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About Me (1)

Date Title Comments Rating
2007-05-25 How This Started (for me, at least) 0 None

Celebrity Apprentice (4)

Date Title Comments Rating
2008-01-25 January 25, Celebrity Apprentice - Jennie's team loses its 4th straight 0 None
2008-01-18 January 18, Celebrity Apprentice: Gene Simmons Takes Over Women's Team, But Can't Stop Their Losing Streak 0 None
2008-01-11 January 11, Celebrity Apprentice: Women fail to learn from previous loss 0 None
2008-01-05 January 5 (2008), Jennie Finch Unable to Save her Team in Week 1 of Celebrity Apprentice 0 None

Glory News (44)

Date Title Comments Rating
2008-07-18 July 18, Glory Offer Fantastic Deal on Combined Season Tickets for 2009 and 2010 1 None
2008-07-15 July 15, Bianca Cruz Released From Contract 0 None
2008-07-10 July 10, Bandits - Glory Rained Out 2 None
2008-07-05 July 5, Another Article in Local Weekly 1 None
2008-07-02 July 2, 5 Glory Ladies Were on Sports Talk Radio This Morning 6 None
2008-06-29 June 29, Serrano's Perfect Game Gets Noticed by Local Paper 1 None
2008-06-22 June 22, Glory Article in Washington Post Weekend Section 0 None
2008-06-22 June 22, Results from Last Night's HR Derby at Westfield 0 None
2008-06-11 June 11, Glory Trades Stephanie Best to Rockford 3 None
2008-06-07 June 7, Season-Long Home Run Derby Begins Today Throughout NPF 1 None
2008-06-07 June 7, Glory's Kelly Kretschman Leads Team USA over Team NPF, 10-8 1 None
2008-06-03 June 3, Arizona's Taryne Mowatt and Catcher Callista Balko, Oregon State's Cambria Miranda Set to Join Glory 1 None
2008-05-29 Nichole Thompson Injured in Practice, May be Out for Season 1 None
2008-05-20 Team NPF Includes Only 2 Glory Players 0 None
2008-05-10 Pauly Shuts Out the Best in the World for 5 Innings, but Glory lose 2-0 1 None
2008-04-04 Jen Chamberlin "Retires" 0 None
2008-03-02 March 2: Article on Glory Picking Mowatt in the NPF Draft 0 None
2008-02-18 February 18, Glory Drafts Women's College World Series Star Taryne Mowatt and 2 others 1 None
2008-02-18 February 18, Glory to Play 2008 Season at Westfield High School 0 None
2008-01-26 January 26, Washington Glory mentioned in Washington Post 0 None
2007-12-28 December 28, 2008 Roster Posted at NPF website 0 None
2007-11-14 November 14, Rumor: Brooke Marnitz not Playing in NPF in 2008 0 None
2007-10-27 October 27, Brooke Marnitz traded to Akron Racers 0 None
2007-10-27 October 27, Glory to play US Olympic Team on May 10th 0 None
2007-10-27 October 27, Abbott Named to 2007 Sportswoman of the Year 0 None
2007-09-23 September 23, Kretschman and Abbott Named to 2008 National Team 0 None
2007-08-24 August 24, Friday Championship Series Games Postponed 0 None
2007-08-23 August 23, Watch Championship Series Live 0 None
2007-08-21 August 21, Glory Games from Kimberly to be Broadcast on Internet Radio 0 None
2007-08-17 August 17, Glory Places 5 on All-NPF Team 0 None
2007-08-17 August 17, Amber Jackson Honored as Player of the Year, but not Rookie of the Year (huh?) 0 None
2007-08-16 August 16, Amber Jackson Interviewed During Nationals Game 0 None
2007-08-12 August 12, Sunday's Game on Radio, Monday's on TV 0 None
2007-08-11 August 11, Update on Loss of Stats 0 None
2007-08-10 August 10, Statement from Paul Wilson, Owner/GM Washington Glory 0 None
2007-08-10 August 10, Possibly not the end of story just yet 0 None
2007-08-10 August 10, Update - 3 losses now determined - ALL against Rockford 0 None
2007-08-10 August 10, BREAKING NEWS Washington Glory has 3 wins changed to losses 0 None
2007-08-08 August 8, Spy Softball Interview with Nicole Barber 0 None
2007-08-07 August 7, Championship Series Schedule 0 None
2007-08-06 August 6, Another Article about the Team 0 None
2007-08-04 August 4, Callie Piper Named to 50-Year All-City Team 0 None
2007-08-03 August 3, Finally an Article in the Washington Post about the Glory 0 None
2007-07-28 July 28, Article on Monica Abbott Joining the Glory 0 None

