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The 1994 Rotisserie League Baseball Official Rule Book and Draft-Day Guide
A year ago ago, I came across a curious find in my in-laws' house: The 1994 Rotisserie League Baseball Official Rule Book and Draft-Day Guide. My in-laws are not huge sports fans, so finding this in their possession was an oddity in and of itself. But beside that, this book provides an interesting...
Mets Spring Training Countdown: Four Days
A number of players are already in Mets camp even though the official reporting date for pitchers and catchers is still four days away. The beat writers are on the scene in full force, waiting anxiously for the next player coming off a disappointing season to fecklessly declare that he is in the...
Dykstra's '86 ring sold for 56K
Lenny Dykstra, the center fielder for the 1986 champion New York Mets, recently sold his '86 World Series ring for $56,752 to an unidentified collector. For those of you who don't know, this is not a very good time for Dykstra, who among other things was named in the Mitchell Report in 2007....
BCB Interview: CF Cutter Dykstra
When talking to Cutter Dykstra, it becomes immediately apparent that while he treasures his father's wisdom and advice, he's out to make a name for himself. That said, if you saw Lenny Dykstra play, you have a pretty good idea of Cutter's game: one hundred percent all of the time. He may not end...
2009 Poetic Interlude #3: 88 Lines About 44 Athletics
[Original lyrics here.] 88 Lines About 44 Athletics Durazo was the Holy Grail, he held out for a better pitch. Emil was a different type, he's the one who drove runs in. Barry had a wack curve, and umps were afraid of a curve like that.Melhuse earned his paycheck sitting down where the coaches...
The Top 50 Mets of All Time: #35 Lenny Dykstra
With the ninth pick in the first round of the 1981 June amateur draft the Texas Rangers selected a 6'3" power right-handed pitcher out of Yale named Ron Darling. Twelve rounds and 306 picks later the Mets selected Lenny Dykstra out of Garden Grove High School in California. Five feet, ten inches...
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