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Waxed Red Threads

 Ryan D ― http://waxedredthreads.blogspot.com

Sports and current events. Sometimes abrasive. Often amusing.

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Listed: Sep 20, 2011

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I Started Running Again and Felt Like Homer Simpson...D'Oh!

I Started Running Again and Felt Like Homer Simpson...D'Oh!

Waxed Red Threads ― The day was Thursday, June 6 and for the first time in a long while, I voluntarily went for a run. And felt like this: ∙ The distance (.86 miles) was irrelevant but for the first time in a while (working out in the gym excluded), I did some...

Tags: The Bronx, Health, Homer Simpson, Running

Ryan D ― 4 days ago

Random Baseball Card of the Day - 6/12/13

Random Baseball Card of the Day - 6/12/13

Waxed Red Threads ― 1983 Fleer #360 Tony Gwynn (Rookie Card), San Diego Padres(photo cred: comc.com)Every baseball fan knows the story of Tony Gwynn, former Padre great and current head coach at San Diego State University. He's was a first-ballot Hall of Famer in the...

Tags: San Diego Padres, Hall Of Fame, Fleer, MLB, Tony Gwynn, Los Angeles Dodgers

Ryan D ― 1 week 5 hr 59 min ago

Random Baseball Card of the Day

Random Baseball Card of the Day

Waxed Red Threads ― 1981 Fleer #213 - RHP Doug Bair, Cincinnati RedsDoug Bair looks like a cool cat based on this photo, all relaxed in his dugout photo shoot. ∙ Not Bair-d: In 1978, the righty pitched to a 1.98 ERA while racking up 28 saves for the Reds, the...

Tags: Fleer, MLB, Cincinnati Reds, Doug Bair, Baseball Cards

Ryan D ― 1 week 1 day ago

NCAA Division I Baseball - Best Names in the Super Regionals

NCAA Division I Baseball - Best Names in the Super Regionals

Waxed Red Threads ― You know I love me some cool names. Here's a list of the top two names from each Super Regional team. ∙ Skye Bolt, UNC (photo cred: Score Magazine)Oklahoma Sooners -- C Mac James. Mac is just cool. ∙ Louisiana State Tigers -- RHP ...

Tags: NCAA, Wrestling, D1 Baseball, Coco B. Ware, WWE

Ryan D ― 1 week 5 days ago

NCAA Baseball Regionals - Regional by Regional, Mascot by Mascot

NCAA Baseball Regionals - Regional by Regional, Mascot by Mascot

Waxed Red Threads ― As you know if you read or have read WRT, I love mascots and numbers. For the sake of this post, numbers will be excluded in order to focus on the mascots in the 64-team field. I'mm go team-by-team, sorted alphabetically by regional location....

Tags: NCAA, NCAA Tournament, D1 Baseball, LSU Tigers

Ryan D ― 2 weeks 6 days ago

NCAA Baseball Regionals - New to the Dance

NCAA Baseball Regionals - New to the Dance

Waxed Red Threads ― Last Sunday at noon, the Division I NCAA Baseball brackets were revealed. For baseball programs across the nation, it's one of the biggest days of the year. The selection show is on ESPN, which has given a hell of a lot more exposure to baseball ...

Tags: D1 Baeball, Canisius Golden Griffins, MAAC, NCAA, Baseball, Mike McRae

Ryan D ― 2 weeks 6 days ago

With My 32nd Birthday Approaching...

With My 32nd Birthday Approaching...

Waxed Red Threads ― ...I thought I'd have at it creating a list of who I consider to be the best player to wear the number 32 in sports--MLB, NASCAR, NHL, NFL and NBA--I'm going to pick one from each sports in honor of my 32nd birthday."Lefty" was straight nasty with...

Tags: Stu Grimson, Jim Brown, Sandy Koufax, Magic Johnson, MLB, Ricky Craven

Ryan D ― 3 weeks 5 days ago

Happy Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day

Waxed Red Threads ― Just wanted to get a quick something out to wish my wife, my mother and my mother-in-law a Happy Mother's Day! ∙ Also, Happy Mother's Day to all the great mother's out there, because there are tons. ∙ There are also tons like this...

Ryan D ― 5 weeks 3 days ago

MLB: Early Season Surprises

Waxed Red Threads ― With the MLB season just over 30 games in, some things remain the same. ∙ Miguel Cabrera is hitting a robust .381 to go along with an MLB-high 37 RBI. The Houston Astros are as abysmal as expected in their first year in the American League...

Tags: Matt Harvey, John Buck, Detroit Tigers, Mike Trout, MLB, Kansas City Royals

Ryan D ― 5 weeks 5 days ago

Boston Strong

Boston Strong

Waxed Red Threads ― Boston Strong ∙ I am a New Yorker through and through. More importantly, I’m an American. My heart goes out to all those affected by whatever sick person committed such a cowardly act.In the wake of the tragedy that occurred at the...

Tags: New York Yankees, Boston Marathon, Red Sox, Cleveland Indians, President Obama, Yankees

Ryan D ― 8 weeks 6 days ago

2013 NCAA Tournament: Sweet Sixteen - Midwest and West Regions

Waxed Red Threads ― LaSalle's Tyrone Garland and teammates celebrate a big winThe rounds of 64 and 32 have come and gone and we're left with the "top" 16 teams in men's college basketball to duke it out for the 2013 National Championship. ∙ Brackets across the...

Tags: Wichita State Shockers, Tyrone Garland, LaSalle Explorers, Michigan State Spartans, NCAA, NCAA Tournament

Ryan D ― 12 weeks ago

2013 NCAA Tournament: Picking Friday's Winners Based on Mascots

2013 NCAA Tournament: Picking Friday's Winners Based on Mascots

Waxed Red Threads ― Bucky Badger is meaner than your average badgerDay Two of the 2013 NCAA Tournament is here--well, Day Four if you count both days of the First Four games. ∙ I'll pick winners once again based solely on the mascots of the teams involved....

Tags: March Madness, NCAA, NCAA Tournament, NCAA Hoops, 2013 NCAA Tournament

Ryan D ― 12 weeks ago

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