Wall Street Journal – July 15, 2009 – Darren Everson – Baseball’s Winning Glue Guys: The Gritty, Gutty Players Who Hold Teams Together and Help Them Succeed – There are aces, closers, sluggers and Gold Glovers. And then there are the really important people in a ballclub: the glue guys. “Glueâ€? guys, in baseball parlance, […]
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Sports Psychology Commentary in the Indianapolis Star – July 2, 2009 – Phillip B. Wilson – He feared he would hurt himself while struggling with Pirates. Ian Snell’s return to Indianapolis couldn’t have been more unusual. It’s not often a major league pitcher asks to be demoted. Then he comes down to Triple-A and strikes […]
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LA Daily News – Jill Painter – Feb 4, 2009 – Manny Ramirez scoffed at $25 million. He needed only one day to reject the latest offer from the Dodgers, aone-year deal in which Ramirez would become the second-highest paid player in baseball. If that’s not good enough, what is? Ramirez is a rock star […]
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Baseball Baseball is Extremely Demanding Mentaly! Solid Sport Psychology is a Must in this Great Sport Dr. John F. Murray has worked with many baseball players and teams. The work is confidential. His expertise as a rare legitimate sport psychologist (licensed psychologist and sport performance psychologist with extensive work with athletes) will help your team. […]
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Sacramento Bee – Dec 4, 2004 – Nick Peters – There are more questions than answers Recent revelations regarding sluggers Barry Bonds’ and Jason Giambi’s use of steroids squarely placed the responsibility on Major League Baseball to adopt a tougher drug-testing policy, doctors and ethicists said Friday. Giambi told a grand jury that he used […]
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Los Angeles Times – Oct 17, 2007 – Larry Stewart – You can’t blame the good folks of Colorado for being on a Rocky Mountain high. Their baseball team is going to the World Series. “The Boys of Rocktober have climbed the loftiest summit in baseball,” wrote Woody Paige in the Denver Post. “Look out, […]
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NBC Sports – August 8, 2007 – Outside of San Francisco, where Barry Bonds enjoyed the home-field advantage of unconditional love, his pursuit and capture of one of sports’ most hallowed records was a mostly joyless affair. The long ascent to No. 756 was awkward, and sometimes heartbreaking. Away from his kingdom of AT&T Park, […]
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Sun-Sentinel – Nov 3, 2005 – Harvey Fialkov – In a time when nearly everyone knows someone who cheats, whether it’s on their income taxes, golf score or spouses, it’s a wonder why baseball fans seem surprised that players are using steroids to gain a competitive advantage. Long before bitter slugger Jose Canseco accused some […]
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Bradenton Herald – May 15, 2005 – Roger Mooney – One across: Nickname for rebounder Rodman. Lance Carter moved to another clue. Boston hockey great. Three letters. “Orr,” Carter said, and with a pen, he wrote the name of Hall of Famer Bobby Orr in blue ink. It was four o’clock on a Tuesday afternoon […]
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Sun Sentinel – Apr 3, 2005 – Mike Berardino – Watching the Boston Red Sox end the Curse of the Bambino last October, Ryne Sandberg couldn’t help but smile. You know Sandberg as the former Chicago Cubs second baseman, maybe the greatest ever to play the position. You probably remember his disappointments in the National […]
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