The Astros and Rangers will continue with game three of their four game series tonight at Globe Life Park‚ with the Rangers grabbing the win in two close games so far. Pucking Hockey has a free MLB pick for you with this match-up‚ with a possible prediction‚ too. Doug Fister – Starting Pitcher Fister will take the mound tonight for his 12th start of the season‚ and will try to grab his second win in a row and his sixth of the season overall. Fister is a 6-foot-8 giant that can put ‘em away with
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Barry Bonds is the best baseball player of all time. Even before people accused him of using steroids‚ Bonds accomplished things on the baseball field that most can only dream of. Bonds started his career in the National League in 1986‚ as a member of the Pittsburg Pirates. His first four years in the League started slow and his numbers were very average for an every-day MLB player. From then on out‚ there was nothing average about Bonds’ career. Throughout the next 10 years‚ from
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Woody Herman was a famous clarinet player. He was also known as Road Father. He was born on May 6‚ 1913 in Milwaukee‚ Wisconsin. He died on October 29‚ 1987 In West Hollywood‚ California. He was 74 years old when he passed away. Herman was suffering from congestive heart failure‚ emphysema‚ and pneumonia. His parents were Otto and Myrtle Herman. His mother was Polish. In 1931‚ he met Charlotte Neste‚ an actress‚ who he married on September 27‚ 1936. Woody was in a band with Tom Gerun when he first
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The World Series has been kicking for over one hundred years (one hundred twelve‚ to be exact)‚ and involves the best action and plays baseball fans will ever see. It has the most colorful history of any finals round of any sport‚ with the 1919 White Sox scandal when eight players threw the game on purpose‚ and not one‚ but two player strikes occurred. There have also been many controversies. As of the 112th edition of the MLB World Series this November has just occurred‚ the accursed Chicago Cubs
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Suggested headline: Jared Ford almost got it – a 300! Trivia question: What does ABT and JBT stand for? Answer at end. This column covers October 20 through October 29. Missing a 300 game by one frame during his second game in the High Rollers league was Jared Ford. He started with a strike and then a 10 pin got him in the second frame as he continued to roll strikes for a 280. He also has the high men’s series with the only 700 – a 712 and I believe these are personal highs for him. Lynn Porovich
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Casey’s power over his fans is above all others. Casey’s fans will listen to just about anything he says without hesitation. When Casey struck his first out‚ his fans were furious over the fact and yet all he had to do was raise one hand to settle them down. I quote‚"And it’s likely they’d have killed him had not Casey raised his hand‚" and because of this one line‚ you can see that Casey’s power over his fans can stop a whole crowd from ridiculing innocent people. Fans of Casey will absolutely
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Yogi Berra died of natural causes during his sleep at the age of 90 last September 22‚ 2015 in his home in West Caldwell‚ New Jersey. Berra’s family released a statement: "While we mourn the loss of our father‚ grandfather and great-grandfather‚ we know he is at peace with Mom. We celebrate his remarkable life and are thankful he meant so much to so many. He will truly be missed." To honor Berra‚ the Yankees added a number 8 patch to their uniforms while the Empire State Building was lit with blue
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A man who has been in darker rooms the you can imagine‚ A man who had everything and lost it all in order to gain it all back and beyond. I would like to commemorate The 2010 AL M.V.P. Josh Hamilton for inspiring others and making them believe that when you get knocked down you can always get back up. Josh Hamilton defeated addiction through Christ and came back to spread his message on one of the biggest stages of all‚ Major League Baseball. Josh became addicted to crack cocaine a few years after
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I sat down with Elisabeth Deaton today in the table section of a movie theater as that was the only time and place we could agree on. We only able to speak briefly‚ because of a prior engagement on her part. Nevertheless‚ the interview was quite informative and helpful. I asked her first about her education‚ Deaton received her undergraduate degree in history at The College of William and Mary‚ in 2000. Deaton wanted to become a history professor at that point in time. At the College of William and
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It is not enough to divide perceptions objectives fragments. The subjective structure‚ forms given by previous experience‚ they are crucial and cannot be omitted. " Ruth Benedict (1934)‚ Patterns of culture: 51/182. Benedict devotes the last chapter of Patterns of culture to the conflict that sometimes occurs between the individual’s personality and values of their culture. Although it is common for individuals to
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