Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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In Memory of; the best, the voice, our own Harry K.
Friday’s game time is 7:05 p.m., but fans are being asked to arrive early for all the events. Some tributes include naming the television booth at Citizens Bank Park the “Harry Kalas Broadcast Booth, ‘That ball’s outta here!’” A plaque will be hung to officially name the booth. The neighboring radio booth is named the…
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A tid bit for Harry Kalas
Fred from PSD’s Philadelphia Phillies forums wrote a little something for Harry Kalas, it was such a nice poem that I thought I would share it with everyone else. Thanks Fred for fist posting this in PSD’s Phillies forums but then above that allowing me to post this on here as well. Great stuff as…
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Cards want a 1st and 3rd for Boldin!
ESPN’s Sal Paolantonio reports that the Arizona Cardinals are telling prospective suitors for receiver Anquan Boldin that at least a first-round pick and a third-round pick will be needed to get the deal done. Per Paolantonio, the Eagles, Giants, Jets, and Ravens have shown interest. Boldin said recently that he’d love to play for the…
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Sixers will play Magic in playoffs
Well I’m sad to say that we are playing Orlando in the 1st round of the playoffs. This is going to be a tough series for us to win. I sure hope we are Howards Kryptonite like how lil Robinson was during the Slam Dunk contest this year. It sure would be nice to knock…
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John Madden Retires
“NBC Sports chairman Dick Ebersol announced Thursday that living-legend NFL broadcaster John Madden is retiring. And we had it pegged earlier this year, after Matt Millen made an unscheduled appearance on the playoff edition of NBC’s pregame show, Football Night In America: “In our estimation, John Madden will retire from broadcasting after the season, Cris…
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Arizona Openly Taking Offers for Boldin
This is something the Cardinals had been coy and shy about in the past. Everyone has been saying the entire off-season that Anquan Boldin should / is going to be traded. The only ones in denial were the Arizona Cardinals. They flat out refused to answer questions or comment and stated that they were just rumors.…
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Flyers fall 4-1 to the Pens in game 1
Well I’m not going to say much about this game, but not only did we play like crap but the Ref’s did a GREAT JOB AT CALLING THAT GAME, the caps are sarcasm! Really though what a poor officiated game. We took 2-3 unnecessary penalties in the end there, and those first couple of penalties…
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Marreese Speights: Potential Beast?
Marreese Speights of the Philadelphia 76ers came into the 2008 NBA Draft with a smile on his face but with the media all over him. The 20 year old 6’10 250lb power forward came into the draft with concerns about his work ethic and his desire to win games. He came from the University of…
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Matt Gilroy to the Flyers?
As many of you may or may not know, Paul Holmgren (Flyers General Manager) has had his eyes locked on a new future prospect, giving the team a very bright defensive future. With stars such as Kimmo Timonen, Matt Carle, Ryan Parent, and Braydon Coburn already under contract, the Flyers would be setting themselves up…
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Another 3 banger tonight! Be sure to watch
It’s that time of the year again. You know, when basketball, hockey and baseball mix together. Usually for us we only get to watch one of those games. But it just so happens that one of those games is a playoff game. I don’t know about your area but I know up here all 3…
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