NPF News (45)

Date Title Comments Rating
2008-10-02 Oct 2, 2nd Place Not Good Enough for Force; Entire (Paid) Coaching Staff Replaced 0 None
2008-08-23 August 23, Force Commit 3 More Errors in 5-1 Loss to Bandits 0 None
2008-08-22 August 22, Chicago Beats New England 4-1 in Game 1 of Championship Series 0 None
2008-08-22 August 22, Some or Maybe All Championship Games on Internet Radio 4 None
2008-08-22 August 21, Glory Shut Out of NPF Annual Awards 1 None
2008-08-22 August 21, My UVa Girl Sara Larquier Named to All-NPF Team 0 None
2008-08-20 August 20, NPF Regresses: No Live Audio or Video for Almost All Playoff Games 1 None
2008-08-16 August 16, Akron Out of Playoffs, Tincher Removed from Game 2 None
2008-08-15 August 15, Slightly Different 4-way Tie in Battle of the Bats 2 None
2008-08-07 August 7, 4-way Tie for First with Two Weeks Left in Battle of the Bats 0 None
2008-07-25 July 25, Larquier Slugs her way to 2nd Place in Battle of the Bats 0 None
2008-07-12 July 11, Rockford Pretends to be Slow-Pitch Team, Gives up 17 Runs in Loss to Force 0 None
2008-07-06 July 6, Germaine Fairchild Now Head Coach of New England Riptide 1 None
2008-06-29 June 29, Battle of the Bats Results from Last Week (Week 3) 0 None
2008-06-26 June 25, Two Team Canada Pitchers Combine for No-Hitter Against Akron 0 None
2008-06-22 June 22, Results from Last Night's HR Derby at Westfield 0 None
2008-06-21 June 21, Battle of the Bats Results from Last Week 0 None
2008-06-13 June 13, Battle of the Bats Results - Week 1 0 None
2008-06-11 June 11, Glory Trades Stephanie Best to Rockford 3 None
2008-06-07 June 7, Season-Long Home Run Derby Begins Today Throughout NPF 1 None
2008-06-07 June 7, Glory's Kelly Kretschman Leads Team USA over Team NPF, 10-8 1 None
2008-06-07 June 7, Team NPF games vs Team USA available on GameTracker 0 None
2008-06-07 June 7, Team NPF defeats Team China, 7-4 0 None
2008-06-04 June 4, NPF Games to be on TV Every Week!!! 3 None
2008-05-20 Team NPF Includes Only 2 Glory Players 0 None
2008-03-02 March 2: Olympic Team vs NPF All-Stars to be on ESPN 0 None
2007-12-16 December 16, Team NPF vs Team USA 0 None
2007-12-12 December 12, 2008 Schedule Posted 0 None
2007-11-14 November 14, NPF All-Stars vs US Olympic Team in June!!! 0 None
2007-11-14 November 14, League Announces 48 Game "Balanced" Schedule for 2008 0 None
2007-11-14 November 14, Another (non-Glory) Trade: Force Continue to Add Pitching 0 None
2007-11-04 November 4, Recent (non-Glory) Trades around the League 0 None
2007-10-27 October 27, Brooke Marnitz traded to Akron Racers 0 None
2007-08-24 August 24, Friday Championship Series Games Postponed 0 None
2007-08-23 August 23, Watch Championship Series Live 0 None
2007-08-20 August 20, NPF Article on ESPN Website - Cat vs Jennie 0 None
2007-08-17 August 17, Glory Places 5 on All-NPF Team 0 None
2007-08-17 August 17, Amber Jackson Honored as Player of the Year, but not Rookie of the Year (huh?) 0 None
2007-08-13 August 13, NPF News Item Fails to Explain Glory Issues 0 None
2007-08-11 August 11, Update on Loss of Stats 0 None
2007-08-10 August 10, Statement from Paul Wilson, Owner/GM Washington Glory 0 None
2007-08-10 August 10, Possibly not the end of story just yet 0 None
2007-08-10 August 10, Update - 3 losses now determined - ALL against Rockford 0 None
2007-08-10 August 10, BREAKING NEWS Washington Glory has 3 wins changed to losses 0 None
2007-08-07 August 7, Championship Series Schedule 0 None

Random Thoughts (45)

