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Gifts for men can run the gamut of fun things catering to their adventurous boyish side to more pragmatic things to assist in their everyday life. The best gifts for men will spark their intellect, soothe their body or remind them they are the most romantic man on the planet. The list of the top 10 gifts for men fulfills one of those needs. 1) Digital Camera There are many good digital camera models for under $100 this year. Unless you are a professional photographer you can produce great pictures from a camera that costs less than $100. To start narrowing your decision, compare megapixels and memory to see which camera meets your requirements. The higher the megapixels the better better the possible output. The higher the memory the larger the number of pictures that can be stored. 2) The Sports Illustrated Gift Set This gift is guaranteed to be a hit with every sports enthusiast. This is a great moment in sports ' The Sports Illustrated' Gift Set. A spectacular hardcover book set that brings them 208 pages of the best of Sports Illustrated' ' including a collectible reprint of the first issue ever printed. This gift set includes a paid subscription to 26 issues of Sports Illustrated. 3) MP3 Player Creative Labs has several MP3 players under $200 with internal hard drives that can store thousands of songs and several under $100 with flash memory that are great for taking along on workouts. The best bargain is the popular top rated $210 Creative Zen Touch 20GB MP3 Player with the "Touch Pad" control that navigates quickly and easily to specific artists, tracks, or playlists. It has many features including USB 2.0 connectivity for music transfer from a PC as quickly as a song per second. 4) Homedics Back Massager Men will enjoy being pampers with a massage as they travel or commute to work. Homedics has several models starting at just under $20. Most have several motors allowing zone and heat control with many settings. 5) PDA PDA's are a pocket essential to track your to do list, address book, important dates and handle lots of tasks such as calculator, calendar, e-mail, integrated MP3 player, phone book, presentations, spreadsheet and word processor. 20 selections are under $100. A hot model is the PalmOne Zire 21 which synchronizes with Outlook so you can use the stored tasks you already have. Play games and read an eBook with included software. Add-on software such an exercise log or shopping list manager. 6) Texas Hold 'Em Poker Set Texas Hold 'Em is a hot popular game right now. This poker set includes everything needed to teach and host the game. Features Poker rack Felt layout 200 professional heavyweight poker chips 1 deck of playing cards Dealer button Easy-to-learn instructions. 7) Daytimer Organizer The Daytimer Organizer comes in many sizes and designs and buyers can custom create their own planner. Besides the basic calendar pages there are many add-on features such as a clear vinyl zip pouch, vinyl business card holder, hole-punched calculator/ruler, handy single-sheet paper punch and colorful blank-tabbed dividers for creating your own organizer sections. 8) Wine of the Month Club For the lover of great wine, select a 3, 6, 9 or 12-month membership. Each month a new bottle of wine will arrive in a luxurious gold presentation box. The recipient will explore the globe from France to Italy, Australia to California and the Pacific Northwest, the wine club features an exceptional mix of red, white, and sparkling wines from around the world. 9) Omega Sports or Dress Watch Omega has many stylish and popular dress and sports watches. They are guaranteed for several years and have many features depending on model. Some display both analog and digital, have more than one time zone, chronograph with lap and split, lap counter and are water resistant. 10) Swiss Army Knife There was a time when boys passed from childhood to young adult by receiving a Swiss Army Knife. It has a lifetime guarantee and comes in many varieties starting at $10. Guys will welcome a new addition to their collection. It is amazing what tools can be included in this pocket wonder such as corkscrew, wire stripper, tweezers, wood saw, scissors, bottle opener, screwdriver and chisel to name a few. Important product disclaimer information about this About site. 