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Baseball would be better off if Mike Trout was not in Anaheim
“Everyone else” consists of the Clippers, Rams, Chargers, Ducks, and Angels. Pro franchises all, but second-class citizens in LA. Hell, the Ducks and Angels don’t even play in LA. They play in Anaheim. Ask anyone in Los Angeles, they’ll tell you emphatically that “Anaheim isn’t LA.”
The Angels can call themselves the Los Angeles Angels, but it doesn’t make them an LA team. The difference between the Dodgers and the Angels is the same as the difference between John Belushi and Jim Belushi.
Mike Trout is the best player in baseball, in fact he’s one of the best players to…
How To Catch Trout Through The Seasons
Do you want to learn how to catch trout? Maybe you've been reluctant to try trout fishing because you remember reading a book or magazine article that made it sound like the only people who could outsmart these popular sport fish were either brain surgeons or rocket scientists.
5 Ways to Increase the Property Value of Your Home
By Mike Putnam No matter what the real estate industry is doing as a whole, you want to get the most value out of your home when you sell. While you can’t control the housing market, you do have con...
Up late watching the World Series? How to get through the work day
After a late night cheering on your favorite baseball team, power through the day with these tips
Talking Baseball … and Direct Mail?
They’re not two things that you would think go together, but when I got a postcard from the Phillies in the mail, I knew it would make for a good story.
Just How Much Do You Value Your Stuff?
Let’s face it : Americans love their stuff. From childhood baseball card collections to that new flat-screen television, people can develop an emotional at
Where’s That Trout? Learn How to Locate Trout in a Stream
Learn to read the water to find the spots trout most commonly hide in. Thinking like a trout will help you to read the stream!
Tips for releasing trout successfully
More and more anglers are releasing trout, but my observations tell me that education is needed in that department.
How Broccoli Leaves And Steelhead Trout Found Their Way Onto Sweetgreen’s Menu
By putting farmers first, the salad chain is trying to change industry-wide customer expectations about food.
Is your trout fishing in trouble? Saving the state tree may be the answer
Millions of hemlock trees have been wiped out by the woolly adelgid pest. Staving off further destruction may be needed to save native trout.
How to avoid the celebrity trout pout when you go for lip enhancements
WE'VE all seen the images of celebrities with overly enhanced lips, so we sent one Scots woman to try it out to see for herself.
How do I sell my baseball cards?
When someone discovers that I collect, buy, and sell baseball cards, it isn't unusual for the response to be, "I (or my parents or siblings or a friend) have a bunch of baseball cards. How do I sell them?" The truth is, there are many possible answers to that question, and the response often depends on what the cards are. If you're interested in learning the options for selling baseball cards, read on. Local card store (LCS): If you're lucky enough to have…
10 Things You Didn’t Know About Modern Baseball
10 Things You Didn't Know About is APTV's newest series created by Northwest Correspondent Caity Babcock, which, well, teaches you 10 Things You Didn't Know ...
Inside the Pack: Should You Use Baseball Cards as an Investment Tool?
I recently ran across an interesting topic of conversation on an online collecting forum I participate in. The original poster more or less wanted to know about vintage cards as an investment tool. Specifically, he had read several articles about how baseball cards had outperformed major stock indices over the past few years, and he was looking for advice on how to get in. He wondered if the card market would yield a return greater than the 7% or so he was currently…
How Managing Applications Is Like Managing a Baseball Team
Baseball managers know that unless you monitor their health and performance of your players, you aren't optimizing the performance of the team. The same can be said for your applications and how your employees use them. Or as Yogi Berra put it: "You can observe a lot by watching."
What Corporate Innovation Can Learn from Baseball
I’ve been a full-time service innovator for 16 years, and the transition to scale-up is still one of the most challenging aspects of innovation. As we look for answers for this challenge, perhaps baseball and startups have something to teach us: Protect your promising ventures through a tiered syste
From Airlines To Baseball Teams, How Companies Can Control The Uncontrollable
Every customer experience matters, but some experiences are beyond the company’s control. What then?
Why Are Political Journalists More Scared of Revealing Their Votes Than Baseball Writers?
Transparency is only for the little people, it would seem.
Why you can't find baseball cards, and how those that do are turning big profits
It's getting harder to find baseball and sports cards for sale, or at retail prices. Money-minded investors are snapping them up.
Mike Carroll: How a simple change in routine can turn tragic
Modern life demands more of us, and cellphones and tablets make it easier to pack more into our day, but they also may be making it easier for tragic accidents to happen — like leaving a child
Pro Tips: Four Hot Tips on Tippets
One of the easiest ways to improve your presentation in your trout fishing is to pay more attention to your tippet. It’s as important as the fly pattern you choose, and the size and length and. . .Read More »
