Archive for October, 2005

EPISODE III DVD EVE

Tomorrow, Star Wars Episode III : Revenge of the Sith goes on sale. Hopefully Santa Claus will make a note of that in the event I was “nice” this year.
As if you need to get in the mood, I recommend going to The Darth Side: Memoirs of a Monster and reading it from the [...]

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HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
Oh, to be in State College for Halloween. It is probably the best night of the year up there.

MYRON COPE DAY!

It is Myron Cope Day in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It is also Myron Cope Night at the Stillers vs. Ravens game at Heinz Field. Celebrate with a Myron Cope collector can of Rolling Rock. Better yet, get the can but only as a souvenir. Bleech!
More from Beaver County Times: Cope, Terrible Towel to be [...]

4 NATS FILE FOR FREE AGENCY; MANN: SMULYAN WON’T MOVE TEAM

Four More Nationals Elect to Become Free Agents – The PostFour free agents filed yesterday: P Esteban Loaiza (sign him now!), P Tony Armas Jr. (do not return any of his calls), IF Carlos Baerga (send him a gold watch), OF Preston Wilson (send him a really large glove), P Joey Eischen (sign him too), [...]

WE’RE STUCK WITH BOWDEN FOR THE OFFSEASON; PROBABLY LONGER

Nationals Extend Bowden’s Contract – The PostGM Jim Bowden signed a contract extension that will keep him in Washington through the offseason. He signed utility infielder Damian Jackson and 2B Bernie Castro (AP/WJLA).
Bowden’s signing probably means Frank Robinson’s tenure is the dugout is over. Bowden is shooting for Thanksgiving to make that decision, but ultimately, [...]

WWN PENN STATE PREGAME #9

#10 PENN STATE vs. Purdue
Happy Homecoming! Get ready for fall foilage, hot apple cider, the Alumni Blue Band, and sorority girls in new windbreakers. Oh yeah, there is a football game too.
The Lions return from a two game, 1-1 roadtrip to face the Boilermarkers, who are a surprising 2-5, though 4-3 Indiana are probably a [...]

THE ONION IS BACK

After phoning it in for a number of years The Onion is returning to its former glory and then some. For a while there, the only amusing part of satirical newspaper was the skyboxes with quick headlines like “Heston: We must arm ourselves to defeat the apes” and “Eddie Vedder just goes away.”
The Web site [...]

PREGAME DELAYED

Sorry folks, I am running behind on posting the pregame. It will be up by the time you get to work tomorrow.
X William F. Yurasko

MEET SOMEONE WHO WON’T GET THE NATS

Bidder Would Pay Overruns – The PostFranklin L. Haney has gone on the record as saying he would pay for cost overruns for the ballpark, something that sounds great to the District, but must sound awful to MLB who believes in only 100% public financing. Haney was not named as one of the top three [...]

MORE ON LEASE NEGOTIATIONS; BOWDEN MIGHT GET EXTENSION

Fear of disaster holds up stadium – The Wash. TimesWell, this is interesting:
MLB has asked the city to soften its demand for a guaranteed annual lease payment, in part because it wants the ability to pay less rent or eliminate it in cases in which outside events — such as catastrophic weather or [...]

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