Before we start traipsing down the yellow brick road of baseball's big constitutional changes last week, before we assume Bud Selig now has carte blanche to fix every problem under the sun, let's remember a few realities about this great game of ours. ... Following sports used to be like watching a pretty good card game. ... Bettman said that will translate into hardship now, but promised a new ball game after 2004. ...

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Today sports rule the modern media. They are no longer played for the fun of the game, but for the love of the almighty dollar. Athletes are striving to be better than the best and putting their bodies on the line to achieve it. To be the best today in the savage world of sports, some ...

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- "Sir, it is a small price to pay. ... I'll go crazy, do stop!... Years ago he went a little crazy when he drank a mixture of pepper and helium. ... - The boy nodded, took the bottle and left the crazy, old man to his shack. ...

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