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January 2, 2013 Wezen-BallBreaking Down the White Sox Magazine Crossword What is the life of a back-of-the-magazine crossword puzzle editor really like?
Did you ever wonder what goes through the mind of an editor of one of those back-of-the-magazine crossword puzzles? You know, those puzzles filled with, like, 15 clues all based around the name of, say, your favorite television show? Where the words intersect on one letter at most and the most complicated clue is "the dominant color of Superman's uniform"? Well, I can't promise to know exactly what one of these editors might be thinking, but I bet I can give you the next best thing. In the back of the 2008 "Official Chicago White Sox Magazine" is a baseball-themed puzzle of that caliber. By taking a look at each clue, we should be able to get a good sense of what this mind-numbing job might be like. Let's see what we find! December 28, 2012 BP UnfilteredThe Second-Hardest Ball Hit Off of Craig Kimbrel Stephen Vogt doesn't have a hit, but he has hit.
During the last game of the season, Stephen Vogt hit this ball BP Daily PodcastEffectively Wild Episode 109: Eight Questions (and Answers) for the End of the Year Ben and Sam ask and answer eight mostly unrelated questions about baseball and themselves.
 Ben and Sam ask and answer eight mostly unrelated questions about baseball and themselves.
Wezen-Ball"White Christmas" at the Ballpark The stars of the holiday staple were famous baseball fans.
It's Christmas week. The time of fruitcakes, Rickey Henderson, Ralphie shooting his eye out, and, of course, White Christmas. The classic holiday movie has been a staple of family Christmases for nearly sixty years, bringing Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye into living rooms since 1954. For a movie dealing with the return of World War II veterans, vaudeville music, and snow-covered celebrations, the baseball ties are bigger than you might expect. The world was reminded recently that Bing Crosby, the man who most famously sang the film's title song, was a partial owner of the Pittsburgh Pirates at one time. In fact, it was a long-forgotten recording stored in Crosby's wine cellar that gave us the only known full-length recording of Game 7 of the 1960 World Series—the famous Bill Mazeroski series-clinching home run.
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December 27, 2012
Effectively Wild Episode 108: What Position Should Ian Kinsler Play?/How Do You Know When You Need a New GM?
Ben and Sam answer listener emails about Ian Kinsler, how to decide when it's time to change GMs, R.A. Dickey and the dome, and more.
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December 25, 2012
Christmas for Free Agents
History suggests that you won't be distracted by baseball news today.
Courtesy of Retrosheet and Baseball-Reference, here’s a list of every professional free agent who has ever signed with a team on Christmas day:
December 24, 2012
Episode 27: I Wanna Know What WAR Is
Jason and Paul talk about the latest trades, signings, and go on a Hall of Fame rant related to some recent silliness by the "protectors of the game".
Jason and Paul talk about the latest trades, signings, and go on a Hall of Fame rant related to some recent silliness by the "protectors of the game".
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Total show time: 1 hours, 56 minutes
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