Thursday, April 05, 2012
Selig deems Marlins Park 'phenomenal' | MLB.com - Braves.com - "But it's the sociological value -- what does it do for a community? And five years after the stadium is up, all the people who were critics are gone. It's the most remarkable thing, whether it's in the public sector or anywhere else. These stadiums have worked out so well. They just have enormous sociological value. You can debate it all day long, but whatever city you're in, whether it's Milwaukee or St. Louis or anywhere else, that ballpark makes that city a better place to live.
Braves pitcher's killer freed from prison | ajc.com - Alexis Stevens - Shotkoski's widow told the AJC Wednesday she's shocked that Evans, who had an extensive criminal record before the murder, is a free man. "He should have been in prison for 27 years to protect everyone that is still here," Felicia Shotkoski said by telephone from Chicago, where she works. "I can’t change it. But what I can try and do is protect other people from going through what we went through. This is just plain wrong." Evans pleaded guilty in 1997 to second-degree murder in Dave Shotkoski's death.
Once again, a master of contradictions – USATODAY.com - Mike Lopresti - At its core, Augusta National is not one world, but two. Not just today, but yesterday. It is a place of relentless consistency, and also raging contradiction. Therein lies the great strength of the Masters, and also sometimes its weakness.
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