FanHouse http://www.fanhouse.com FanHouse http://www.fanhouse.com/media/feedlogo.gif FanHouse http://www.fanhouse.com en-us Copyright 2009 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/ Yankees Win the Best Thing for MLB http://mlb.fanhouse.com/2009/11/06/yankees-win-the-best-thing-for-mlb/ http://mlb.fanhouse.com/2009/11/06/yankees-win-the-best-thing-for-mlb/ http://mlb.fanhouse.com/2009/11/06/yankees-win-the-best-thing-for-mlb/#comments Terence Mooreby Terence Moore

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NEW YORK -- Oh, it was a loaded question, all right. The guy that I expected to answer was Bud Selig, whose role as baseball commissioner expands beyond the new sacred walls in the Bronx that feature the plaques of Yankee greats.

I asked the question anyway.

Given the mystique of pinstripes, television ratings that soar toward the farthest black hole at the sight of the interlocking "NY" in white against blue caps, baseball rock stars Derek Jeter, A-Rod, Mariano Rivera and the rest -- I mean, doesn't it help the entire game whenever the Yankees win it all?

Well, it does. Nobody cares about the Tampa Bay Rays in October or November, for instance, except those with too much time on their hands around the Skyview Bridge over the Gulf of Mexico. The world is dominated by Yankee lovers, Yankee haters and few in-between, and everybody knows it.

 

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]]> bud seliggeorge steinbrenner Terence Moore terence-moore 2009-11-06T00:40:00 00:00 Yankees Quit Playing Games, Start Playing Championship Baseball http://mlb.fanhouse.com/2009/11/05/yankees-quit-playing-games-start-playing-championship-baseball/ http://mlb.fanhouse.com/2009/11/05/yankees-quit-playing-games-start-playing-championship-baseball/ http://mlb.fanhouse.com/2009/11/05/yankees-quit-playing-games-start-playing-championship-baseball/#comments Terence Mooreby Terence Moore

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Yankees celebrateNEW YORK -- The biggest World Series choke involved the New York Yankees, but they won back then in 1996 over the gasping Atlanta Braves.

The Yankees won this time, too. It's just that they did so to avoid sliding toward the brutal end of the second-worst choke in World Series history.

On a clear Wednesday night in the Bronx, with Hideki Matsui's sizzling Mizuno bat and various pinstriped chants warming the November chill inside the newest version of Yankee Stadium, the home team got a 7-3 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies. It also got a 27th world championship for the franchise.

Plus, it got these current Yankees off the hook.
FanHouse World Series Coverage: Fletcher | Price | Mariotti | Olson
Game 6: Yankees 7, Phillies 3 | Box Score | Matsui MVP

 

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]]> hideki matsuijoe girardijohnny damon Terence Moore terence-moore 2009-11-05T02:45:00 00:00 America's Team? It's the Saints Now http://nfl.fanhouse.com/2009/11/03/americas-team-its-the-saints-now/ http://nfl.fanhouse.com/2009/11/03/americas-team-its-the-saints-now/ http://nfl.fanhouse.com/2009/11/03/americas-team-its-the-saints-now/#comments Terence Mooreby Terence Moore

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Saints fansNEW ORLEANS -- Go ahead, because this is the right thing to do: You should spend the rest of the NFL season hugging whatever team you traditionally love, but you should kiss the New Orleans Saints in the shadows.

If you prefer to do so in the sunshine, that's fine, too.

The Saints have replaced the folks with stars on their helmets as America's Team. In case you weren't paying attention, Hurricane Katrina blew this franchise into the hearts of all those who had them. That unofficially happened on Sept. 25, 2006, the team's first home game back in New Orleans -- a Monday night when, just like this Monday night, the roof of the Superdome threatened to explode because of the noise generated by inside, as opposed to the wind outside it.

A game that was also against the Falcons. And that, too, was a victory for the Saints, along the way to their first and only NFC championship game.
Nancy Gay: Good News, Bad News for Falcons

 

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]]> drew breessean payton Terence Moore terence-moore 2009-11-03T03:30:00 00:00 Phillies Won't Let Yankees Win Easily http://mlb.fanhouse.com/2009/10/30/phillies-wont-let-yankees-win-easily/ http://mlb.fanhouse.com/2009/10/30/phillies-wont-let-yankees-win-easily/ http://mlb.fanhouse.com/2009/10/30/phillies-wont-let-yankees-win-easily/#comments Terence Mooreby Terence Moore

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PhilliesNEW YORK -- The slew of left-handed boppers. More speed than you think, along with slick gloves everywhere. Another dose or two of Cliff Lee.

