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The Dark Knight + Goose Gossage

I honestly can say that I can’t wait for the summer when Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight is finally released. I probably shared the same mixed reaction to Heath Ledger being cast as Joker. But hand it to both Nolan and Ledger that Christian Bale has quite the adversary.

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San Diego Padres + New York Mets Might Not Play In October

Leading their respective divisions for much of the season matters little since their rivals played better than they did in September. If you combine the add the days that both the Padres and Mets led their divisions over the course of the season, you’d probably get a full year’s worth.

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Bank Of The West Semifinal + MLB Hall Of Fame

This is kind of a late — very late — post but I think I really wanted to comment on it. This weekend held two cool sporting events: the WTA Bank Of The West tournament and the 2007 MLB Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony.

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2007 MLB First Year Player Draft + New Riley Kiley Album

Watched most of the first ever televised MLB first year player draft today on ESPN2. It wasn’t as exciting as the NBA or NFL player draft, but it did a good job helping to show why MLB drafts are so hit and miss. Players are drafted out of high school and college. Only recently did the NBA stop players from being drafted right of high school, and that’s pretty much unheard of in the NFL.

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