million — instead re-upping with the Pad Squad. Would … Continue reading
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Mabry yes, Mabry no.
It’s official. Will the Cubs win the World Series in 2006? Hmmm? Mabry they will. Heck, it’s not a Mabry, it’s a probabry. Yeah, I know. Cut, paste, frame that line. That’s gold. (By the way – in any future … Continue reading
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One and one and one … Eleven …
You know what I’ve said before. People will talk about the pressure, talk about the tension, talk about playing history instead of the team in front of you. But you know what? If you’re gonna go out to the field, … Continue reading
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Welcome Neifi Perez, because this will totally work out
Didn’t take long for my high to end Tuesday, even after the Colts’ statement-game win over the New England Patriots and their bitter, pathetic fans. The news first broke at, oh, 9 a.m. or so, that yours and my Chicago … Continue reading
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The Long Road: Colts finally beat Pats
Eight up and eight down. And now we can talk about the Colts. Because for all the posturing, predicting and punditry — the Colts hadn’t played anyone — tonight they put on a clinic, in Foxborough, Mass. of all places. … Continue reading
Closer …. Closer …. Closer
Well, the opinions and analysis begins to roll in. Consensus is that this is the Colts’ game — they’re finally ready to dethrone their nemesis, much like Brett Favre’s Packers finally did with the Cowboys in 1996. Or did they?
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Quaking in my boots
Couldn’t be too much bad karma here, could there? I’m not a pessimist, am I? I don’t realize the Colts have typically come out sluggish after bye weeks, do I? Patriots 23, Colts 10. And the media goes nuts for … Continue reading
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Tuesday’s Colts prediction.
Optimistic, still. Perhaps it’s my general amiability surrounding my favorite hour of must-see TV. Colts 29, Patriots 23. (OT)
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Earth to Simmons: “Orwellian” Baseball?
Speaking of either selling out or knowing what selling out must feel like … Bill Simmons chimes in today with perhaps his best piece in three or four years — in which he empathizes and attempts to understand the mind … Continue reading
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