Welcome to ‘Duk’s Dozen, a streamlined selection of 12
morning-fresh links, items and random thoughts to start your baseball
day. It welcomes your email submissions and tips here or via Twitter. Today, please enjoy this special Mark Buehrle perfect game edition of D12.
1. What a day Thursday was. As it wound down, I was instant...
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This and every weekday a.m. during baseball season, let’s rise and shine together to recap the most recent diamond doings. Roll Call starts on the South Side of Chicago (the baddest part of town), where Mark Buehrle tossed a perfect game against the Tampa Bay Rays to place himself at the center of...
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This and every weekday a.m. during baseball season, let’s rise and shine together to recap the most recent diamond doings. Roll Call starts on the South Side of Chicago (the baddest part of town), where Mark Buehrle tossed a perfect game against the Tampa Bay Rays to place himself at the center of...
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Most weekday evenings, Big League Stew looks at five approaching
games worth monitoring. As they occur, feel free to discuss the night’s
happenings with other Stewies in the comment section below.
Rays at White Sox, 8:11 ET Let’s call this one the battle of the resurrected. Both Tampa Bay and Chicago looked cooked after slow starts, but...
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Welcome to ‘Duk’s Dozen, a streamlined selection of 12 morning fresh links, items and random thoughts to start your baseball day. This feature replaces the unwieldy hash that was previously the News & Notes column. It welcomes your email submissions here.
1. Oh Brandy, you’re a fine girl, but do you really have to...
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![Did Barack Obama Blow His All-Star Game First Pitch? [Analysis]](http://newstion.com/wp-content/themes/magazine-basic/thumb.php?src=http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/7/2009/07/504x_48066624.jpg&h=80&w=80&zc=1&q=80)
Tonight Barack Obama threw out the first pitch at the 2009 Major League Baseball All-Star game. Gambling websites have been taking bets on whether or not he would bounce the pitch to home plate! So how did he do?
Obama, dressed in jeans and Chicago White Sox jacket, certainly looked smooth with his delivery, but...
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Tonight Barack Obama threw out the first pitch at the 2009 Major League Baseball All-Star game. Gambling websites have been taking bets on whether or not he would bounce the pitch to home plate! So how did he do?
Obama, dressed in jeans and Chicago White Sox jacket, certainly looked smooth with his delivery, but...
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A street art tribute to Michael Jordan made out of 19,000 Gatorade bottles, including the new Gatorade Limited Edition Jordan Series, glows on a basketball court Monday on Chicago’s South Side. Local Jordan fans and longtime Jordan teammate Scottie Pippen helped construct the mosaic, which Gatorade organized as a way to celebrate Jordan’s Hall...
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