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	<title>Pickin&#039; Splinters &#187; Cooking with Chas</title>
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		<title>Pickin&#8217; Splinters Baseball Challenge</title>
		<link>http://www.pickinsplinters.com/2009/10/16/pickin-splinters-baseball-challenge/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 09:18:25 +0000</pubDate>
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I thought now would be a good time to provide a little update on the Pickin&#8217; Splinters Baseball Challenge, that little exercise in forecasting that many of us took part in back in April.
With just the League Championship Series, World Series, MVP and Cy Young Awards to go, Wally is the leading contender for bragging rights on [...]


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<li><a href='http://www.pickinsplinters.com/2009/03/31/tuesdays-with-smitty-the-pickin-splinters-baseball-challenge/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Tuesdays with Smitty: The Pickin&#8217; Splinters Baseball Challenge'>Tuesdays with Smitty: The Pickin&#8217; Splinters Baseball Challenge</a> <small>Just as college basketball is coming to an end -...</small></li>
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		<title>Sporting News&#8217; 50 Greatest Coaches</title>
		<link>http://www.pickinsplinters.com/2009/08/01/sporting-news-50-greatest-coaches/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 15:35:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chas</dc:creator>
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The Sporting News recently released a list of the 50 greatest coaches of all-time, as selected by a panel of Hall of Famers, championship coaches and other experts.
You can read the entire article on their web site, but here is the complete list:
1. John Wooden, college basketball
2. Vince Lombardi, NFL
3. Bear Bryant, college football
4. Phil Jackson, [...]


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		<title>MLB Splinters &#124; July 31, 2009</title>
		<link>http://www.pickinsplinters.com/2009/07/31/mlb-splinters-july-31-2009/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 18:20:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chas</dc:creator>
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By now, it&#8217;s pretty much old news that the New York Times reports that David Ortiz and Manny Ramirez were on the list of 104 Major League Baseball players who tested positive for performance-enhancing substances in 2003. I&#8217;m not sure what this proves, except that absolutely nothing is sacred in this tarnished era, not even the &#8220;holier [...]


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		<title>18th &amp; Vine</title>
		<link>http://www.pickinsplinters.com/2009/07/24/18th-vine/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2009 10:17:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chas</dc:creator>
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On the day that I make my annual trek to Cooperstown for Baseball Hall of Fame Induction Weekend, I thought it would be interesting to share an experience from last summer when I visited a completely different museum celebrating the history of America&#8217;s pastime.
The neighborhood of Kansas City commonly know as 18th and Vine is considered by some [...]


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		<title>The Pride of Dutchess County</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 10:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
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The county where I grew up in New York happens to be the birthplace of two of the 289 members of the National Baseball Hall of Fame. I&#8217;m not sure how many other counties can say this, but in his book, Baseball in Dutchess County: When it Was a Game, Joseph V. Poillucci reports that [...]


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		<title>Mount Otsego, Part 6b</title>
		<link>http://www.pickinsplinters.com/2009/07/10/mount-otsego-part-6b/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 16:52:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chas</dc:creator>
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Despite the intense debate a few weeks ago in our discussion of the greatest shortstops of all-time, left field has to be considered the toughest position so far, in terms of narrowing the field down to a top four.
The main reason for this is there are three candidates who received strong support but are being [...]


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		<title>Mount Otsego, Part 6</title>
		<link>http://www.pickinsplinters.com/2009/07/03/mount-otsego-part-6/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:40:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chas</dc:creator>
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Moving to the outfield, in part 6 we&#8217;ll be discussing a position with quite the dichotomy of candidates. That is, one inhabited by several players&#8211;two of whom are discussed here&#8211;with black marks hanging over their careers, but also includes two of the most highly respected and revered Hall of Famers in the history of the game. [...]


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		<title>Mount Otsego, Part 5b</title>
		<link>http://www.pickinsplinters.com/2009/06/26/mount-otsego-part-5b/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:54:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chas</dc:creator>
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Either the bench was worn out after a sometimes heated debate regarding the Mount Otsego shortstops, or third base was simply a no-brainer.
I honestly expected a little more support for Wade Boggs, and that there would be serious discussion about which two of the trio of Boggs, George Brett and Brooks Robinson would make the [...]


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		<title>Mount Otsego, Part 5</title>
		<link>http://www.pickinsplinters.com/2009/06/19/mount-otsego-part-5/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 15:23:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chas</dc:creator>
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After a pretty spirited debate about the relative merits of the greatest shortstops of all-time, this week we move over to the position commonly referred to as the &#8220;hot corner&#8221;. But first is the matter of our Mount Otsego shortstops. Although we were divided regarding a couple of players in particular&#8211;both of whom didn&#8217;t make [...]


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		<title>Mount Otsego, Part 4</title>
		<link>http://www.pickinsplinters.com/2009/06/12/mount-otsego-part-4/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 16:13:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chas</dc:creator>
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After a brief layoff, the Mount Otsego series returns with a discussion of one of the most important positions on the field, and one that should warrant a lot of passionate debate. That position, of course, is Shortstop.

Chas&#8217; Picks
Derek Jeter
At this position, only three guys—Honus Wagner, Arky Vaughan and Alex Rodriguez—have a higher win shares per [...]


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