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2012 Graduate of St. John Fisher College. Journalist, writer and sponge for information.

Picture of the day: They have plaques too…

Ever wonder what Japan’s Hall of Fame inductees look like? Turns out they are a lot like America’s Hall of Fame inductees…

Photo used under a creative commons license, taken by Craig Wyzik.

Early WBC News for Feb. 19, 2013

Go below the jump for the latest WBC news:

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Late WBC news for Feb. 18, 2013

If you missed the news from earlier in the day, go here.

For tonight’s news, go below the jump.

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Blog Dealings for Feb. 18, 2013

Okay, a few new things here on the blog:

  • The Continuum Baseball Rankings now have their own page at the top of the main page.
  • Another WBC update will be coming later today. If you missed the earlier one, go here.
  • Also, the aforementioned Continuum Baseball Rankings will be updated either today or tomorrow with some of the results of the warm-up games being played around the world in the lead-up to the World Baseball Classic.
  • Finally, don’t forget that Joe Connor’s WBC Guide remains on sale and that the Continuum is also taking donations in the Tip Jar.

Thank you for coming to the Baseball Continuum, tell your friends and come again!

Picture of the Day: Say Cheese

From the Library of Congress Flickr feed, here’s a public domain picture of Germany Schaefer hard at work taking photos for what are probably future pictures of the day.

Early WBC news for Feb. 18, 2013

See today’s early World Baseball Classic news below the jump:

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Random Video of the Undetermined Amount of Time: Snowball Fight!

From Big League Stew comes this video of Dayton and Gardner-Webb having a snowball fight during a weather delay:

Baseball players celebrating their birthday today

Just for those of you sick of the 50th birthday of Michael Jordan, I now present to you a list of five baseball players who were born on February 17:

Wally Pipp

Josh Willingham

Ed Brandt

Rod Dedeaux (who would later be one of the greatest college coaches in baseball history)

Cody Ransom

So there you go. Oh, and Red Barber was born on 2-17 as well.

Picture of the Day: Calisthenics

This image is from the State Library of Florida and has no known copyright restrictions. It’s of the Brooklyn Dodgers doing calisthenics at Spring Training in 1949.

 

WBC news for Feb. 17, 2013

Go below the jump for the latest news on the World Baseball Classic:

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