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Daily Notes for Friday: Aces provide fireworks for Fourth of July

By Tristan H. Cockcroft
ESPN.com

Thursday, July 3, 2008

What a Fourth of July this one is! We've got some classic rivalries: Red Sox-Yankees, Dodgers-Giants, Mets-Phillies and Cubs-Cardinals, and every one of those games absolutely matters in the standings. Plus, with the staggered scheduling, we'll probably get baseball every minute of the day from 1:05 p.m. until at least midnight (Eastern time, of course). Oh, how am I to squeeze in the Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest, scheduled for 1 p.m., while manning the grill, too? Such challenges. But that's ...

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