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Monthly Archives: February 2000

February 14, 2000: Why Baseball Is Better Than Movies

Monday, February 14, 2000

There are a lot of reasons why I like baseball. I’ve already talked about formative experiences of youth, bonding with my father, and so on. But I think there’s more to it than that, and this has to do with sports in general. Because in recent years I’ve found my interest in all sports becoming […]

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February 13, 2000: Born-Again In Baseball – Part Three: The Comeback

Sunday, February 13, 2000

In 1999, corwin and I had been together eight years. Eight years! And now that we’re both in our thirties, we’ve gotten on to a kind of second-childhood kick. (We also took a vacation to Disney World this year.) I decided that, with our limited funds, we ought to take a vacation to New Jersey, […]

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February 13, 2000: Born-Again In Baseball – Part Two: The Slump

Sunday, February 13, 2000

When I hit about 15 years old, a couple of things happened. I was still a tomboy, yeah, but I started dating. And I started thinking about college. And I ran cross country track, and played tuba in the marching band, and was on the staff of the school literary magazine, and was in the […]

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February 13, 2000 : OFFSEASON BLUES

Sunday, February 13, 2000

I never anticipated how difficult the offseason was going to be this year. It’s my first offseason since my return to baseball fanaticism, and I just had no idea it would be this hard to get through the dark months. Oh, sure, in November there were a few tidbits, like the awards and such, that […]

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February 13, 2000 : Born-Again in Baseball: Part One: Rookie

Sunday, February 13, 2000

So, how did a young fan of Reggie Jackson, the Year of the Comeback, Bucky Dent, Ron Guidry, and Thurman Munson, a woman who still counts among one of the best days of her life witnessing Dave Righetti’s Fourth of July No-Hitter live at Yankee Stadium, lose her faith in the late ’80s, forget the […]

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