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Baby Shower Gifts & Baby Shower Favors Help | Home | Contact Us Customer Comments | View Cart Enter Keywords Wedding Favors Gifts Attendants Gifts Engagement Anniversary Ideas Bridal Shower Favors Gifts Decorations & Supplies Games Baby Shower Favors Gifts Decorations & Supplies Games Parties Birthday Celebrations Retirement Celebrations Party Ideas, Favors & Gifts Holiday Favors All Occasion Gifts Memorial Products Related Links "It's a Boy" / "It's a Girl" Car Decorating Kit It's the beginning of a new chapter in life when a baby is born. Announce your pride and joy to the world with our fun and expressive new baby car decorating kit in either "It's a Boy" or "It's a Girl" design. More Info Winnie-The-Pooh Handprint Keepsake Kit Babies grow so quickly. Enjoy each new stage while preserving cherished memories with this easy to use, self-contained Winnie-The-Pooh Handprint Kit. A keepsake for parents and grandparents to give and receive. Safe and non-toxic. More Info First Year Calendar Remember with joy everything about your baby's first year...from Mom and Dad's first words to important photographs taken along the way. More Info Teddy Time Growth Chart Teddy tells your baby's progress in leaps and bounds and (inches and feet!) with this growth chart. More Info Baby Duty Game Who jumps when baby cries? The Baby Duty Dial answers the question. It makes a great gift topper or a funny gag gift. More Info Babys First Piggy Bank A penny saved is a penny earned - and with the rising cost of college these days, its a lesson never too soon learned! Babys First Piggy Bank will have the wee one and his or her gleeful parents crying, Whee, whee, whee! all the way home! More Info Rubber Ducky Family This family of floating ducks includes Mother duck and 3 babies. The babies nestle on her back, but easily swim away once they follow baby into the tub. More Info Floating Froggy Tub Toy What's more fun than a flotilla of frogs? Baby will coo with delight at this adorable bathtime toy. More Info Bubble Buddies Frog or Duck Bath Puppet Set Scrub a dub dub, it's fun in the tub with a choice of the Froggy Family or Ducky Duo Bath Puppet Set. Each terry cloth set includes a mama and baby hand puppet for bathtime fun. More Info Boo Boo Bunnie Little Boo Bunnie ice packs will comfort a child when minor bumps and boo-boos occur. More Info Noah's Ark Baby's First Year Calendar Simply apply the appropriate stickers each month and you have a custom calendar to mark all the milestones of baby's first 13 months. More Info Noah's Ark Growth Chart A rainbow shines above your child as he or she "grows toward the clouds," marking each inch with another animal friend. More Info Noah's Ark Mom's Brag Book We know Moms can never get enough when it comes to showing off their babies! This 4 1/2" x 7" brag book will hold twenty adorable 4" x 6" poses. More Info Noah's Ark Grandma's Brag Book Who has more bragging rights than Grandma? If she can't have the grandchildren with her, this 4 1/2" x 7" photo album is the next best thing. More Info TWINS! Button Brag twice as much and receive two times the attention when you wear this "Twins are Twice as Nice!" button. More Info Baby Shower Gifts Indulge your whimsy by giving a gift at the baby shower that both mommy-to-be and baby to come will share with delight and joy. Labor Day Pamper Pack Surprise your favorite Mommy-to-be with the gift of tranquillity on the one day she'll really need it! Delivery day will be even more special with this tote bag of goodies to help her feel pampered. More Info I'm the Coach T Shirt Don't forget about Dad! Bring this cute, high quality Jerzeez brand T-shirt to the shower as a gift for the man behind the scenes who's going to help Mom through labor! More Info Mommy-To-Be Keepsake Necklace Two little shoes bring the biggest of news, the pitter patter sweet of tiny baby feet. Mommy-To-Be keepsake charm in Italian sterling silver on a delicate 18" sterling silver chain. More Info Keepsake Baby Shower Corsage More than a one-time badge of honor, this treasured heirloom is designed to be handed down to the next generation. More Info New Mom Button Pin this on in the recovery room (to be worn for up to 18 years!) A fun way to remind everyone to pamper Mom a little, along with the new special addition. More Info New Dad Button