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Thanks to the heavy lifting of the incomparable TJ Brown, we are able to present an additional 5 HBP's for the list below.�� Since TJ knocked Sherman out of the way and joined Mister�Peabody for a ride in the "Wayback Machine", we're actually able to make this addition to the original list the "World Series Edition".� They'll be listed here ... Read More

Last week we presented to you the "Top 20 Blown Saves" Carrying on the "mindless exercises in banal list-making" routine, I humbly present to you this list. I couldn't make it a "Top 20"--hell I had a hard enough time thinking up 10--but a list is still a list. So grab a beer, sit back and ... Read More

Dear Bill: I may not be the best student of history, but didn't the '86 Celtics win it all? I like how you simply couldn't wait to draw up your little love letter to the Patriots last month, so you went ahead and tempted fate by comparing them to that Celtics team anyway. Never mind that for all of ... Read More

So it appears we've got some jolly ole' "Top #" lists going on over here. As Dolan mentions, nice way to fill up space. We here at HJE have been hard at work in matching Al's noble cause by providing what we feel is a noble cause of our own. Part of being a Cub fan is ... Read More

The mighty Forklift has told me the story�at least 7 times by now�about Billy Williams� 1972 season, and how he got hosed in that season� MVP voting, which went Johnny Bench�s way. Fork has always referred to this as Billy�s Susquehanna Hat Company, meaning that mention of the 1972 travesty automatically, regardless of the situation, kick-starts Billy into a ... Read More