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BEST FOR LITTLE TO SKIP THIS.


Byline: TOM HOFFARTH

We got a pretty good idea that Grady Little had a lot of "old school" in him when the Dodgers' desperate front office rubber-stamped him for the skipper role, but how little did we know that, when the S.S.Minnow minnow, common name for the Cyprinidae, a large family of freshwater fish which includes the carp (Cyprinus carpio), and of which there are some 300 American species. The European minnow is Phoxinus phoxinus.  was cast to sea, he'd turn into SpongeBrain SquarePeg with the lineup card?

We'll officially put Little in the "hot seat" category, but why would anyone expect the McCourts to hit the eject button on another contract just because their on-field boss sends the future Hall of Fame second baseman into a meltdown of mile-high proportions?

What's the short list -- Dusty Baker, Kirk Gibson, Davey Lopes, Bobby Valentine or (fill in the blank) -- as the best replacement?

Did you hear that the Dodgers actually fired Grady at the start of the season, but he couldn't find his way out of the parking lot, so he stuck around?

Russell Martin must be good and rested for the last dozen games, eh?

Brent Tomko wins a game down the stretch for San Diego? And Marlon Anderson gets a key pinch-hit down the stretch for the New York Mets
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? And Jayson Werth is pulling his weight as the Philadelphia left fielder as it chases a wild-card berth?

And we're going to conveniently skip over what Eric Gagne is doing with the Boston bullpen, OK?

Would it do USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code.  or UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles
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 any good to videotape their own defensive signals and hand them over to the Notre Dame coaching staff, so their upcoming gridiron meetings with the Irish is at least a little more competitive?

Is that Touchdown Jesus actually signalling for a timeout?

When does "Deal Or No Deal?" NBC NBC
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 look for a midseason replacement on the Saturday schedule?

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 Nation feel now about the rest of the country knowing that Larry the Cable Guy Daniel Lawrence Whitney (born February 17 1963 in Pawnee City, Nebraska), better known by the stage name Larry the Cable Guy, is a stand up comedian, actor, and one of the co-stars of the Blue Collar Comedy Tour and the subsequent series Blue Collar TV.  is their biggest "celebrity" football supporter? Or do they think he's gonna get 'em all a free hookup hookup,
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 down the road for his endorsement?

Where's the online voting to decide whether Barry Bonds gets blasted into outer space?

When did the Isaiah Thomas courtroom testimony turn into a Clarence Thomas courtroom testimony? Wouldn't the know-nothing New York Knicks coach/GM have done better to just reach some off-the-court settlement, or do we need to hear his take again on what's considered the proper way to insult a female?

How much is the Juice's passport worth on the sports memorabilia black market?

How dopey does Floyd Landis feel now?

So those are just fake pictures on the Internet of OscarDe La Hoya posing in a fishnet body suit? Know where we can find real ones?

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Date:Sep 22, 2007
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