From the start of Saturday night's Game 3 in Philadelphia until whenever the last pitch of the World Series takes place, the New York Yankees will have much to worry about regarding the Philadelphia Phillies.

Oh, the Yankees still will win it all. They have several boppers of their own -- well, if this A-Rod stops resembling that other A-Rod when it comes to vanishing or prospering in October. Plus, despite Lee's Sandy Koufax routine, the Yankees have better starting pitchers. They also have those pinstriped ghosts, their Gipper in George Steinbrenner and the incomparable Mariano Rivera.

That said, the Yankees must understand something more striking about the Phillies than what I just wrote: the Phillies aren't scared.

 

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]]> Terence Moore terence-moore 2009-10-30T01:32:00 00:00 Payton Was Supposed to Live Forever http://nfl.fanhouse.com/2009/10/29/payton-was-supposed-to-live-forever/ http://nfl.fanhouse.com/2009/10/29/payton-was-supposed-to-live-forever/ http://nfl.fanhouse.com/2009/10/29/payton-was-supposed-to-live-forever/#comments Terence Mooreby Terence Moore

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Walter PaytonSome things make no sense.

Just take the way Walter Payton played, for instance. Season after season, game after game, down after down, he destroyed folks. He did so as a running back for the Chicago Bears, and he spent 13 years as one of the most explosive hitters ever at any position, despite wrapping just 200 pounds around his frame of 5-foot-10. After he would belt a heftier defender toward the parking lot with his famously potent stiff arm, he would return to his preferred status of mellow.

 

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]]> Terence Moore terence-moore 2009-10-29T12:00:00 00:00 What Are Yanks Doing to George? http://mlb.fanhouse.com/2009/10/29/what-are-yanks-doing-to-george/ http://mlb.fanhouse.com/2009/10/29/what-are-yanks-doing-to-george/ http://mlb.fanhouse.com/2009/10/29/what-are-yanks-doing-to-george/#comments Terence Mooreby Terence Moore

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Jorge PosadaNEW YORK -- This was a lousy way for the New York Yankees to hug somebody they supposedly love.

You had their listless ways at the plate. Then, if you combine that with a couple of mindless pitches by CC Sabathia and a shoddy bullpen, they spent Wednesday night at Yankee Stadium playing the opener of the World Series as if they wish to choke whatever life is left inside of the ailing George Steinbrenner.

OK, Cliff Lee is pretty good, but he isn't that good.

Is he?
FanHouse World Series Coverage: Mariotti | Fletcher | Price
Game 1: Phillies 6, Yankees 1 | Box Score | Series Home

 

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]]> George Steinbrenner Terence Moore terence-moore 2009-10-29T00:57:00 00:00 Give Me the Old (Old) Yankee Stadium http://mlb.fanhouse.com/2009/10/28/give-me-the-old-old-yankee-stadium/ http://mlb.fanhouse.com/2009/10/28/give-me-the-old-old-yankee-stadium/ http://mlb.fanhouse.com/2009/10/28/give-me-the-old-old-yankee-stadium/#comments Terence Mooreby Terence Moore

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Joe DiMaggio in old Yankee StadiumNEW YORK -- While making one of those decades-old World Series trips on the subway from Manhattan to the Bronx, the New York Yankees' official theme song kept rattling my bones as much as the D-train.

Start spreading the news
I'm leaving today
I want to be a part of it
New York, New York

Then, all of a sudden, when I arrived at the corner of East 161st Street and River Avenue, another Frank Sinatra song popped into my head. It got louder and louder, especially the closer I got to an 86-year-old structure whose distinctive roar during every summer and most Octobers was gone. So were its seats. So was nearly everything else in the place, including its pinstriped monuments.

 

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]]> Terence Moore terence-moore 2009-10-28T18:50:00 00:00 McGwire Hire Feels Like Bad Joke http://mlb.fanhouse.com/2009/10/26/mcgwire-hire-feels-like-bad-joke/ http://mlb.fanhouse.com/2009/10/26/mcgwire-hire-feels-like-bad-joke/ http://mlb.fanhouse.com/2009/10/26/mcgwire-hire-feels-like-bad-joke/#comments Terence Mooreby Terence Moore

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Tony LaRussa and Mark McGwireThis can't end well. In fact, unless the city of St. Louis is just into the bizarre -- you know, such as plans to replace that large arch downtown with a Starbucks or something, this will end sooner than later.

