tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2279189016087561522024-02-19T05:27:49.984+01:00Planet BaseballEd (a.k.a. Bubbah)http://www.blogger.com/profile/18379134781459073462noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227918901608756152.post-63343667510228289412014-09-27T18:44:00.000+02:002014-09-27T18:44:23.570+02:00Average Age MLB Games<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">MLB
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They are thinking to change some rules to attract a younger audience and speed up the game (read less boring...). But what about the average age of those that play the game?</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Dè Flanegin (Hoofddorp Pioniers) is retiring after 23 (Twenty-three!) seasons at age 42... This guy </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Nothing but respect for these guys, but... Is
this a trend or did I just pick 2 guys too good to retire? Just imaging
that age is nothing but a number. What would the diamond look like???</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Since the ending of last Baseball season, my elbow is hurting; I throw an average of 250 balls per training (4 to 5 trainings a week) as BP. Afterwards I always have a soar elbow, what you might know as a Golf-elbow... The pain is on the inside of the elbow, in contrary to the Tennis-elbow (which is on the outside).<br /><br />The only workable solution I found so far, is to put myself on the DL-list for a couple of days. But who will be throwing BP then??? The worst solution is getting a Tommy John surgery, but that means I cannot use my arm for 9 up to 12 months...</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Last week I threw some balls again, right away pain in my elbow! My wife made a mix of 3 <a href="http://www.indeolie.nl/" target="_blank">Young Living oils</a> (Pan-Away, Peppermint & Valor added some Almond-oil) to rub on. The pain went away rather quick and after 3 day the pain was gone completely!!!</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Since I am trainer/coach for both teams, this is one of the down-sides to having both kids play. And I am not even talking about my own games...</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Kid #2 will be playing @ Sparks Haarlem, which is relatively close-by; game is max hour and a half.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So now I got a dilemma... How do I split myself in two?</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I know! There is always a solution, but I made a commitment to these kids at the start of this season, and now I already have to let down ('cause that's how it feels to me) one of the teams!</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The solution is now as follows: my wife will bring Kid #2 to his game (someone will be replacing me - so they got a coach), while I will be hitching a ride to the game of Kid #1. Since the game of Kid #1 will start later and eventually end later, my wife will join us as soon as Kid #2 has finished his game...</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">ANYWAYZ! To leave you with a subject of lighter matter... Kid #1 has made the selection of the Little League regional team of Kennemerland to play for the Dutch National Championship!!!</span></b><br />
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<br />Ed (a.k.a. Bubbah)http://www.blogger.com/profile/18379134781459073462noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227918901608756152.post-37649886816181682862014-05-11T13:47:00.000+02:002014-05-11T13:47:52.158+02:00Mother's Day... Game Day?<b><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Depending on what the weather will be like, RCH Aspiranten 1 either have a late afternoon game against Kinheim or a rained out weekend...</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Just spoke to one of the coaches @ Kinheim, the pupillen were playing ball!!!</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">UPDATE: Game is rained out! Will be rescheduled on a training's night!!!</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Anyway... A great day to all the mothers who watch their kids play the best game in the world EVERY SINGLE WEEKEND!</span></b>Ed (a.k.a. Bubbah)http://www.blogger.com/profile/18379134781459073462noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227918901608756152.post-52201146592807558622014-05-09T11:33:00.000+02:002014-05-09T11:50:47.554+02:00Thrift shopping<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcdUsUq-P9dbVQHPutm14zkRV33PHTdAversPApW5Z0wG-2HwTo6YDIAykO3fUObWNsoqn_49zAV-vKkD4siHDUsAcGzKpRtefsXe0G_DjjyVt1zuRxOANwHFjoc5ZnE_YBG7CW3SVyOfo/s1600/Rangers+cap.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcdUsUq-P9dbVQHPutm14zkRV33PHTdAversPApW5Z0wG-2HwTo6YDIAykO3fUObWNsoqn_49zAV-vKkD4siHDUsAcGzKpRtefsXe0G_DjjyVt1zuRxOANwHFjoc5ZnE_YBG7CW3SVyOfo/s1600/Rangers+cap.jpg" height="200" width="200" /></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Sometimes I join my wife for some Thrift shopping. I generally come back with a vinyl record or 2, but last weeks hunt was a beauty!</b></span><br />