Today's Super-Dad can change a diaper with one hand tied behind his back! This button is a great way for him to get a little well-deserved recognition along with congratulations when baby arrives. More Info New Dad T-shirt Two things a new father can never get enough of: Sleep and... clean t-shirts! We can help with the latter. More Info New Dad Ball Cap A new little addition demands a lot of time and energy but every first time father needs a little attention, too. More Info New Dad T-shirt and Ball Cap Combo Save $ when you purchase the set! Dark navy denim ball cap and a Hanes brand, heavy, preshrunk cotton tee with navy blue embroidered lettering. More Info "It's a Girl!" / "It's a Boy!" Stork Pops Tell the world Baby has arrived (or is due!) Irresistible, edible "Stork Pops" are great for Mom or Pop to pass out to family, friends, coworkers. Send a box to Grandma & Grandpop to share as well. More Info Pregnancy Countdown Clock What could be more exciting than counting down the days until the arrival of a new baby? Babies don't always arrive exactly on time of course, but every mom-to-be treasures that magic "due date." More Info Pregnancy Lollipops (Preggiepops) Created by nurses, these delicious, all natural flavored lollipops are designed to fight morning sickness and the nausea that often accompanies labor. More Info Baby Heartbeat Listener Parents-to-be can't get enough of thinking about, planning for and listening to their new baby. BebeSounds allows them to hear the unborn baby as early as the fifth month. More Info Autograph Bear Remember the baby shower long after baby is born. Teddy bear comes with a blue "It's a Boy" diaper or a pink "It's a Girl" diaper - if Baby's sex is unknown, teddy can be ordered with both diapers (for a slight additional charge) and Mom can add the diaper after Baby is born. More Info Celestial 2 Piece Romper/Hat Set Every new parent will identify with the message on this adorable romper/hat combo. It says "If I'm not sleeping, Nobody's sleeping". More Info Pitter Patter Bib Sweet little baby feet adorn these absorbent terry bibs. Both practical and pretty. More Info Proud Grandma T-Shirt New Grandmothers and Grandmothers-To-Be will love this great T-Shirt made just for them. More Info Proud Nana Button It's only the most special of grandmothers who get the title "Nana." Wear it with pride. More Info Proud Grandparent Buttons Every Grandparent is a proud grandparent, and this button is a great way to announce it. More Info Daddy Tool Belt Having a baby is a two person endeavor, and there's no need to wonder about what to get Daddy. Tools of the trade diaper changing tool belt is filled with all the necessities for changing baby. More Info Grandpa Tool Belt What a great gift for the new Grandpa! Tools of the trade diaper changing tool belt is filled with all the necessities for changing baby. Let Grandpa know that he'll be ready for baby's first visit with this diaper changing tool belt. More Info Proud Grandpa Ball Cap New Grandfathers and Grandfathers-To-Be will appreciate this top quality blue denim ball cap. More Info Proud Dad Ball Cap Every day can be Father's Day when your favorite guy's sporting a "Proud Dad" ball cap. More Info Frog or Duck Bathtime Bonanza Gift Pack Baby can have the best of both worlds with this Frog or Duck combo gift pack. Included are an adorable 4 piece bathtub toy and a 2 piece terry cloth hand puppet set, packaged in a clear plastic bag with rainbow ribbon. More Info Baby Ducky "ScenterPiece" All the beauty and scent of a candle, without the wick! If you haven't seen this new product, you'll be amazed. More Info Noah's Ark Baby Cake Designed to look like a real cake, Noah's Ark Baby Cake, although non-edible, is a practical, yet beautiful gift for new parents or parents-to-be. More Info Large Glass Plate Clearly necessary! Made of thick glass with a rolled lip and three small legs, this Plate will come in handy when you want to display an item, or keep an object off your furniture. More Info Small Glass Plate Hold it!! If you want to display an item or keep it off your furniture, this Small Glass Plate couldn't be handier. More Info Rubber Ducky Diaper Cake Designed to look like a real cake, This two tiered Ducky Diaper Cake, although non-edible, is a practical, yet beautiful gift for new parents or parents-to-be. More Info