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We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 11am. Baseball with Joe Morgan: How many phone books do you sit on to reach the microphone? By the way, have you talked to Harold today? Is he all right? • 1 p.m. Cold Pizza's Skip Bayless: Hey, how come you don't leave a reflection in...

The Closer: It's A Joe, Out Of Control
Notes from a day in baseball ......

It's Carl Monday Night At The Ballpark
As you know, we're big fans of minor league baseball, particularly the odd promotions they put together from time-to-time. (We still think our favorite is the time a team gave away free vasectomies on Father's Day.) And a couple of weeks ago, we pointed you to the Dunedin Blue Jays' professional w...

To Watch Tonight
What to watch as TiVo blackmails you with all those Lifetime Network shows you're recorded ... • MLB: New York Yankees at Texas. A chance for away fans to boo A-Rod for a change. [ESPN] • MLB: Red Sox at Athletics. Being big fans of both the colors red and green, we're torn. [NESN] • Softball: Phila...

Hello, FSN Southwest!
In case anybody out there was wondering who our favorite Fox Sports Net affiliate is ... why, it's Fox Sports Southwest, now that you mention it!...

We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 1 p.m.. NBA writer Marc Stein: Help! I've been kidnapped by the Quite Frankly staff, forced to watch Stephen A. Smith against my ... shhh! They're coming! • 2 p.m.. Baseball with Buster Olney: I do so enjoy our little chats. Another sc...

Finally, YouTube Of Monday-Cooper, Part II
We know, it's a week-and-a-half old now, but we never did get a hold of YouTube of the gripping finale of the Carl Monday-Mike Cooper saga, and it has been nagging us, since we this whole thing started from YouTube anyway....

To Watch Tonight...
• MLB. Atlanta Braves @ Philadelphia Phillies. Two sub-.500 NL teams that actually have an outside chance at a wildcard. Eh, it's better than the ESPYs. 8:00, ESPN. • Movie. Codebreakers. Once again... there is nothing on tonight. 8:00, ESPN Classic. • USL Soccer. Whoever's in charge of naming USL t...

A Bengal Gets The Taser
In their ongoing quest to become Blazers East, the Cincinnati Bengals have seen another member of their football team get arrested. And DT Matthias Askew has done it in grand style, somehow managing to get tasered after a parking violation. I am applauding politely....

Reggie Bush Doesn't Care About Black People
Because the people of New Orleans haven't been through enough, Reggie Bush and his agent are threatening to sit out the season and re-enter the 2007 NFL Draft. Saints training camp opens up on Thursday, and Bush isn't likely to be there. He might stop by for a quick photo op, but he won't actuall...

To Watch Tonight...
• Movie. The Rookie. Man, there's really nothing on tonight. 8:00, ABC. • Soccer. FA Archives. Manchester United vs. Tottenham Hotspur. It's an old game, but I bet you don't know who won. 8:00, FSC • Boxing. Baldomir vs. Gatti. You might also see a replay Shane Mosley vs. Fernando Vargas, if you're ...

To Watch Tonight
What to watch as your Cardinals hat finally floats back to earth ... • Boxing: Super middleweights, Allan Green vs. Anthony Bosante, at Tulsa. It's a party; burritos and talcum for everyone! [ESPN2] • MLB: Twins at Indians. Bob Wickman, we hardly knew ye. [Sports Time Ohio] • MLB: Cubs at Nationals....

We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 11 a.m.. EA Sports' Kendall Boyd: Wait ... my joystick's not working ... • 3 p.m.. UFC champion Tim Sylvia: Ever gouged out a guy's eye and then hit him with a log? • 4 p.m.. Texas Tech WR Joel Filani: Think you're going to beat Alabam...

To Watch Tonight
What to watch as Margaret Hamilton blows by in midair on her bicycle ... • MLB: Houston at Chicago Cubs. This could be the day that Dusty gets fired. You wouldn't want to miss that, would you? [WGN] • MLB: New York Yankees at Toronto. Well, they won't have Shea Hillenbrand to kick around anymore. [E...

Men, Keep Your Wives From Bill Belichick
OK, so it turns out that Patriots coach Bill Belichick is quite the swordsman....

Boy, This Busch Stadium Place Is Great
Five minutes before first pitch at 7:05 at Busch Stadium last night, all was well. We were sitting in the bleachers with our father and our fiancee, scorebook and four pens in hand, watching David Eckstein toss pop-ups with a kid who had won some contest. It was hot, but it had been hot all week, ...

We Have To Ask
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ......

To Watch Tonight
What to watch while waiting for Godot ... • Boxing: Welterweights, Antonio "Seafood Platter" Mesquita vs. Santo "The Hobbit" Pakau, at Ontario, Calif. Yes, we invented those nicknames just now. Why do you ask? [ESPN] • MLB: Chicago White Sox at Detroit. Shouldn't this be a closer divisional race tha...

Please Don't Make Us Lonely In July
Forgive this trifle of self-indulgence, but after our brutal sojourn at Busch Stadium is completed, we're heading back toward our home plains of Illinois. Anybody out there fortunate enough to be so near miles of corn is invited to join us....

Goodnight, Seattle, And Good Luck
It has been a while since a franchise actually up and moved: The most recent had the Expos heading to Washington, D.C., but that had been brewing for so long and had been handled so poorly that few in Montreal were particularly devastated to see them go. Therefore, it certainly warrants note that ...