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<b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I found this here cap for €1... Check out the <a href="http://shop.mlb.com/product/index.jsp?productId=29925446&cp=1452369.1452920.707860" target="_blank">MLB shop</a> for the regular retail price!</b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Just a quick rinse and Ed's got a brand new cap!</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>PS. Guess what just popped up in my mailbox? An mail from my wife to go thifting this weekend at the IJ-hallen in Amsterdam-Noord...</b></span>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>But 'nuff said. Back to present time: yesterday's opponent was Hoofddorp Pioniers 2. The team was ready to leave the loss of 2 weeks ago be and look forwards. Several guys were late as they also had a game with Aspiranten 2, but the complete team would start this game.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>The first inning they got 1 runner batted in, we got 2. Second inning they got another runner in, we got none... Third inning THEY got none and we got 6 runners batted in! Taking a big lead, of which they never recovered from. The fourth as well as the final (fifth) inning they didn't get any more runners batted in, leaving their total runs to just 2. We got another hit and a couple of fly balls in the fourth inning that kept our runs total 8 to win the game.</b></span></div>
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<b style="color: #252525; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;">Rubin "Hurricane" Carter</b><span style="color: #252525; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"> (May 6, 1937 – April 20, 2014) was an American middleweight boxer </span><br />
<span style="color: #252525; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;">who was convicted of murder and later freed via a petition of </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habeas_corpus" style="background-image: none; color: #0b0080; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px; text-decoration: none;" title="Habeas corpus">habeas corpus</a><span style="color: #252525; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"> after spending almost</span><br />
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<tr><th scope="row" style="vertical-align: top;">Height</th><td style="vertical-align: top;">5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)</td></tr>
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<tr><th scope="row" style="vertical-align: top;">Died</th><td style="vertical-align: top;">April 20, 2014 (aged 76)<br />
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<tr><th scope="row" style="vertical-align: top;">Total fights</th><td style="vertical-align: top;">40</td></tr>
<tr><th scope="row" style="vertical-align: top;">Wins</th><td style="vertical-align: top;">27</td></tr>
<tr><th scope="row" style="vertical-align: top;">Wins by KO</th><td style="vertical-align: top;">19</td></tr>
<tr><th scope="row" style="vertical-align: top;">Losses</th><td style="vertical-align: top;">12</td></tr>
<tr><th scope="row" style="vertical-align: top;">Draws</th><td style="vertical-align: top;">1</td></tr>
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Ed (a.k.a. Bubbah)http://www.blogger.com/profile/18379134781459073462noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227918901608756152.post-46926352941555837292014-03-24T01:12:00.001+01:002014-03-24T01:12:34.219+01:00How was your weekend?<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>How was your weekend?</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Mine was great! FINALLY we got to play our first games, although it be practice games!</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Son #2 had his first game with his U13 team 2nd division. He was my starting pitcher. Ever since he got glasses last year his performance on the "mount" has improved. Hence my starting pitcher. </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>I am one of those coaches that does not care for the outcome of a game other than the kids must have learned something from that game and they need to have fun. Don't get me wrong: Winning is great, but not at all costs...</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>On this U13 team I have 2 pitchers and found out Saturday that 2 is not enough! So I had to put 2 kids on the mount that never pitched a ball before, but they are the bigger kids, so they needed to be an example to the rest of the team. Hopefully their effort is good enough for the others to give pitching a try as well. Fingers crossed! The team played great against Odiz Frogs, I have no idea what the score was... </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Son #1 had his first game with his new U16 team 1st division. He was the starting catcher, has been that for years. Strong arm, not afraid of the ball, just lacking some confidence, but that is probably part of puberty. With the move to 1st division he became the smallest team member, where he used to be one of the bigger guys on his previous team. </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>With this guy's team we do care for the result, but like I said before: Not at all costs. Today's game was the first real tryout of the team. We only had 9 player (1 was a bit under the weather, but he was there), so we had to make due... Although. We had 4 great innings against Kinheim: 18 against 9!</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Like I said: Mine was great!</b></span>Ed (a.k.a. Bubbah)http://www.blogger.com/profile/18379134781459073462noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227918901608756152.post-36668624422027066032014-02-21T09:46:00.001+01:002014-02-21T13:54:49.417+01:00Ante is upped!