Mark McGwire as Cardinals hitting coach?

I'm still waiting for the punch line.

In order for this to work, McGwire has to discuss what he hasn't wanted to discuss forever, and you know what that is. Instead, he spit at a bunch of congressmen during a hearing on steroids during the spring of 2005 on Capitol Hill by telling them, "I'm not here to talk about the past."

Yeah, well. The guy has no choice now. He will be hounded by his "past" on every Cardinals road trip. I'm guessing that more than a few folks in St. Louis also will have questions about his "past."

 

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]]> mark mcgwire Terence Moore terence-moore 2009-10-26T16:15:00 00:00 Yanks in No Danger With Jeter at Helm http://mlb.fanhouse.com/2009/10/23/yanks-in-no-danger-with-jeter-at-helm/ http://mlb.fanhouse.com/2009/10/23/yanks-in-no-danger-with-jeter-at-helm/ http://mlb.fanhouse.com/2009/10/23/yanks-in-no-danger-with-jeter-at-helm/#comments Terence Mooreby Terence Moore

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Derek JeterANAHEIM, Calif. -- You should forget the baseball fantasy that took place Thursday night next door to Disneyland, but only if you're among the wise who believe in pinstriped destiny this year. There is no Rally Monkey or Thunderstix at Yankee Stadium, where the American League Championship Series is headed after the fluke that was the Los Angeles Angels' 7-6 victory in Game 5.

The Yankees still will take it all -- the AL pennant, a world championship, maybe the Western Hemisphere -- because they have somebody who won't settle for less.

Derek Jeter.
Mariotti: Yanks Show Cracks | Fletcher: Angels Get Angry
Playoff Pulse: Storms Ahead for ALCS, Swisher

 

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]]> Derek Jeter Terence Moore terence-moore 2009-10-23T09:00:00 00:00 Yankees Moment Has Two Challengers http://mlb.fanhouse.com/2009/10/21/yankees-moment-has-two-challengers/ http://mlb.fanhouse.com/2009/10/21/yankees-moment-has-two-challengers/ http://mlb.fanhouse.com/2009/10/21/yankees-moment-has-two-challengers/#comments Terence Mooreby Terence Moore

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ANAHEIM, Calif. -- This A-Rod thing is getting scary.

The same goes for this umpiring thing.

In the end, when somebody on the New York Yankees squeezes the last out of the 2009 season, it only will be about this pinstripe thing, because the Yankees are destined to finish early November as bigger than anything in baseball.

I think. It's just that those two other things spent a gorgeous Tuesday night at Angel Stadium continuing their habit of overshadowing the Yankees' inevitable march to a 27th world championship.

 

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]]> alex rodriguez Terence Moore terence-moore 2009-10-21T01:50:00 00:00 Time to Cut Weis Some Slack http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2009/10/17/time-to-cut-weis-some-slack/ http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2009/10/17/time-to-cut-weis-some-slack/ http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2009/10/17/time-to-cut-weis-some-slack/#comments Terence Mooreby Terence Moore

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Charlie WeisSOUTH BEND, Ind. -- He isn't going anywhere, and he shouldn't. The relentless ways of his Fighting Irish players down the stretch Saturday night at Notre Dame Stadium against Southern Cal bought Charlie Weis more time.

So here's the deal: Weis will last the rest of this season as Notre Dame coach. He also will return next season, and who knows? He might stick around with the Fighting Irish to finish his 10-year contract that expires after the 2015 season.

Whatever the case, there should be a moratorium on Weis bashing despite Notre Dame's 34-27 loss to Southern Cal in another huge game. That's because his players keep demanding as much. They could have collapsed in the final seconds against Michigan State, but they didn't. The same goes for their squeakers over Purdue and Washington that involved an extra dose of passion from everybody on the field.

