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FINAL CUT - Coherent MLB Restructuring Strategy

A Flash movie presentation from a Texas college professor that outlines a thoughtful, coherent plan for how the Commissioner of Baseball, MLB owners and players can resolve some of their most confounding issues: (1) realignment; (2) competitive integrity issues such as the big ma …

The Top 3 Things Baseball Can Do to Vastly Improve the Integrity of Our National Pasttime

Three simple but major things that MLB could do conceivably tomorrow to vastly improve the integrity of the game... here we go...

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New idea surfaces on Unify Baseball

This is a two-pronged approach that might be more appealing to those who prefer a solution that does not require a designated hitter as part of the equation.

Consider joining the Unify Baseball Movement

This blog site asserts that... "if you genuinely look at it from a purely logical perspective, the World Series does not so much determine the best team in baseball, as much as it indicates which system (with DH or without) is superior to the other."

A pragmatic appeal to the offense lovers (pro-DH) and strategy lovers (anti-DH)

---Premise #1--- The designated hitter has, like it or not, become part of the fabric of the modern baseball game. For almost 40 years now, proponents of the designated hitter rule have hoped that us DH antagonists would give-in.

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If you're a fan of a midwestern MLB team, this MIGHT amuse you for a few minutes...

As a public service, I'll just tell you where this is headed… there ought to be a High-A league in the middle of the country… Here goes…

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Toward Immortality: The Social Burden of Longer Lives

What if we could stretch human life to as much as 140 years? That's significantly beyond even the 120 years primary age limit considered in our text.

Handle with care: Planning and patience prove essential as adults take care of their aging parents

Living longer is ordinarily considered a good thing. One of the consequences of the increase in longevity is that older people need a greater range of care over an extended period of time.

My take on Leno/Conan is that NBC missed Opportunity's knocking

First, it truly is too short a period to make a judgment on Leno in that time slot. It's such a new and unusual thing that it really demanded some patience for the audience to develop.

Tony and Melissa Wescott of Oklahoma Want to Return Adopted Son - ABC News

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