<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>For those of you who have no idea...</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Ice-hockey is reaching its boiling-point: USA and Canada are facing each other in the Semi-Finals to fight for a spot for the gold medals!</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>And to make matters worse, Twitter hash-tag <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23loserkeepsbieber&src=tyah" target="_blank">#LoserKeepsBieber</a> upped the ante by proposing to have the loser of this game keep Justin Bieber!!!</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>This wannabe popstar is behaving real bad lately, so bad that US and Canadians are willing to let him be at stake as part of the highly anticipated Semi-Final.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Since last night the Canadians already have a tremendous psychological advantage, as the ladies won their Final in a thrilling Over Time!!!</b></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Finally after several days of all other sports, Hockey started! The first game was Sweden against Czech Republic. Where Sweden brought along lots of NHL experience, the Czechs brought along their most experienced players (read OLD)...</span></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">At first it seemed like an easy walkover for Sweden, but the Czechs fought for what they're worth! The Sweeds took a 4-0 lead in the 2nd period, but were put under pressure by the Czechs.</span></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Czechs got back to 4-2 and kept fighting </span></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">In the 2nd game of Group C, Swiss met Latvia in a very dull game... The game ended in 1-0 for the Swiss, in the 60th minute, 8 seconds before the end of the 3rd period.</span></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Today all other contestants will play their first game... Especially looking forward to Canada against Norway!</span></span></b>Ed (a.k.a. Bubbah)http://www.blogger.com/profile/18379134781459073462noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227918901608756152.post-91824962379939618402014-01-21T12:15:00.000+01:002014-01-21T12:18:44.745+01:00New Bruise's<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>No, I do not mean the new Springsteen album!</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>At this weekend's training I was the designated front tosser at the hitting station...</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>Yes, that's right! I still keep forgetting how hard these guys are throwing & in my case: HITTING!</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>1 in the knee, 1 in the mid-section and 1 on the biceps...</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>Hence the bruises.</b></span></span>Ed (a.k.a. Bubbah)http://www.blogger.com/profile/18379134781459073462noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227918901608756152.post-14578179600696508832014-01-13T08:23:00.000+01:002014-01-13T08:23:59.312+01:001 More time: A-Rod<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">What might have happened if A-Rod misinterpreted his drug of choice:</span></span></b><br />
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<br />Ed (a.k.a. Bubbah)http://www.blogger.com/profile/18379134781459073462noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227918901608756152.post-2495273833852979272014-01-12T18:13:00.001+01:002014-01-12T18:13:29.791+01:00Ladies & Gentlemen! The Baseball School is in session!!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here's a little sum up of the weekend.</span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Yesterday we went to the Hockeyteam of Amsterdam: </span></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Just me, the kids and a couple of baseball friends! We spend a lot of money there:</span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1. € 0.30 parking</span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2. € 0 entrance fee</span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">3. € 5 coffee & beer</span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">4. € 3 French fries</span></span></b><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja6Mp7JRuX8xp8fDfwjXbLRYcIWpT477sqxagkBbgwM0-aHF9Gi-I43wrLsRWesfnoh_WoWsox32qD5Sg2aGLbg8b33GLhGKul1MXDR-gUSrxtr8zWS8EoF9T6rC96koG-VgrUuX6Uw1jx/s1600/IMG_20140112_090930.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja6Mp7JRuX8xp8fDfwjXbLRYcIWpT477sqxagkBbgwM0-aHF9Gi-I43wrLsRWesfnoh_WoWsox32qD5Sg2aGLbg8b33GLhGKul1MXDR-gUSrxtr8zWS8EoF9T6rC96koG-VgrUuX6Uw1jx/s1600/IMG_20140112_090930.jpg" height="240" width="320" /></a><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Today the baseball holidays are done! FINALLY the indoor sessions of RCH </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Pinguins started around 9:30 with 27 overly enthusiast kids (7-12), 18 eager adolescents (12-15) and later on the guys of 16-21 that are gonna try to claim 1 of 4 spots in the Rookie League for 2015!</span></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Happy Dad... Happy Kids!!! </span></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span></b>Ed (a.k.a. Bubbah)http://www.blogger.com/profile/18379134781459073462noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227918901608756152.post-25470443303536626352014-01-11T23:34:00.001+01:002014-01-11T23:41:08.749+01:00I love New York, but...