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Healthy season leads Elarton to ponder future
Every day since the start of spring training, Scott Elarton has taken the ball when it's been given to him. That alone is a major accomplishment for the veteran right-hander. Elarton made his 25th start for the IronPigs Friday night. He hasn't had...
Tags: Coca-Cola Co., Roy Halladay, Scott Elarton, Baseball, Spring Training
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Richie Frey's legacy: A love of baseball and people
Richie Frey, one of the most beloved figures in local baseball, died on Sunday morning. He was 62. Frey was a longtime area umpire who had become a fixture at Coca-Cola Park over the last five years as the warehouse manager. Originally diagnosed...
Tags: Coca-Cola Co., Baseball, College Baseball, Sports
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No clear answer to what is 'Lehigh Valley'
Q: Most of us do a lot of driving around an area commonly known as the Lehigh Valley. But what exactly is the Lehigh Valley? What would be the definition of that term? — Don Stravino, Whitehall Township Q: How did Allentown acquire the moniker,...Tags: Arts and Culture, Allentown, Easton (Easton, Pennsylvania), Northampton (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania), Bethlehem (Northampton, Pennsylvania)
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Service Electric inks TV deal with Phantoms
To no one's surprise, Service Electric Cable has snagged the Phantoms, our incoming minor league ice hockey team, with an exclusive contract that will have every home Phantoms game at the new downtown Allentown arena being broadcast live to more than 100,...Tags: David Stern, Baseball, Basketball, Halloween, World Baseball Classic
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Kendrick's dad the man to thank for his composure
PHILADELPHIA — Kyle Kendrick took the mound as a Little Leaguer with his dad looking on from the dugout. The two shared countless high fives, loads of warmup pitches and tons of bubble gum at the ball park. To get to that point, though, Maury...
Tags: Home Run Derby, Baseball, Cy Young Award, Sports, Roy Halladay
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Hen compositions tend to be lyrically simple
If you think education is going downhill, I can tell you there's at least one school that has met a remarkable standard.
As a recent In Your School column reported, "Jefferson Elementary School will hold Beatification Day 10 a.m. to noon April 28."...Tags: Nursing, Obituaries, Teaching and Learning, Teachers, Slatedale
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Will time in center unlock Brown's potential?
The player Joe Jordan was watching shagging balls in center field during batting practice didn't look anything like the player he saw patrolling left field during IronPigs games. "I just watched him out there, and in my opinion he didn't seem to be the...
Tags: Baseball, Hunter Pence, Shane Victorino, Philadelphia Phillies, Domonic Brown
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Belmont Stakes offers chance to see horse racing history
You get the sense that sports fans, always looking for something they haven't seen for a while or maybe have never seen, will be rooting for "I'll Have Another" on Saturday at the 144th running of the Belmont Stakes. After all, it hasn't happened since...Tags: Baseball, Nate Hobgood-Chittick, Big Ten Network (tv network), Basketball, National Basketball Association
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It's a caTASSterstroke in national math contest for Lehigh Valley team
The world's greatest mathematician was upset that the Lehigh Valley Fire Team did not win this year's national math competition for students from all over the country.
"What the hell's the matter with them?" he asked, observing that the Fire Team won the...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Education, Lehigh University, Jimmy Durante, Orefield
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Nemes proves a longtime Tiger can change stripes
Dennis Nemes went to an IronPigs game this season and came home with a new job. OK, it wasn't quite that simple, but a conversation that Nemes had with a couple of Central Catholic students this summer at Coca-Cola Park helped sway the retired...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Coca-Cola Co., High School Sports, Awards and Prizes, Students
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Grammar Police mispronunciation finale is epic
I'll begin today's wrap-up of my endless series on common mispronunciations and fractured expressions with a seasonal entry. "Halloween is for All Hallows' Eve," a voice mailer complained. "It is Halloween, not Holloween." I've never thought about it,...
Tags: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., Radio, Allentown, Poetry, Entertainment
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American Parkway could rev up Allentown revival
Q: What's the status of the American Parkway Bridge project? The estimated completion is about the same time as the arena, right? What is the city's vision for the parkway once it's done? This looks like it's going to be huge in the economic future of...Tags: Ed Pawlowski, South Whitehall Township, Bedford (Bedford, Virginia), Allentown, Whitehall
Aug 18, 2012
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