This was the final day of the NCAA Division 3 World Series and the Chapman Panthers, with one loss already in the series, did what they had to do,defeating the unbeaten Marietta Pioneers 15-4 to force a second game. The second game was all Pioneers as Marietta eased their way to an 18-5 win, taking the 2011 national championship for D3 baseball!
NAIA – The Lee Flames knocked off the Continue reading
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Frontierado is fast approaching but before I switch over to looking at high-quality westerns I still have some oddities to examine. For this go-round it’s the movie Jewish Gauchos based on the 1910 novel by Alberto Gerchunoff. The film deals with the musical adventures of a group of Jewish immigrants from Russia working as gauchos (Argentine cowboys) in Argentina in the very early 1900s.
This film plus a few westerns filmed in Israel but set in the American frontier make up the very, very unusual subgenre called Continue reading
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Happy Memorial Day! Get your hamburgers, hot dogs and laptops ready for another day of College World Series games in four of the divisions Balladeer’s Blog covers. The Oklahoma City University Stars are among the teams taking the field as the NAIA resumes their World Series after having yesterday off. SCORES UPDATED THROUGHOUT THE DAY
NAIA – The Oklahoma Baptist University Bison Continue reading
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EASTFIELD COLLEGE HARVESTERS
Location: Mesquite, TX
Division: JUCO
Conference Affiliation: Metro Athletic Conference
Major sports: basketball, baseball, soccer, volleyball, tennis
Site: http://www.eastfieldcollege.edu/ce/Sports/index.asp
Comment: The Eastfield Harvesters are so cool word is that Clint Eastwood is changing his last name to Eastfield. (I’m kidding – he’s changing his Continue reading
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Yes, it’s another quick look at Rich Koz, star and writer of the Son of Svengoolie show from 1979-1986, later known as just plain Svengoolie like his predecessor Jerry Bishop. That second show was launched in 1995 and is still on the air. This glimpse at the work of the Babe Ruth of movie hosts deals with the schlocker Track of the Vampire. Sven does a sketch and a song parody about Continue reading
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The West Florida Argonauts are among the teams playing today as the College World Series’ for NCAA Divisions 2 and 3 plus JUCO continue while the NAIA has today off. Their world series will continue tomorrow. SCORES UPDATED THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
NCAA Division 3 – Chapman Panthers over the Whitewater Warhawks 4-2 (Warhawks elim) … Salisbury Seagulls Continue reading
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I’m continuing my look at Manly Wade Wellman’s pulp hero Silver John, the roaming singer and guitarist who fights supernatural forces in the Appalachian Mountains of long ago, sort of like a countrified Orpheus meets Kolchak. He’s called Silver John because of the silver strings on his guitar and the silver coins he carries in his pockets. For more details click here: https://glitternight.com/pulp-heroes/
OLD DEVLINS WAS A-WAITING – Silver John becomes a participant in an experiment combining witchcraft, telepathy and time travel. The object is to allow a contemporary person to Continue reading
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Today D2 and the JUCO College World Series’ get underway while the NAIA and D3 College World Series’ will be playing their second day of games. The Millersville Marauders are among the D2 teams playing for it all. The games get started at 1pm Eastern Time as the Sonoma State Seawolves battle the Grand Valley State Lakers and the Central Missouri Mules take on the Continue reading
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NAIA – Since the top two seeds have a first round bye the third-seeded Oklahoma Baptist University Bison are the highest seed playing today. There are four games on the slate for today. A battle of Eagles starts things off, as Faulkner and Concordia (CA) get underway at 11:30AM Eastern Time. The LSU-Shreveport Pilots (as in riverboat pilots) take on the Continue reading
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Another one of my sisters okayed me posting the Saga I wrote for her back in 2009. (Well, one paragraph is new. You never know when inspiration will hit you.) For fhe Blackwater Kid’s Saga click here: https://glitternight.com/2011/05/21/frontierado-saga-the-blackwater-kid/
For Amarillo Rose’s Saga click here: https://glitternight.com/2011/05/23/frontierado-saga-amarillo-rose/
For Six-Gun Sara’s Saga click here: http://midaevalmaiden.wordpress.com/2011/05/17/six-gun-sara/
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