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I hate Yankees!</span></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So no, I do not have any consideration for them losing A-Rod over the entire season. You got to learn to live with your mistakes...</span></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Anyone interested in buying a 40 year old, overpriced, loud mouth for season 2015 through 2017??? I guest A-Rod has played his last game in New York, AL and probably MLB. I cannot imagine any other team wants to burn their rep on a stained player. At least I wouldn't...</span></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">With A-Rod being off the payroll, Yankees can start thinking of getting someone on board like Tanaka... You all know that RHP from Japan. Or maybe another 3rd base player... Or moving another pain-in-da-butt SS over to play 3rd base and get a replacement for him or 2nd base...</span></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So now who's laughing??? Damn those Yanks. </span></span></b><br />
<br />Ed (a.k.a. Bubbah)http://www.blogger.com/profile/18379134781459073462noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227918901608756152.post-31957870468697455292014-01-10T10:44:00.000+01:002014-01-10T10:53:54.152+01:00Almost Superbowl Time...<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">With Super bowl XLIX also come great new commercials! <br /><br />I know a lot of you young people only have eye for the halftime show (Bruno Mars is doing the honors this year), but look at aal the commercials... <br /><br />THEY ARE F**KING GREAT!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Check out <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iM6LdcyinW8" target="_blank"><b>this commercial</b></a> for Doritos... </span>Ed (a.k.a. Bubbah)http://www.blogger.com/profile/18379134781459073462noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227918901608756152.post-9419349190348318632014-01-09T21:53:00.005+01:002021-01-01T00:53:51.160+01:00How to survive without Baseball...<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span face="Verdana,sans-serif">What's a baseball fan supposed to do during the months when stadiums look like this? (Getty Images)</span></span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr>
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<span face="Verdana,sans-serif">Read the complete story <b><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/coors-field-snow-2014-5?international=true&r=US&IR=T" target="_blank">HERE</a></b>!</span>Ed (a.k.a. Bubbah)http://www.blogger.com/profile/18379134781459073462noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227918901608756152.post-37934069801309820372012-12-19T00:01:00.000+01:002012-12-19T00:01:00.958+01:00R.E.S.P.E.C.T.<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>All of the Netherlands (and volunteers in </b></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b> Dutch s<span style="font-size: small;">occer</span> in </b></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>particular) are shocked as a referee was attacked, </b></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>during a soccer match<span style="font-size: small;">. Attacked </span></b></span>by several players of the opposing team... During the attack the referee was kicked while down, so severely that he died of the consequences a day later.</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>This referee was <span style="font-size: small;">only</span> helping out his kid's team by volunteering...</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">So people, let's all show our volunteers some respect!!!</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>Let's not make this a regular sight around our sport-fields!!!</b></span></span>Ed (a.k.a. Bubbah)http://www.blogger.com/profile/18379134781459073462noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227918901608756152.post-76817237985340485032012-12-10T09:25:00.004+01:002012-12-10T09:31:24.892+01:00New Start<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Welcome old & new friends...</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I am going to re-use this blog to write about one of my favorite waste-of-times: Baseball</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And no, it's not just about me watching ESPN to catch a glimp of an MLB game I didn't wanna watch in the first place... It's also about me playing in the Basement division of the Dutch Baseball competition, it's about me being a coach of an U15 team with the upcoming local heroes and finally it's about me being part of a group of people with a wish to make things better in a local baseball club... And something else that I want to keep under the radar for now!!!</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So... As I will have a lotta free time on my hand as of January 1st. I am going to do some extra stuff!</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And you probably thought there ain't no baseball games on anymore??? I'll leave you with this link!</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Check out the BÉISBOL INVERNAL 2012-2013 (Domincan Baseball League)... Games generally start around 22 CET. -- <a href="http://cdn.com.do/envivo">CLICK HERE</a> -- and press play!</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Have Fun!</span></b>Ed (a.k.a. Bubbah)http://www.blogger.com/profile/18379134781459073462noreply@blogger.com0