Date Title Comments Rating
2008-08-22 August 22, Did Arrogance Contribute to the Olympic Team's Loss? 1 None
2008-08-22 August 21, Championship Series Preview 0 None
2008-08-20 August 20, Who's Going to Kimberly? 0 None
2008-08-14 August 14, Preview of (Road) Series with New England Riptide 0 None
2008-08-08 August 8, Olympic Schedule for Team USA 0 None
2008-08-07 August 7, Preview of Akron (Home) Series 0 None
2008-08-05 August 5, New Reference Page Added: Season-At-A-Glance 4 None
2008-07-25 July 25, Help Sara Larquier Raise Money to Fight Breast Cancer 0 None
2008-07-24 July 24, Preview of Philadelphia Force Series 0 None
2008-07-16 July 16, Rockford Series Preview 1 None
2008-07-13 July 13, Why Did We Throw to Third Yesterday? 0 None
2008-07-10 July 10, Bandits (Road) Series Preview 0 None
2008-07-09 July 9, Halfway-Point Comparison Between 2007 and 2008 2 None
2008-07-04 July 4, Preview of Chicago Bandits Series 1 None
2008-06-29 June 29, Preview of Chinese Taipei Series 0 None
2008-06-18 June 18, Enhanced Glory Roster Now Available 3 None
2008-06-16 June 16, Preview of Venezuela Series 1 None
2008-06-13 June 13, No Score Posted Yet for Friday's Glory/Akron Game 3 None
2008-06-11 June 10, Preview of Akron Series 3 None
2008-06-04 June 3, Preview of Rockford Series 3 None
2008-05-30 NPF Stats Site Updated for 2008 0 None
2008-05-30 Thoughts about New Facility 1 None
2008-05-29 Opening Day 2008 and a Preview of New England Series 4 None
2008-02-29 Feb 29: New Blog 0 None
2008-02-19 February 19, 2008 Glory Roster Takes Shape 0 None
2008-02-19 February 19, More Info on our New Additions 0 None
2008-02-19 February 19, A New Position for a Star Player? 0 None
2007-09-07 September 7, Stats site updated with Glory Playoff statistics 0 None
2007-08-30 August 30, Nicole Barber Accused of Robbery (of a Home Run) 0 None
2007-08-27 August 27, Celebration and Tearful Goodbyes at Brion's Grille 0 None
2007-08-26 August 26, Wisconsin joins Glory Nation 0 None
2007-08-21 August 21, Greet the Glory as they Return Home as Champions 0 None
2007-08-20 August 20, Another update to NPF Stats site 0 None
2007-08-15 August 15, Update to NPF Stats Website 0 None
2007-08-14 August 14, NPF Stats Website 0 None
2007-08-13 August 13, NPF News Item on Glory Clinching Regular Season 0 None
2007-08-08 August 8, First-Hand Account of Glory Training 0 None
2007-08-04 August 4, Giving Credit where Credit is Due 0 None
2007-08-01 August 1, If I Wrote the Lineup 0 None
2007-08-01 August 1, Rockford vs Sarah and Des 0 None
2007-07-31 July 31, Stats and Cat 0 None
2007-07-29 July 29, Softball 360 Video Clips "featuring" Sarah Pauly 0 None
2007-07-24 July 24, 2 more Glory family members write in. 0 None
2007-07-22 July 22, Any other Glory family members out there? 0 None
2007-07-10 July 10, This and That 0 None

Recaps (103)