Winnie-The-Pooh Diaper Cake Designed to look like a real cake, This two tiered Winnie-The-Pooh Diaper Cake, although non-edible, is a practical, yet beautiful gift for new parents or parents-to-be. More Info Cute Baby T-Shirts Noah's Ark Twins T-Shirt What a perfect gift to celebrate twins! This fun Noah's Ark T-Shirt features the ark with two of each animal. More Info Noah's Ark Baby T-Shirt Add to the baby shower fun by presenting the Mom with this cute Noah's Ark Baby T-Shirt. More Info Triplet Boxed Shirt Set "I'm am one of three" brand-new little angels! The triplet train has arrived and we couldn't be more excited. More Info Pitter Patter T-Shirt Baby feet are scattered across the front of this Spencers brand cotton t-shirt. More Info Party! My Crib 2:00AM T-Shirt Every night is New Years Eve with a new baby, and this shirt proves it. More Info Teddy Bear T-Shirt Available with wording in pink or blue, this classic white Spencers brand, cotton baby T-Shirt is adorable. More Info I Go to Grandmas T-Shirt This classic T-Shirt in primary colors tells the world "When the going gets Tough I go to Grandma's". What a great gift for Grandma to give the parents-to-be or vice versa. More Info "WARNING: No Instructions Included" One-Piece T-Shirt A special little package has arrived... but wait, what now?! If only babies came with a "how to" booklet, life would be so much easier! Our comfy, "No Instructions Included" tuck-away tee shirt reminds all new parents that we can change them, feed them and burp them, but sometimes babies are still a mystery! More Info Sibling Gifts Big Sister Balloon T-Shirt Every little girl will love announcing to the world that she is a big sister, and this bright and lively shirt will do the trick. More Info Big Brother Balloon T-Shirt Every little boy will love announcing to the world that he is a big brother, and this bright and lively shirt will do the trick. More Info Big Brother T-Shirt Let a child in on the fun of a new baby by giving him his own T-Shirt announcing that he's a big brother. More Info Big Sister T-Shirt Let a child in on the fun of a new baby by giving her a T-Shirt announcing that she's a big sister. More Info "When I'm a Big Brother" Book It's an adventure to prepare for a new sibling! Now, as you discuss your child's hopes, fears and expectations about the new baby-in-waiting, you can record his thoughts... More Info "When I'm a Big Sister" Book It's an adventure to prepare for a new sibling! Now, as you discuss your child's hopes, fears and expectations about the new baby-in-waiting, you can record her thoughts... More Info Sibling Buttons Give your favorite child a special badge announcing his or her new status in the world. More Info "I Have A Brother!" / "I Have A Sister!" Pencils It's not every day a boy has a new brother or a girl has a new sister, so celebrate and promote sibling love by giving kids these special pencils to announce the news. More Info Related Pages Baby Shower Ideas All Occasion Gifts Help | Home | Contact Us | View Cart © 2000 - 2005 The Rosemary Company. All rights reserved. Privacy Statement This site maintained by Fox Web Design Please direct all questions and comments to the Webmaster

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He followed up this wretched Red Sox debut four days later with another empty appearance, facing two batters — retiring neither. After he had faced six batters and not recorded a single out with a lifeless fastball in the mid 80s, like most Sox fans, I'd seen enough. Hey, I get it, reliable lefty setup men are as hard to find in 2005 as cheap gas. Sox GM Theo Epstein took a shot, and it didn't work. Time to move on? Mike Remlinger has allowed four or more runs in three of his five relief appearances for the Sox. (Winslow Townson / Associated Press) Not so fast. Remlinger made his third appearance for the Sox three days later, summoned to protect a 10-3 lead in the bottom of the 10th against the Tigers. He did finally record an out, three in fact. But during his one inning of work, he also yielded a walk, a base hit, another walk and a grand slam. In three appearances, he'd faced 13 batters, and nine of them had scored. Certainly, walking two guys with a seven-run lead had earned him his walking papers? Nope. Remlinger was back out on the hill less than 14 hours later, asked to hold the line