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Tom Seaver was let loose twice by the Mets and pitched a no-hitter for the Reds and won his 300th game for the White Sox, but he wears a Mets cap in the Hall of Fame as homage to the 1969 championship.

~George Vecsey

Topics: Cap Championship Fame Game Hall He His Homage Loose Mets Sox Tom Twice Wears White Won

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Baseball's postseason shifts from game to game because of starting pitchers and the geography of the ballparks.

~George Vecsey

Topics: Baseball Because Game Geography Pitchers Shifts Starting

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The football playoffs feature one-off affairs, without bad feelings building from weekend to weekend. In addition, football uses platoons for offense and defense and kicking, so only the interior linemen have a chance to really get up close and personal with one another.

~George Vecsey

Topics: Addition Affairs Another Bad Building Chance Close Defense Feature Feelings Football Get Interior Kicking Offense Only Personal Playoffs Really Up Uses Weekend Without

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I've seen fire, and I've seen rain. I've also had to scramble over tundra to get to the Super Bowl and seen baseball turf fields that could fry a fielder's soles.

~George Vecsey

Topics: Also Baseball Bowl Could Fields Fire Fry Get Had Over Rain Scramble Seen Super Super Bowl

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Lance Armstrong has joined the legion of the lost, the great athletes who were barred or exiled for sins admitted or charged or suspected.

~George Vecsey

Topics: Admitted Armstrong Athletes Barred Charged Great Joined Legion Lost Sins Suspected Were Who

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Every spring, this happens: People discover hockey when daylight lasts longer and men grow beards and tie games do not end in shootouts but rather continue until a goal is scored. The seventh game only heightens the mood for players and fans alike.

~George Vecsey

Topics: Alike Continue Daylight Discover End Every Fans Game Games Goal Grow Happens Heightens Hockey Lasts Longer Men Mood Only People Players Rather Seventh Spring Tie Until

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We all understand the economics of the Super Bowl - 10 or 12 minutes of the ball in motion will be stretched into three and a half hours or more of money-making commercials.

~George Vecsey

Topics: Ball Bowl Commercials Economics Half Hours Minutes More Motion Stretched Super Super Bowl Three Understand Will

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This occasional sports columnist, who has been to his share of Super Bowls, had been glad to be home on Super Bowl Sunday, but the scary commercials made me want to be in the melee of the arena, where you are not aware of commercials.

~George Vecsey

Topics: Arena Aware Been Bowl Bowls Columnist Commercials Glad Had His Home Made Me Occasional Scary Share Sports Sunday Super Super Bowl Want Where Who You

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Television is making sports universal; for the same reason, big-time soccer is growing more popular in the United States.

~George Vecsey

Topics: Big-Time Growing Making More Popular Reason Same Soccer Sports States Television United United States Universal

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Why is the N.F.L. so popular? The N.F.L. grew in the comfort zone after World War II. People had money and time. A popular American sport got bigger.

~George Vecsey

Topics: After American Bigger Comfort Comfort Zone Got Grew Had Money People Popular Sport Time War Why World World War World War Ii Zone

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Nationality: American

Type: Author

Born: Unknown

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