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Mark McLemore was 37 when he stepped in for tuberculosis-ridden Carlos Guillen for the 2001 Mariners. Vizquel was a spry 34 1/2 years old that fall. Don't know for sure if McLemore was the last, though.

Well, if Krasovic is done Friday, he went out with a bang. He had the Peavy/White Sox story in today's print issue, A1. Quick Google news search comes up with nothing earlier than his story. Looks like a clean scoop on a national story for someone who had already been fired. Wonder how often...

Another site, one that employs many U-T alumni, sources that Tom Krasovic was among them. He was in his 15th year on the Padres beat after formerly covering the Chargers and SDSU football. If true, I surmise that they picked the highest-paid sports guy under age 50. No other logic for this one...

There was a Whisky Mist that ran in the last race at Portland on Feb. 17. Listed next-to-last in the summary results, but can't tell if it broke down or not. That's 10 minutes I'll never get back.

Pittsburgh 16, Chicago/St. Louis/Phoenix/Arizona 0 MVP: J. Harrison

Anyone know why the Chargers beat guy did not travel to Tampa for the Bucs game? Travel slashed? Out the door? Very strange for an elimination game.

Hearing that four went in sports. From the paper's own story on the cuts: Most of the layoffs came in the newsroom, where the staff of reporters and editors was reduced by 20 percent, or 25 employees. Across the rest of the newspaper, including advertising and circulation staff, nine employees...

Depends ... Arizona State (Pedroia, Bonds, Jackson) is the first with three players from the BBWAA MVP voting, which began in the 1930s. If you count the league awards from the 1920s, Michigan also has three: Barry Larkin, Charlie Gehringer and George Sisler.

As Moddy pointed out in the Baltimore thread, things aren't any safer in the suburbs. Cuts coming at North County Times.