More FanHouse Coverage From South Bend
Jay Mariotti: No Moral Victories at Notre Dame, Charlie
John Walters: It's Deja Vu All Over Again for Irish | Game Blog

 

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]]> Terence Moore terence-moore 2009-10-17T22:30:00 00:00 Hey, Charlie: Ever Hear of the Gipper? http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2009/10/16/hey-charlie-ever-hear-of-the-gipper/ http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2009/10/16/hey-charlie-ever-hear-of-the-gipper/ http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2009/10/16/hey-charlie-ever-hear-of-the-gipper/#comments Terence Mooreby Terence Moore

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SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- Said Charlie Weis, glowing while describing the mighty spirit this week around Notre Dame, "I haven't felt it like this ever, me personally, since I've been here. And it's not just the university. It's the whole town."

They're called Gipper Games. They occur when a famously gifted foe is on campus to face a Notre Dame team disguised as an underdog. Not only that, with the whole college football universe watching, Gipper Games feature all of those ghosts for the Fighting Irish soaring from the steeples on the Basilica of the Sacred Heart to the statue atop the Golden Dome to the tunnel of Notre Dame Stadium.

The great Notre Dame coaches flourish in Gipper Games. Actually, they win most of them, and Weis has won none of them. So he isn't a great Notre Dame coach. He also could be a gone Notre Dame coach since each of his predecessors without a Gipper Game victory either quietly or noisily left the city limits with a shove.

 

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]]> charlie weis Terence Moore terence-moore 2009-10-16T19:00:00 00:00 Clausen Among Irish Greats -- Almost http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2009/10/14/clausen-among-irish-greats-almost/ http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2009/10/14/clausen-among-irish-greats-almost/ http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2009/10/14/clausen-among-irish-greats-almost/#comments Terence Mooreby Terence Moore

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Jimmy ClausenSOUTH BEND, Ind. -- The list starts with Gus Dorais, who joined somebody named Knute Rockne to perfect the forward pass. From there, the honor roll of Notre Dame quarterbacks includes Heisman Trophy winners Angelo Bertelli, Johnny Lujack, Paul Hornung and John Huarte.

Ever hear of Daryle Lamonica, Terry Hanratty and Joe Theismann? They also were Fighting Irish stars who evolved into eternal stars of college football history, and Jimmy Clausen will sparkle with them.

It's just that Clausen has to make it official.

There is that little game on Saturday at Notre Dame Stadium, where Clausen can solidify his distinction as the nation's best quarterback along the way to pushing the Irish toward a record eighth Heisman winner overall. All he has to do is slay pesky Southern Cal by remaining a master at football miracles.

 

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]]> jimmy clausenjoe montana Terence Moore terence-moore 2009-10-14T22:09:00 00:00 Let's Give Holliday a Break, for Once http://mlb.fanhouse.com/2009/10/12/lets-give-holliday-a-break-for-once/ http://mlb.fanhouse.com/2009/10/12/lets-give-holliday-a-break-for-once/ http://mlb.fanhouse.com/2009/10/12/lets-give-holliday-a-break-for-once/#comments Terence Mooreby Terence Moore

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Matt HollidayContrary to popular belief, Ralph Branca didn't throw away a pennant with his pitch that became Bobby Thomson's shot heard around the world. All of the Brooklyn Dodgers kept themselves out of the World Series back then. They choked away a huge lead in September to force that playoff against the New York Giants.

Remember Bill Buckner's gaffe?

Overrated.

That was in Game 6. The Boston Red Sox still had a chance to win the world championship in Game 7, but they didn't.

 

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]]> matt holliday Terence Moore terence-moore 2009-10-12T19:35:00 00:00 You Have to Root for Yanks, by George! http://mlb.fanhouse.com/2009/10/09/you-have-to-root-for-yanks-by-george/ http://mlb.fanhouse.com/2009/10/09/you-have-to-root-for-yanks-by-george/ http://mlb.fanhouse.com/2009/10/09/you-have-to-root-for-yanks-by-george/#comments Terence Mooreby Terence Moore

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George SteinbrennerWin one for George? Indeed.

Even if your baseball allegiance isn't wrapped in pinstripes, you should relent -- just this once. In fact, anybody with a heart larger than a resin bag should root for the New York Yankees to win it all this season, because they deserve as much.

This all begins and ends with George, as in Steinbrenner, as in The Boss, as in baseball's most significant owner ever. But let's start by examining those other things as to why the Yankees should be the people's choice.

