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Back in the Day: Angels in Heaven

August 26th, 2020 · No Comments · Angels, Back in the Day, Baseball, monkey

What a great time to be an Angels fan. A well-rounded team, a first World Series, one of the great comebacks in baseball history, leading to a championship. The key game was Game 6, at Anaheim Stadium, I filed a comment piece. Here it is, under the headline: “Angels create an instant classic; Commentary: Game […]

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A Fanciful View of Football, Starring Andres Iniesta

January 15th, 2018 · No Comments · Barcelona, College football, Football, monkey, NFL, soccer

I was made aware today of this video, which is based on the Barcelona midfield standout Andres Iniesta showing “There is a first time for everything” by trying something new — American football. It is an advertisement for an online foreign-exchange trader known as UFX, and the notion of the elfin Iniesta (5-foot-7, maybe 130 […]

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And Then You Have your Nascar Rivalries

March 25th, 2013 · No Comments · monkey, Motor racing

I spent some time in yesterday’s post considering what is sure to be a chasm on the two-car Red Bull Racing team, now that Sebastian Vettel passed Mark Webber late in the Malaysian Grand Prix — against team orders — to win the race. People will be talking about this for months. For years. Nascar? […]

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The Ikea Monkey

December 9th, 2012 · No Comments · monkey

Seems as if monkeys are everywhere all of a sudden. Today’s story? The monkey that got loose at the Ikea store in suburban Toronto.

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