Bernie Lincicome
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Lincicome: New pitch clock proves baseball is a game that doesn't need to be rushedApr 09, 2023 5:30 am - I've given it more than a week, this new rush-ball thing, wondering what's the hurry and what to do with the extra half-hour saved. By season's end I will have more tha...
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For better or worse, the Masters is hereApr 02, 2023 5:30 am - My favorite press story of the Masters is about O.B. Keeler, the Atlanta writer and biographer of Bobby Jones. Keeler and Jones were having a mint julep under the oaks a...
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Lincicome: Baseball is back. And baseball is welcome.Mar 26, 2023 5:00 am - Bigger bases, pitch clocks, banned shifts, tick, tick, tinker, tinker, it is still baseball. And it is welcome. Thursday is the day, Opening Day, and opening evening, to...
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World Baseball Classic neither worldly nor classicMar 19, 2023 5:30 am - It has been six years since baseball pretended to be a world game, an ambition not shared by the world. Yet here we are again daring to ignore the World Baseball Classic...
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Lincicome: Bears should get what they can from Fields and move onMar 05, 2023 4:30 am - So as not to bury the lede, the Bears should get what they can for Justin Fields and get on with whatever happens next. But, I'll get to that. First, news arrives that t...
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Lincicome: No use paying attention to these Ignor-a-BullsFeb 26, 2023 4:30 am - The obligation to notice the Bulls weighs lightly and gets no help from the Bulls themselves who offer no reason at all to be encouraged, unhappy or curious. They are th...
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Lincicome: Enjoy the promise that spring training providesFeb 19, 2023 4:30 am - The usually happy phrase "pitchers and catchers report" is meant to apply to the Cubs and White Sox only as a warning. Nevertheless, they are back. Not back here, but ou...
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Lincicome: Jordan still the greatest despite LeBron breaking recordFeb 12, 2023 4:30 am - My first review of LeBron James, the basketball player, suggested that the teenager, already festooned with tattoos, ought to have one that read, "Some assembly required...
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Lincicome: Channeling a few more sports broadcasting optionsJan 29, 2023 5:00 am - Convinced that there is no such thing as too much sports, I tried counting all the sports channels available to me. I quit counting somewhere in the three figures, allow...
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Lincicome: Where have you gone Barry, Roger...Sammy? Without you, hall of fame ballot is boringJan 22, 2023 5:30 am - Smack dab in the middle of awards season we find our old friend, the Baseball Hall of Fame, its ballot free at last of the unworthy and the soiled, excepting Alex Rodrig...