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Ocean View student wins award for PSA
Teenagers might face many problems these days — from demanding classes, bullying at school and in some cases trouble at home — that could lead to depression, or even suicide. It is the signs for these troubles that Jonathan Lee, a...
Tags: Baseball, Health and Safety at School, Sports, Brooks Robinson
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In the Pipeline: Ham radio to the rescue
A recent headline on Reuters read: "Subculture of Americans prepares for civilization's collapse." The subsequent story documented a subculture of Americans who refer to themselves as "preppers." As the story stated, "Some are driven by a fear of imminent...Tags: FBI, Entertainment, Baseball, Radio, Ceremonies
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TILL FEB. 18 'Centered on the Center' The Huntington Beach Art Center presents a non-juried exhibition at 538 Main St., Huntington Beach. Gallery hours are noon to 8 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday, noon to 6 p.m. Friday, noon to 5 p.m. Saturday. For more...Tags: Behavioral Conditions, Teaching and Learning, Entertainment, Students, Music
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In The Pipeline: Baseball greats make the best save
Last year in this column space, I wrote about a special event at SeaCliff Country Club. It was a golf outing and banquet put on by KinderVision that featured a slew of Major League Baseball legends, including Rollie Fingers and Harmon Killebrew....Tags: Entertainment, Social Issues, Car Safety Tips and Advice, Athletes, Juvenile Delinquency
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In the Pipeline: Giving children care and hair
Two stories this week highlighted some great efforts being made in Huntington Beach on behalf of kids, and by kids themselves.
We start by going back to 1991 San Diego. You may remember the tragic case of Leticia Hernandez, the Oceanside youngster who...Tags: Social Issues, Gene Autry, Juvenile Delinquency, Sex Crimes, Kidnapping
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MLB Hall of Famers visit Surf City
"Cheaters."
That's what Harmon Killebrew called the recently revealed Major League Baseball steroid users to a packed dinner crowd at SeaCliff Country Club last week at the KinderVision fundraiser. It was but one of many revealing, interesting moments...Tags: Major League Baseball, Baseball, Family, Clubs and Associations, Sports
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In The Pipeline: We made a great save
Well, if you read last week's column, then you know that what started out as an AOL Weird News article a couple of months ago soon became something much more. Such was the case when my opening day piece lamenting the sorry state of songwriter Jack...Tags: Facebook, Baseball, Los Angeles Dodgers, AOL LLC, Sports
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Is Rivera the best closer of all time?
Forever a cut above Phil Rogers Chicago Tribune Let's be honest. Luis Gonzalez didn't exactly smoke his single off Mariano Rivera in Game 7 of the 2001 World Series. He fought off a cutter and fisted it just out of Derek Jeter's reach. But that's the...
Tags: Derek Jeter, New York Yankees, Baseball, Hoyt Wilhelm, Pedro Martinez
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Win-or-go-home games becoming norm
Once upon a time, the chance to go to Great American Ball Park and watch the Reds play a win-or-go-home game in the playoffs would have been the chance of a lifetime for fans in Cincinnati. The franchise hadn't played one since 1975, and that was at...
Tags: Derek Jeter, Mike Rizzo, Great American Ball Park, Dusty Baker, Nate McLouth
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Orioles' Jim Johnson, Rays' Fernando Rodney show importance of closers
When the Orioles and Tampa Bay Rays begin a three-game series Tuesday at Camden Yards, the two most effective relievers in the American League will be in uniform. It's fair to speculate that without Orioles closer Jim Johnson and Rays closer Fernando...
Tags: Aroldis Chapman, Cy Young Award, Major League Baseball, Mariano Rivera, Customs and Tradition
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Big leaguers honor baseball pioneer
NEW YORK - LaTroy Hawkins has heard the stories from his 87-year-old grandfather, about his days of picking cotton in Mississippi, about the times when there were no black players in big league baseball.
And about what it meant when Jackie Robinson...Tags: Bill Russell, Derek Jeter, Larry Doby, Curtis Granderson, Seattle Mariners
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BLOWN SAVE GUIDELINES NEED TO BE CHANGED ...
The Hog BlogIf you look at the official boxscore from the Phillies spring training opener with the Yankees on Saturday, you'll see that Dave Bush was charged with a blown save in the 8-5 loss. That's because the likely IronPigs starter "failed" to protect the 2-1...
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