Date Title Comments Rating
2008-08-24 August 24, Glory Settle for Second After 6-4 Loss to Bandits in Championship Game 0 None
2008-08-24 August 24, Burkhart vs Pauly Round 5: Pauly Makes 3-Run First Inning Hold Up in 3-2 Win 0 None
2008-08-23 August 23, Glory Use Small Ball and Long Ball in 11-2 Win Over Riptide 0 None
2008-08-23 August 22, 5 Force Errors Not Enough to Give Game to Glory in 7-4 Loss 0 None
2008-08-17 August 17, Glory Lose Game to New England (2-1) and Second Place to Philly 1 None
2008-08-16 August 16, Glory Lose Game to New England (5-1) and First Place to Chicago 1 None
2008-08-16 August 15, Glory Beat New England 2-1 0 None
2008-08-14 August 14, Glory Lose Series Opener to New England, 4-0 0 None
2008-08-12 August 11, Glory Bid Farewell to Westfield with a 4-1 Win to Sweep Akron 1 None
2008-08-11 August 10, Barber gets 3 Hits and 2 Hit-By's in Glory 5-2 Win Over Racers 0 None
2008-08-10 August 9: Shutout, Rinse, Repeat: Mowatt 2-hits Akron in 3-0 Glory Win 1 None
2008-08-09 August 8, Pauly Out-Pitches Tincher in 2-0 Glory Win Over Akron 0 None
2008-08-02 August 2, Burkhart vs Pauly Round 4: Glory Coached into 3-2 Walk-off Loss to Force 4 None
2008-08-02 August 1, Serrano 1-hits Force in 7-0 Glory Win 0 None
2008-07-31 July 31, Burkhart vs Pauly Round 3: Burnum's Walk-Off HR Gives Force 3-2 Win 0 None
2008-07-30 July 30, Mowatt Pitches her way to 2nd Win with HR Help from Oli and Barber, as Glory beat Force 4-3 2 None
2008-07-29 July 28, Third Time's a Charm: Serrano, Jackson, Moore Give Glory 4-2 Win Over Burkhart and Force 5 None
2008-07-27 July 27, Larquier's Grand Slam is all Mowatt Needs for First Professional Win in 4-1 Victory Over Force 3 None
2008-07-27 July 26, Burkhart vs Pauly, Round 2: Force Win 10-7, Despite 2 HRs each from Oli and Larquier 0 None
2008-07-25 July 25, Burkhart vs Pauly, Round 1: Force Win 6-3 0 None
2008-07-21 July 20, Moore Knocks in 2 Runs, then Rockford Ties in Top of 7th, then Jackson Wins it in Bottom (3-2 Win) 4 None
2008-07-19 July 19, Pauly, Morris, Oli Combine for 3-2 Victory Over Thunder 0 None
2008-07-18 July 18, Glory Use 3 Pitchers in 7-2 Loss to Rockford 0 None
2008-07-17 July 17, Pauly's Pitching and Jackson's Hitting Give Glory 5-1 Win Over Rockford 1 None
2008-07-13 July 13, Glory Avoid Sweep with 7-4 Win Over Bandits 0 None
2008-07-12 July 12, Another 7th-Inning Loss to Bandits, 3-1 0 None
2008-07-12 July 11, Suicide Squeeze in 7th Gives Bandits 2-1 Victory over Glory 3 None
2008-07-11 July 10, Glory Fall to Bandits 8-4 2 None
2008-07-07 July 7, Moore Runs Through Bandit to Give Glory 2-1 Win 0 None
2008-07-06 July 6, Jackson's 8th-Inning Walk-Off HR Gives Glory 5-4 Win Over Bandits 1 None
2008-07-05 July 5, One Hit Not Quite Enough in 4-3 Loss to Bandits 0 None
2008-07-04 July 4, Home Run Derby Arrives a Day Early, Glory Defeat Bandits 6-3 4 None
2008-07-04 July 3, Two Gifts Provide Glory with 2-1 Win over Chinese Taipei 0 None
2008-07-02 July 2, Glory Hold on Tight to Win 4-2 over Chinese Taipei 1 None
2008-07-01 July 1, Glory Bats Make a Comeback in 10-0 Win Over Chinese Taipei 0 None
2008-07-01 June 30, Glory Loses First Game After Long Layoff, 3-2 to Chinese Taipei (9 innings) 0 None
2008-06-22 June 22, Serrano Throws First Perfect Game in Glory History, Glory Wins 3-0 3 None
2008-06-21 June 21, Larquier's Braiding Powers Glory to 8-2 Win 3 None
2008-06-20 June 20, Pauly's Pitching and Oli's Hitting Combined to Give Glory 2-1 Win 0 None
2008-06-19 June 19, Venezuela Hits Mowatt, Glory Loses 5-2 1 None
2008-06-14 June 14, Mowatt 1-Hits Akron, But Tincher No-Hits Glory, and Akron Wins 1-0 1 None
2008-06-14 June 13, Glory Score 11 Runs over 2 Days, Racers Score None 8 None
2008-06-12 June 12, Ferguson Blanks Akron, Glory Win 5-0 0 None
2008-06-12 June 11, Glory Homers Outnumber Akron Runs in 7-2 Victory 1 None
