How many base runners have the Phillies stranded now?  I guess the glass-half-full perspective would be that they're creating chances and will start cashing in eventually.  (Just hope "eventually" comes within the next couple of games!)  According to the NY Times the Phils are 1 for 28 with runners in scoring position - and Ryan [. Click to continue reading...

It really wasn't a contest at Dodger Stadium last night ... and wasn't one at Hofstra, either. The Phillies clinched their sixth-ever World Series berth in just five games, with a 5-1 win over the Dodgers, behind good offensive production and the strong arm of NLCS MVP Cole Hamels!  I'd love to see them face the [. Click to continue reading...

The Phillies pulled out a 3-2 win with a big sixth inning and so are up 1-0 over Manny and the Dodgers (a sixties Motown group that some of you may remember fondly - I certainly do).  Cole Hamels looked a little shakier than I like him to, but he got the win, and I'm [...] Click to continue reading...

 The Time Finder posted information about some great computer shortcuts this morning - along with a link to the NY Times article by David Pogue.  Who knew, for example, that you can use Google like a calculator?  And here's a cool tip that I found in the "Comments" - A little less known one I enjoy [. Click to continue reading...

I'm going to be migrating everything from my old computer to my new one in just a wee bit ... so am posting somewhat quickly now.  Hopefully you'll hear from me again. If not, you'll know that things went badly here ... A bailout agreement has apparently been reached. I read some excellent debate analysis [. Click to continue reading...

The Republican campaign manager has accused the NY Times of no longer being a "journalistic organization".

It's not that often that I identify too much with an old gray lady, but in some ways I feel I've fielded some similar criticism when I write about Landon Donovan, the whole "if you're not attacking him, you're not objective" spin. Click to continue reading...

MLS Rumors has all the info. I favor Vancouver for the next Canadian franchise in the league.

Another interesting story for NY Times Goal! blog says Major League Soccer could eventually expand to 20 teams, Premiership size. Click to continue reading...

I read on The Writer's Almanac that it's William Carlos Williams' birthday today.  He wrote one of my favorite poems - The Red Wheelbarrow. so much depends upon a red wheel barrow glazed with rain water beside the white chickens. It makes me think of looking into crystalline water ... absolutely transparent and absolutely mysterious! Click to continue reading...

Yes, it's true.  Turdblossom (aka Karl Rove) has spoken out about the excesses of the McCain campaign ads.  To my mind the fact that he would do this publicly speaks, not to any new found sense of decorum or fair play in the doughy sleazeball, but to the fractiousness and internecine warfare within the Republican [. Click to continue reading...

I know there were some things written about me being injured ... I don't know where that came from because I wasn't injured. Maybe my left ankle is not the greatest, but I was more than fine to play. How much I played was really a coach's decision. I had a game plan for myself, but I guess it wasn't the same as the coach's plan. Click to continue reading...

An exciting sliver of internetness has emerged despite an otherwise slow Friday: Jozy Altidore has posted a new blog on this NY Times blog! Let's take a peek at some of the most interesting parts.  First off, Altidore addresses the Olympics: And the Olympics. Man, it seems like that was ages ago, but it was only [. Click to continue reading...

Here's Beulah's match report. I'm always so pleased when one or two things I noticed show up in Beulah's write-up! I continue to be impressed with HAO's play - and was also very glad to see Mitts playing more like her old self. Hope A-Rod gets her scoring started against New Zealand [...]SHARETHIS. Click to continue reading...

There may have been only a few people who bothered to read all the way through the comments on my post about Toronto fans at the MLS All-Star Game. One major point of contention was whether or not very many people were actually watching the exhibition match (the implication being that it didn't matter how the fans behaved because few saw it). Click to continue reading...

John McCain made another Bush-worthy geography gaffe yesterday - this time on "Good Morning America." Sorry, John, Iraq and Pakistan don't actually share a border. (As an aside, I've always wished that some brave member of the press would ask Bush, during a press conference, to point to Iraq on a map. Click to continue reading...

After a beautiful weekend away and a great visit with HollyCornblog and CharlieHopbrew, there's a lot to catch up on. I'm sure I'll be back in the swing in a couple of days ... but right now it's pretty slow-going. On the USWNT front, Lauren Cheney is replacing Abby on the roster, as the team [...]SHARETHIS. Click to continue reading...

Something to read while you make 70,000 people laugh... Remember Footballitis? (The Beautiful Game) Hallo 3. Bundesliga (Pitch Invasion) Hleb has a big mouth (Soccer Weblog) What a week at White Hart Lane (Spurs Offside) Video evidence of Wigan new boy Amr Zaki (101 GG) Trading in soccer talent (NY Times) Kaka going nowhere (Kaka Offside) Click to continue reading...

I'm away - so can't check Beulah's site myself.  However, if she's posted about either of the USWNT vs. Brazil games, you'll find it here! Meanwhile - if Beulah's not posting, here's some good stuff from FIFA and from the NY Times (by Jere Longman, no less) about Pia, the USWNT, and the Olympics. Sphere: Related [. Click to continue reading...

According to this article on Goal the NY Times Goal blog....



"I've been a fan of the team since I was six," Nash said of the Whitecaps. "I haven't invested money yet, more like human capital. It's a spectacular city. We're really optimistic and we're hoping to have some good news at the M. Click to continue reading...

Superliga, North America's richest club tournament begins tonight. All matches will be shown live on Telefutura who report according to the NY Times that the viewer ship for last year's event exceeded that of Euro 2008 in the United States.... Click to continue reading...

The USWNT defeated Norway 4-0 yesterday in Fredrikstad, and Abby Wambach scored her 99th career goal! Next up is Sweden on July 5th. Interestingly, the US had not defeated Norway in Norway before - losing and tying their two previous matches there. The Norwegians must love it that the USWNT's first win [. Click to continue reading...

http://goal.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/09/19/q-a-soccer-globalization/

This is an interesting little phone interview from the NY Times' Jeffrey Marcus with Franklin Foer, the editor of The New Republic, who wrote "How Soccer Explains the World: An Unlikely Theory of Globalization," and published in 2004. Click to continue reading...

Tonight's full moon will look unusually large. Apparently that is a big fat moon illusion - and one that is particularly pronounced in June. Speaking of June and moons ... what was that movie with Cher that had the word moon in the title? Anybody know? Maybe it'll come to me [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "June Moon Looms", url: "http://www. Click to continue reading...

This week The New York Times has run a three-part series called "The Scholarship Divide." The series examines the chase for athletic scholarships from the perspective of athletes and coaches. The focus is on non-revenue producing sports like soccer, lacrosse, field hockey, and baseball. The series supports the comments recently made by Dan Donigan at the Springfield Soccer Club banquet in February.

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This week The New York Times has run a three-part series called "The Scholarship Divide." The series examines the chase for athletic scholarships from the perspective of athletes and coaches. The focus is on non-revenue producing sports like soccer, lacrosse, field hockey, and baseball. The series supports the comments recently made by Dan Donigan at the Springfield Soccer Club banquet in February.

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