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To whet your appetite for more baseball later today!

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Jeff Samardzija delivers the first pitch of 2009

A granny!
Both Cubs and Dodgers watch Micah Hoffpauir's grand slam leave the park

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remember that Hoff moment

and if it comes again in the season

Piniella: "This is a tougher job than I thought it would be, I'm going to be honest with you."

by Ivy Walls on Feb 26, 2009 9:15 AM CST reply actions  

Looks like they're saving you a spot Al...

(from today’s Tribune)

Lou Brown: "My kinda team, Charlie, my kinda team..."

by ballhawk on Feb 26, 2009 12:46 PM CST reply actions  

I think they are!

Thanks for posting this. Where BigJohnAZ is standing (he’s the guy with the glove) is just about my exact spot.

"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx

by Al Yellon on Feb 26, 2009 1:00 PM CST up reply actions  

I thought that was him...

…but wasn’t sure since I thought he had a mustache/fu manchu thing going last year. Plus I didn’t see an Old Style in his other hand… ;-)

Lou Brown: "My kinda team, Charlie, my kinda team..."

by ballhawk on Feb 26, 2009 1:10 PM CST up reply actions  

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