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Hall Of Fame Pitcher And Former Republican Senator Jim Bunning Dies At 85Hall of Fame pitcher and former Republican senator Jim Bunning died last night at the age of 85....

Sen. Jim Bunning, R-Pluto, Thinks Stephen Strasburg Is A WussBunning, onetime pitcher and current obstreperous shitbag, waggled his cane yesterday at young Strasburg: "Five-hundred twenty starts, I never refused the ball. What a joke!" Then he clutched his shoulder and cried, "My arm!" That was either sarcasm or thrombosis. [Politico, via]...

Marvin Miller Remembers The Pre-Crazy Jim Bunning, Labor Revolutionary"Heh," Marvin Miller chuckles. "I haven't talked to Jim for a long while." Jim is Jim Bunning, the obstreperous shitbag who sought to deny thousands of Americans their jobless benefits but who, once upon a time, fought baseball's good fight....

Jim Bunning Gives Reporter The Finger

It's easy to forget that Sen. Bunning, who enjoys watching the unemployed starve and freeze to death for sport, was a Hall of Fame pitcher. Maybe that's where he learned to deal so maturely with the media. [ABC News]...

Bunning Apologizes To Ginsburg, Kind Of

Well, that didn't take long. Kentucky senator and former Phillie Jim Bunning apologized for practically wishing Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg into the cornfield recently. But on closer inspection, what's wrong with his apology?...

Jim Bunning, Still Several Kinds Of Nuts

Jim Bunning, part of one of the most dramatic collapses in baseball history, seems to be watching his political career crumble around him as well. Let's get right to the highlights....

Ex-Tiger Jim Bunning No Longer Welcome In The Motor City After Voting Against Auto Bailout

Jim Bunning is a six-term Congressman and now two-term Senator from the State of Kentucky, but he is also a Major League Baseball Hall of Famer. What's not to love about him?...