2008-06-07 June 7, Glory at Rockford (2-0 Loss) 1 None
2008-06-04 June 6, Glory at Rockford (7-3 Win) 5 None
2008-06-04 June 5, Glory at Rockford (4-2 Win) 8 None
2008-06-04 June 4, Rockford's Vojik Blasts 3-Run Walk-Off HR in 9th to Beat Glory 6-4 4 None
2008-06-01 June 1, Bures hits 2 HRs, Barber hits 2 HRs plus Walk-Off Single to Power Glory to 6-5 Win over New England 8 None
2008-05-31 May 31, Sara Larquier's Walk-Off HR in 8th Gives Glory 5-2 Win over New England 1 None
2008-05-31 May 30, Glory loses 6-2 to New England Riptide 0 None
2008-05-29 May 29, Glory Starts the Same Way as Last Year, Beating New England 4-0 0 None
2007-08-26 August 26, Glory Win Game 6 to take NPF World Series Crown!!! (3-1 Win) 0 None
2007-08-25 August 26, Championship Series Game 5: Cat Copies Monica's No-Hitter as Rockford over NE Riptide 5-0 0 None
2007-08-25 August 25, Championship Series Game 4: Glory vs NE Riptide (2-1 Win !!!) 0 None
2007-08-25 August 25, Championship Series Game 3: Akron vs Thunder (Rockford wins 6-3 in 10 innings) 0 None
2007-08-25 August 25, Championship Series Game 2: Glory vs Thunder (4-0 Win!!!) 0 None
2007-08-25 August 25, First Championship Series Game: NE beats Akron 3-0 0 None
2007-08-13 August 13, at Chicago Bandits (1-0 Loss) 0 None
2007-08-12 August 12, at Chicago Bandits (5-3 Win to clinch, again) 0 None
2007-08-11 August 11, at Chicago Bandits (2-1 Win) 0 None
2007-08-10 August 10, at Chicago Bandits (5-1 Win) 0 None
2007-08-05 August 5, vs Rockford Thunder: 6-5 Win gives Glory Regular Season Title 0 None
2007-08-04 August 4, vs Rockford Thunder (2-1 Win) 0 None
2007-08-03 August 3, vs Rockford Thunder (3-0 Win) 0 None
2007-08-02 August 2, vs Rockford Thunder (3-2 Win in 10 innings) 0 None
2007-07-28 July 28, at Akron Racers (9-7 Win) 0 None
2007-07-27 July 27, at Akron Racers (5-4 Loss in 9 innings) 0 None
2007-07-26 July 26, at Akron Racers (1-0 Loss in 9 innings) 0 None
2007-07-25 July 25, at Akron Racers (3-2 Win) 0 None
2007-07-21 July 21, vs Philadelphia Force (10-0 Win) 0 None
2007-07-20 July 20, vs Philadelphia Force (5-2 Win) 0 None
2007-07-19 July 19, vs Philadelphia Force (3-2 Win) 0 None
2007-07-18 July 18, vs Philadelphia Force (5-0 Win) 0 None
2007-07-15 July 15, at Rockford Thunder (4-2 Win) 0 None
2007-07-14 July 14, at Rockford Thunder (5-4 Loss) 0 None
2007-07-13 July 13, at Rockford Thunder (7-0 Win) 0 None
2007-07-12 July 12, at Rockford Thunder (1-0 Loss) 0 None
2007-07-08 July 8, vs Michigan Ice (3-2 Win) 0 None
2007-07-07 July 7, vs Michigan Ice (4-0 Win) 0 None
2007-07-06 July 6, vs Michigan Ice (4-0 Win) 0 None
2007-07-05 July 5, vs Michigan Ice (8-1 Win) 0 None
2007-07-02 July 2, vs Akron Racers (3-2 Win) 0 None
2007-07-01 July 1, vs Akron Racers (10-4 Win) 0 None
2007-06-30 June 30, vs Akron Racers (2-0 Loss) 0 None
2007-06-29 June 29, vs Akron Racers (9-3 Win) 0 None
2007-06-23 June 23, vs Team Venezuela (11-0 Win) 0 None
2007-06-22 June 22, vs Team Venezuela (9-4 Loss) 0 None
2007-06-21 June 21, vs Team Venezuela (4-2 Loss) 0 None
2007-06-20 June 20, vs Team Venezuela (6-2 Win) 0 None
2007-06-17 June 17, vs Team China (2-1 Win) 0 None
2007-06-16 June 16, vs Team China (3-0 Win) 0 None
2007-06-15 June 15, vs Team China (6-0 Win) 0 None
2007-06-14 June 14, vs Team China (4-1 Win) 0 None
2007-06-10 June 10, at Philadelphia Force (4-1 Win) 0 None
2007-06-09 June 9, at Philadelphia Force (8-0 Win) 0 None
2007-06-08 June 8, at Philadelphia Force (3-2 Loss) 0 None
2007-06-07 June 7, at Philadelphia Force (13-4 Win) 0 None
2007-06-03 June 3, vs New England Riptide (6-1 Win) 0 None
2007-06-02 June 2, vs New England Riptide (4-2 Loss) 0 None
2007-06-01 June 1, vs New England Riptide (2-0 Win) 0 None
2007-05-31 May 31, vs New England Riptide (Opening Day) (4-0 Win) 0 None
2007-05-26 May 26, vs Philadelphia Force (Pre-Season Game) 0 None

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