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Dunkirk Will Prevail In Wide Open Belmont Stakes

Saturday is the day for the 141st Belmont Stakes and the one-and-one-half mile race shapes up like this: Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird, Peter Pan victor Charitable Man, and the rest of the field...

Written by Duane Winn about 5 months ago 37 reads 0 comments
An Enigma Named Mr. Hot Stuff

Perhaps more than any horse in the field of the Belmont Stakes, it's almost impossible to predict what Mr. Hot Stuff is going to do Saturday. He showed absolutely nothing as a juvenile in three races on the West Coast...

Written by Duane Winn about 5 months ago 164 reads 0 comments
Wattie Holm's Final Out

The Rev. L.H. Preul, pastor of Grace Methodist Church in Spencer, IA, selected the 99th Psalm to address the mourners who gathered at the Cobb-Warner Funeral Home in Spencer at 1:30 p.m., Monday, May 22, 1950...

Written by Duane Winn about 6 months ago 15 reads 0 comments
Top 10 Headhunters in Baseball

Baseball Digest magazine called Early Wynn the "grimmest pitcher" in baseball. Whether he was not, Wynn perpetuated the perception by telling everyone within earshot that he'd hit his own mother if she stood between him a victory...

Written by Duane Winn about 6 months ago 229 reads 3 comments
D. Wayne Lukas: Teetering on the Brink of Racing Immortality?

What do Tigers Woods and D. Wayne Lukas have in common? They're both courting immortality in their respective sports. Woods has amassed 14 majors, four fewer than Jack Nicklaus...

Written by Duane Winn about 6 months ago 53 reads 0 comments
Why Chocolate Candy Won't Win the Belmont Stakes

There are bound to be plenty of people who will be sweet on Chocolate Candy's prospects for victory in Saturday's Belmont Stakes. This craving could cost bettors a few "empty calories...

Written by Duane Winn about 6 months ago 151 reads 0 comments
Why "Team Zito" can't Win the Belmont Stakes

Call it the "Nick Zito Effect". Hall-of-Fame trainer Nick Zito has saddled 20 horses in the Belmont, and 11 of them have finished in the money. In 2004, Birdstone, at odds of 38-1, upset Smarty Jones' bid to sweep the Triple Crown by a length...

Written by Duane Winn about 6 months ago 251 reads 0 comments
Why Mine That Bird Can Win the Belmont Stakes

Revisionists are everywhere, especially in the field of thoroughbred racing. They busied themselves moments after the running of this year's Kentucky Derby, deconstructing Mine That Bird's miracle ...

Written by Duane Winn about 6 months ago 1,119 reads 0 comments
Why Dunkirk Can Win The Belmont Stakes

Trainer Todd Pletcher didn't go from rags to riches when his filly by the same name won the 2007 Belmont Stakes. Before, the brilliant daughter of A.P...

Written by Duane Winn about 6 months ago 144 reads 0 comments
Summer Bird Could Fly Below Radar to Win Belmont Stakes

Compared to Mine That Bird, Summer Bird is an odd duck. Unraced as a 2-year-old, the Tim Ice-trained colt debuted in January. He finished a fast-closing fourth in a maiden race at Oaklawn Park...

Written by Duane Winn about 6 months ago 590 reads 0 comments
Why Charitable Man Could Win The Belmont Stakes

Owner Jess Jackson's decision not to run Preakness winner Rachel Alexandra in next Saturday's final leg of the Triple Crown dramatically improves Charitable Man's chances of earning a victory in the Belmont Stakes...

Written by Duane Winn about 6 months ago 769 reads 0 comments
Is Anthony Swarzak a Gem?

How good was Anthony Swarzak's MLB debut Saturday against the Milwaukee Brewers? It was plenty good. It was better than Johan Santana's first MLB start. It was better than those of Francisco Liriano and Kevin Slowey, too...

Written by Duane Winn about 6 months ago 293 reads 3 comments
Raul Ibanez Is a Freak

Noted sabermetrics guru Bill James popularized the concept a while back that a player often peaks at age 27, hits his prime when he's 27-30, and then gradually declines. Nobody told Raul Ibanez of the Philadelphia Phillies though...

Written by Duane Winn about 6 months ago 731 reads 7 comments
No. 7 or No. 2, It's All the Same for Joe Mauer

Success on the baseball diamond has its own timetable. Witness Minnesota Twins manager Ron Gardenhire's occasional on-again, off-again experiment batting Joe Mauer in the two-hole...

Written by Duane Winn about 6 months ago 181 reads 3 comments
Mauer, Morneau, Kubel Comprise One of MLB's Top Trios

Joe Mauer and Justin Morneau were quickly dubbed the "M & M Boys" when they reached the big leagues. The moniker isn't new...

