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Our final athlete run-in story of the day (and the week) comes to us from Jeffrey in Massachusetts. It's about everybody's favorite scrappy World Series hero Scott Podsednik. More »
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We don't mean to shrink last night's Amazing Scott Podsednik Moment into a moment of media criticism, but you're all going to be talking about it this morning, so we might as well lead off with it. Right before — like, a split-second before — Podsednik homered off Astros closer Brad Lidge, Fox broadcaster Joe Buck "asked" color man Tim McCarver if he thought it was a mistake for the Astros not to give Lidge an inning in Game 6 against the Cardinals in the NLCS to get "the taste" of Albert Pujols' Game 5 homer out of his mouth. McCarver, who actually had to rush his statement to get it out before the next pitch, responded with, "I don't think that taste is there." Then, Podsednik's homer. Needless to say, McCarver was quiet for a while after that. More »
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