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James (Bucky) Dent

@writingump

Full-time freelance sportswriter, covering mostly SIU sports. Umpire, jack of some trades and awesomely sarcastic according to a friend.

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calendar_today08-03-2014 22:53:30

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BREAKING: New Details About Trump's Military/Birthday Parade next month: 6,700 - soldiers 50 - in-air helicopters 34 - horses 28 - 70-ton M1 Abrams battle tanks Cost? $45 Million Enough money to feed 246,000 starving children for a year. Are fiscally conservative Americans

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Donald Trump: prescription drug addict. Elon Musk: prescription drug addict. Pete Hegseth: alcoholic. Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: heroin addict. Trump's White House is the Betty Ford Clinic for wealthy white nationalists.

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I truly do not care if food stamps cover junk food. It doesn't affect me. But do you know who it does affect? The kid who wouldn't get a birthday cake otherwise. The one who only knows what it's like to say "no" in the snack aisle. The one who just wants to feel like every other

I truly do not care if food stamps cover junk food.
It doesn't affect me.
But do you know who it does affect?
The kid who wouldn't get a birthday cake otherwise.
The one who only knows what it's like to say
"no" in the snack aisle.
The one who just wants to feel like every other
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At Du Quoin this morning for a surprise matchup in a 2A baseball sectional final--the 21-14 Indians and 11-15 West Frankfort. Redbirds, who were a 10th seed going into the regional, have won 4 straight postseason games. WF is the home team on DQ's field.

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No score after an inning. WF cost itself a run when a runner at second tried to make third on a turfball in front of the catcher and was nailed. Next 2 batters walked and doubled before an inning-ending groundout.

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No score after 2 innings. Not many empty seats here at Don Stanhouse Field, named for the DQ alum who enjoyed a good MLB career, notably as the Orioles' closer in the late 70s who made manager Earl Weaver smoke cigarettes at an incredible clip.

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West Frankfort strikes first with 3 runs in the bottom of the third, getting ample help from 3 Du Quoin errors and a bases-loaded walk to Will Scales. Redbirds 3-0 going to the 4th.

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DQ leaves the bases loaded in its half of the 4th and WF stranded 2 in the bottom of the inning. Still 3-0 Redbirds going to the 5th. Winner plays Teutopolis in the super sectional Monday night at SIU. Wooden Shoes just walked off Effingham St. Anthony 5-4.

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Major plot twist in Du Quoin: Indians put up a TD in the top of the 6th, Noah Siefert drilling a 3-run shot to give them the lead. West Frankfort, once 6 outs from a sectional title, now trails 8-3.

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West Frankfort gets a run back in the 6th via Jase Bennett's 2-out triple and a wild pitch. But Du Quoin still possesses an 8-4 lead.

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This one went into the history books at 1:02 p.m. as an 8-4 DQ win. Indians (22-14) meet Teutopolis Monday night at 7 at SIU in a Class 2A super sectional.

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Alabama Baseball is the first power conference team eliminated from the NCAA Tournament. Greg Sankey is calling for a revised format in which SEC teams are guaranteed autobids to the Super Regionals.

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One of my favorite Bible stories is the one where that leper came to Jesus asking for healing and Jesus said why bother "we all are going to die."