Posted on July 31, 2008 by wigwam2theorem
As I mentioned in a previous post, due to the failure of the state Legislature to pass a budget, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger was planning on signing an executive order reducing the wages of almost all state employees to the Federal minimum wage rate of $6.55 per hour. Well, he did it today (registration may [...]
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Posted on July 31, 2008 by wigwam2theorem
Wow! Both Manny Ramirez and Ken Griffey Jr. were traded today. Ramirez has hit 510 home runs in his career, and Griffey has hit 608. I am assuming that this is the first time in history that 2 players with over 500 home runs have been traded on the same day.
The Red Sox had absolutely [...]
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