Written by Duane Winn about 6 months ago 197 reads 4 comments
Dark Horses Sometimes Win the U.S. Open, Don't They?

Tiger Woods may have lost his dominance, but as the defending champion and the winner of 14 majors, he will likely go off as the consensus favorite in next month's U.S. Open at Bethpage State Park (Black Course)...

Written by Duane Winn about 6 months ago 216 reads 0 comments
MLB Believe It Or Not

Phillies pitcher Jamie Moyer was born in 1962, but so were Greg Cadaret, Richard Amaral, Tom Bolton, Joe Orsulak, Robby Thompson, Jim Walewander, Orestes Destrade, Alberto Pardo, Oddibe McDowell, ...

Written by Duane Winn about 6 months ago 71 reads 0 comments
Greinke, Willis Help MLB With Need for Hollywood Storylines

Last year, Josh Hamilton of the Texas Rangers provided MLB with one of its best feel-good storylines in recent history. Hamilton had the world at his feet in 1999...

Written by Duane Winn about 6 months ago 44 reads 0 comments
Jason Kubel Deserves Some Respect

It seems that Jason Kubel of the Minnesota Twins is one of those MLB players who is destined to remain under the radar. Under appreciated. Unnoticed. Underrated...

Written by Duane Winn about 6 months ago 158 reads 4 comments
Minnesota Twins Still Haven't Achieved Lift-Off

The story for Joe Mauer keeps getting better. The two-time American League batting champ spent this last offseason recuperating from surgery to remove a kidney obstruction...

Written by Duane Winn about 6 months ago 77 reads 0 comments
So, Tell Me, Is Joe Mauer on Steroids, Too?

In the brave new world of the steroids era, nobody is above suspicion in organized baseball. Not when five of the top 12 all-time fence busters (Barry Bonds, Sammy Sosa, Mark McGwire, Rafael ...

Written by Duane Winn about 6 months ago 1,170 reads 8 comments
Twins' Bullpen: Too Many Weak Links

Baseball fans, pundits, beat reporters, and major league managers and general managers alike, look to the usual suspects when a team is below the .500 mark at this stage of the season...

Written by Duane Winn about 6 months ago 129 reads 2 comments
College QBs and Future NFL Drafts

With the 37th overall pick in the 2013 NFL Draft, the St. Louis Rams select Matt Barkley. Quarterback. University of Southern California...

Written by Duane Winn about 6 months ago 149 reads 4 comments
Where Will Brett Favre Be Playing In 2010?

I'm not going there. Which is to say, I'm not going to waste my time or yours inquiring into the motives that are apparently compelling Brett Favre to return to the NFL with the Minnesota Vikings for another go-around on the gridiron...

Written by Duane Winn about 6 months ago 299 reads 0 comments
For Sage Rosenfels, It's 4th-and-Long for His Career

The 2009 season will be all about redemption for Minnesota Vikings quarterback Sage Rosenfels. Rosenfels, despite his perennial status as a backup, has experienced his share of highs and lows as a spot starter during an eight-year NFL career...

Written by Duane Winn about 6 months ago 240 reads 0 comments

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Duane Winn Article Archive

Dunkirk Will Prevail In Wide Open Belmont Stakes

An Enigma Named Mr. Hot Stuff

Wattie Holm's Final Out

Top 10 Headhunters in Baseball

D. Wayne Lukas: Teetering on the Brink of Racing Immortality?

Why Chocolate Candy Won't Win the Belmont Stakes

Why "Team Zito" can't Win the Belmont Stakes

Why Mine That Bird Can Win the Belmont Stakes

Why Dunkirk Can Win The Belmont Stakes

Summer Bird Could Fly Below Radar to Win Belmont Stakes

Why Charitable Man Could Win The Belmont Stakes

Is Anthony Swarzak a Gem?

Raul Ibanez Is a Freak

No. 7 or No. 2, It's All the Same for Joe Mauer

Mauer, Morneau, Kubel Comprise One of MLB's Top Trios

Dark Horses Sometimes Win the U.S. Open, Don't They?

MLB Believe It Or Not

Greinke, Willis Help MLB With Need for Hollywood Storylines

Jason Kubel Deserves Some Respect

Minnesota Twins Still Haven't Achieved Lift-Off

So, Tell Me, Is Joe Mauer on Steroids, Too?

Twins' Bullpen: Too Many Weak Links

College QBs and Future NFL Drafts

Where Will Brett Favre Be Playing In 2010?

For Sage Rosenfels, It's 4th-and-Long for His Career

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