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Once Again, We Thank You, Marty
He’s signed through 2018. After that, he is not sure what he will do. He’s 75. The West Coast road trips are becoming more difficult for Marty Brenneman. And one day now we’ll turn on the game and...
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Hoard: When A Chicken Dance Is The High Point In A Season
They’ve done the typical; they’ve done the atypical. And still, the Bengals are bad. With nothing to compare with the league best franchises, it leaves little with which to elicit fan favor....
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Aaron Hughes, And The Happiest Guy At Lane And High….
Former Tipp Red Devil Aaron Hughes is making quite an impression as a Buckeye baseball walk-on, and his example of high character and hard work has helped him prove that dreams can, and do, come true....
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The ‘Word’ Man: Hal McCoy, Beyond Hal McCoy
If you’re wondering what you’re going to read now that the Reds are done and Hal McCoy has moved on to a richer baseball palette, take a moment to consider the man beyond balls and strikes. Read and...
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Remembering Floyd Cramer…And One Last Date!
A lot of people won’t know the name, but they smile every time they hear the signature hit of one of country and popular music’s favorite instrumentalists. For at least these few words, pianist Floyd...
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Macy Puthoff, And As Big As The Moment…!
One of the youngest to contribute this past weekend for the top-ranked New Bremen Cardinals, Macy Puthoff hopes to reprise her regional championship role in the weekend’s state finals. There’s no...
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Baseball Men I’ve Known…Memories And Old Leather!
A quick rummage through the closet reminded me of a life-long journey around baseball and men who have shaped my love for the game. Thankfully, after all these years I still have the evidence to prove...
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How The Other Half Plays: ‘Roots’, And Hoops With The Fairland Dragons
Someone wrote that you can’t go home again. Well, that’s really not the case where the values are generational. I found that the faces are different now, but basketball is still king with the...
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How You Remember People: And ‘Dad’ On His Birthday…
He’s been gone six years now, but every February 1st I remember my dad because of one of his most enjoyable winter habits. Read on as I share. Every February 1st I think of my dad, Glenn Fulks, who...
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At Peace With Whatever…Sarah Schulze Joins A New Team
After an athletic career that saw her achieve records and fame, Anna’s Sarah Schulze now focuses on a life of faith and servitude to a far greater coach and master. Anna – Sarah Schulze had her share...
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One Man’s Plan To Rebuild Covington Baseball…..
Mired in the midst of a 1-13 varsity baseball season, a once great legacy of Covington baseball now seems light years away. But first year coach Andy Johnson is committed, and content, to do whatever...
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Josh Newman…And How ‘Home’ Is Working At Penn State
From his rural Ohio River roots, former Wheelersburg Pirate and Ohio State Buckeye, Josh Newman, is using what he’s learned along the way to make a difference in Penn State baseball. State College, PA...
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Hal at Large: Why Gene Bennett Meant So Much To Me….
He was a guy who you hoped would call, one you hated to see leave if he came to visit. And for Reds fans everywhere, Gene Bennett was largely responsible for the success during the era of the Big Red...
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Most Influential: Don Flinn…And Why There Is No Good Writing!
Of all the influential people in my life, one educator heads the list for making the most lasting of impacts. Not music, not business, or even baseball, it was my high school English teacher who heads...
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California Dreamin’…..And A Kid You Might Remember!
My son Matt left for the left coast to pursue life and the dream of becoming what you want to be without having to explain. And his invitation for me to see the first fruits has been enlightening. San...
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Hal McCoy…And The ‘Man Cave’ Revealed
The identified source for years of Hal McCoy’s observations about Reds baseball, finally the facts are revealed about what constitutes the ‘man cave’. You might be – no, you will be – surprised. For...
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Michael Davidson, And The Pro Next Door…
Fresh upon the Professional Bowlers tour, Versailles’ Michael Davidson hopes to make his mark before he makes his 25th birthday. They’re doing that these days, you know, and he could be next....
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Greg Hoard: How I Met…Stan “The Man”
There are times when fame holds no sanctuary, and when irony and awkwardness become as one and inseparable. So it was the night I met my first true hall-of-famer face to face…the great Stan Musial! Ed...
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Thanksgiving, Lincoln’s Address, And Why He (Still) Has The Stage To Himself
155 years after the Civil War, Gettysburg, and the most famous speech ever made by an American politician, I’m bold to say that the significance and sincerity of those words…of that moment…will never...
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An Artist’s Memories Of Troy, Eldean Bridge
The man who shared the scenes of the Miami River and the Eldean Bridge with the world is still painting, and remembers fondly his time spent a quarter century ago in Troy. Minneapolis – At 89 wildlife...
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