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10 Most Memorable Position-Player Pitching Performances of All Time
15 May 2012, 8:09 pm
Last week, I dove deep into the annals of Baseball-Reference.com and came up with a list of the top 10 all-time pitching performances by position players. It was a fun list, but I got the feeling afterwards that there was more to say about position-player pitching performances. They're few and far between and they're rarely pretty, but they're also quite awesome in their own way. So I went back ...
British jazz kahuna Chris Barber collaborates with Eric Clapton, others
8 May 2012, 7:38 am
Eighty-year-old British jazz trombonist Chris Barber has released a two-disc scrapbook of collaborations, "Memories of My Trip," featuring everyone from Eric Clapton and Van Morrison to Lonnie Donegan, James Cotton and Edmond Hall. It conveys an infectious joy in communal music-making.
Experts say termite swarm doesn't necessarily spell trouble for homes
4 May 2012, 10:27 pm
Scott Satchfield / Eyewitness News Email: ssatchfield@wwltv.com | Twitter: @satchfield John Sullens didn’t quite know what to think Thursday night, when a termite swarm descended on his Metairie home. "I had never seen anything like it before, I thought we were getting attacked," Sullens said. "Wings everywhere and then the next thing I saw were all these insects crawling around the inside of ...