 

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]]> george steinbrenner Terence Moore terence-moore 2009-10-09T21:15:00 00:00 Keeping Saint Bobby Around Is a Sin http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2009/10/07/keeping-saint-bobby-around-is-a-sin/ http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2009/10/07/keeping-saint-bobby-around-is-a-sin/ http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2009/10/07/keeping-saint-bobby-around-is-a-sin/#comments Terence Mooreby Terence Moore

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Bobby BOwdenBobby Bowden has to go. Not only that, he needs to go as Florida State head football coach for so many reasons. And let's forget for a moment that he has spent the last five seasons lacking an X or an O clue on how to keep the Seminoles among the nation's elite or even as a force in the ACC.

The truth is that Saint Bobby should have been gone from Florida State about several thousand "daggums" ago.

The word disingenuous comes to mind.

 

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]]> bobby bowden Terence Moore terence-moore 2009-10-07T16:00:00 00:00 Curt Flood Owed an Apology From Peers http://mlb.fanhouse.com/2009/10/06/flood-owed-an-apology-from-peers/ http://mlb.fanhouse.com/2009/10/06/flood-owed-an-apology-from-peers/ http://mlb.fanhouse.com/2009/10/06/flood-owed-an-apology-from-peers/#comments Terence Mooreby Terence MooreCurt FloodSomething never made sense regarding Curt Flood's lonely march 40 years ago toward helping to create free agency in baseball.

Why was it so lonely? I mean, during that march, which started at the office of baseball commissioner Bowie Kuhn and continued to the United States Supreme Court, Flood was a singular hero among a slew of cowards. That's because his peers embarrassed themselves in the midst of the game's biggest moment through the late 1960s that didn't involve the Black Sox or Jackie Robinson.

The disgusting thing is, Flood's peers couldn't care less.

 

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]]> curt floodcurt flood 40th anniversary Terence Moore terence-moore 2009-10-06T11:51:00 00:00 IOC Did Chicago A HUGE Favor http://www.fanhouse.com/2009/10/05/ioc-did-chicago-a-huge-favor/ http://www.fanhouse.com/2009/10/05/ioc-did-chicago-a-huge-favor/ http://www.fanhouse.com/2009/10/05/ioc-did-chicago-a-huge-favor/#comments Terence Mooreby Terence MooreChicago OlympicsHey, take it from an Atlanta guy. As soon as word came from Copenhagen on Friday that Chicago was history during the first round of International Olympic Committee voting for the 2016 Olympic Games, here's how Americans in general and Chicagoians in particular should have responded:

After chanting "Hip, hip, hooray" from the top of the Willis Tower, they should have caught the "L" to Wrigley Field, raised a toast to the statue of Harry Caray and yelled in unison, "Chicago wins! Chicago wins!"

In this case, Chicago wins by losing.

 

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]]> Terence Moore terence-moore 2009-10-05T19:31:00 00:00 What Happened to My Football Program? http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2009/10/03/what-happened-to-my-football-program/ http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2009/10/03/what-happened-to-my-football-program/ http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2009/10/03/what-happened-to-my-football-program/#comments Terence Mooreby Terence Moore

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Ara Parseghian, Weeb Ewbanks, Bo Schembechler, Woody Hayes
OXFORD, Ohio -- As is the custom around here, new buildings are smothered with red brick and molded into a Georgian style. Just like that, they stand as gracefully ancient as Miami University, celebrating its 200th year.

Dormitory Like No Other: A Productive Animal House
Inspiring Redskins Coach Was One of Us | Ron Zook Was One of Us

 

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]]> Terence Moore terence-moore 2009-10-03T18:40:00 00:00 Some People in Sports Just Never Learn http://nfl.fanhouse.com/2009/10/02/some-people-in-sports-just-never-learn/ http://nfl.fanhouse.com/2009/10/02/some-people-in-sports-just-never-learn/ http://nfl.fanhouse.com/2009/10/02/some-people-in-sports-just-never-learn/#comments Terence Mooreby Terence Moore

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With Terrell Owens starring again as The World's Biggest Drama King, here's a quick thought: More than a few bosses in sports have heard of Albert Einstein, but they likely don't know that he opined, "The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results."

Actually, they just don't care. Otherwise, Eric Mangini wouldn't keep getting jobs, especially as somebody's head coach.

What were those who run the Cleveland Browns thinking?

 

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]]> byron leftwicheric manginiterrell owens Terence Moore terence-moore 2009-10-02T18:00:00 00:00