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The Diamondbacks recently called up Jeff Salazar and he came through with one of the greatest catches to take away a homerun I have ever seen. I saw it live, on TV, and almost as impressive was how cool he was about it, cooler than when Ken Griffey Jr. made his great catch against the Yankees (I believe).

He had to climb up the wall to reach over into the bullpen and pull it back but the wall was just netting which increased the degree of difficulty.

The video appears to be from a cellphone and just captures the replay on the jumbotron. I will keep looking for a better video and replace this one if possible.

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Robbie McEwen won the first stage (as opposed to the prologue) of the 2007 Tour de France.

The first couple of stages or so tend to be flat which favors sprinters like McEwen. What makes today's win noteworthy is that he went over his handlebars with 12 miles to go hurting his wrist and cutting his knee.

In an interview on OLN Versus he said he never gave up, he just did what he had to to get back in the race and obviously it worked out.

This is a great metaphor for life. Occasionally we all go over the handlebars and when that happens we need to get up, clear our head, make sure we are not hurt and then get back on the bike to get back in the race.

If you have never needed to do this you will at some point, hopefully you will be ready and hopefully it will make you stronger.

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The 2007 Tour de France got under way in the old French city of...London...huh?

For the third time in Tour history the Tour goes through the UK and for the first time London which is where they had the prologue (I was going to say the opening prologue but that might be from the department of redundancy department).

The regular tour is underway on Sunday to Canterbury.

Watching the Tour is a real treat even in the post-Lance era or if you prefer the dopers-are-finally-getting-caught era.

Regardless of the alleged cheating the effort is real and the scenery is fantastic. My attitude toward whether or not there is cheating may seem cavalier but quite frankly the idea of worrying about things beyond my control (what could be more out of my hands than this?) seems like wasted negative energy.

Why not just watch and enjoy?

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Jittery Joe's mixes two things I enjoy; coffee and (watching) cycling.

This is a picture of the team Mini from their blog. They also have a website to sell their coffee and team gear. I am going to order espresso from them the next time we need to order, hopefully its better than what we get now so we can support the team.

Jittery Joe's is a US team that does not have a massive budget like the teams the do the grand tours in Europe.

Check out the site, try the coffee, buy a t-shirt and support the team.

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