in the getaway day game against the Tigers after David Wells was roughed up for six runs in four innings. And lo and behold — as opposed to low and outside as he had been the previous night, Remlinger retired four of the five batters he faced, lowering his ERA with the Sox to 20.25. And, regrettably, buying some more time on the roster. The next night in Anaheim, the 39-year-old lefty was once again summoned for mop-up duty. He again made an unsightly mess, allowing five runs on six hits and a walk. It's hard to raise your ERA when you enter the game with a 20.25 mark, but Remlinger did it, leaving the hill at 21.21. Yes, his ERA looks like a football score at the start of overtime. So, to sum up In five appearances with the Red Sox, Remlinger has faced 31 batters, 18 of them have reached base and 14 of them have scored. These numbers strike me as way worse than when Jose Oquendo, Mark Grace or Robin Ventura took the hill. (Turns out they are: those three infielders had a combined 10.13 ERA in five relief appearances.) This isn't the first time Mike Remlinger has bitterly disappointed me. In 1991, I was a sportswriter for the Valley News in West Lebanon, New Hampshire when I drew the assignment of driving up to Montreal to do a local-boy-makes-good story on Remlinger — who was in his rookie season with the Giants after starring at Dartmouth. A month earlier, Remlinger had lit up the baseball world and electrified the Giants' organization by pitching a complete game shutout against the Barry Bonds-Bobby Bonilla Pirates in his Major League debut on June 15, 1991. Since then, it was Remlinger who'd been lit up, allowing 17 runs in 26 innings. But my story wasn't going to be about his recent struggles. It was going to be a glowing tribute to the Ivy Leaguer turned Major Leaguer. I made the long schlep up I-89, over the Canadian border and across the bridge — the Pont Victoria? — and pulled into the parking lot of the baseball monstrosity known as Olympic Stadium. (Has baseball ever had such a stark contrast between the beauty of a city and the ugliness of a stadium?) I guess the Expos' media relations department wasn't accustomed to processing out-of-town credential requests because they not only didn't have my press pass when I got there, but didn't seem capable of generating one once I was standing at the window. After a very long wait, I was finally admitted to the joyless press box in the dreary stadium. After his spectacular debut, Remlinger had been bumped from the rotation and sent down to the pen, but he didn't pitch in the game. That didn't really matter for my purposes. I was there to profile a conquering hero, a son of New England — Plymouth, Ma., who at the age of 25 had made it to the show. He was that most-sought-after commodity, a hard-throwing lefty, and his future couldn't have been brighter. I made my way down to the clubhouse, where I was none too surprised to learn at the door that the guest pass the media relations people had given me did not allow me access to the locker room. Great. So I'd come all the way to the most Godforsaken outpost in Major League baseball, and I wouldn't even get my interview. A so-so day was getting worse. I saw another Giants rookie, outfielder Mark Leonard, entering the clubhouse and called to him as familiarly as I could, "Hey, Mark." Now Mark Leonard didn't have a lot of media types (or fans) calling out to him — especially in Montreal — so he stopped in his tracks as if a dear friend was saying hi. I asked him if he would be so kind as to ask Mike Remlinger to come out to the hallway so I could get my interview. He said sure. (The near future was actually much brighter for Leonard than Remlinger, but the outfielder would be out of the bigs for good by 1995.) I waited around for quite a while and was just about to give up and start the long haul home when Remlinger emerged from the clubhouse. What a cool dude, I thought, meeting me in the hallway so I could get my story and not have wasted an entire day. I was ready with my questions and Mike was ready with his grunts. It was brutal. I wanted spine-tingling detail on the journey from Red Rolfe Field in Hanover, N.H. to blowing away the NL East champs at Candlestick. What I got was basically, "F off, kid." Now, in fairness to Remlinger, for all I know he had just come from the manager's office where he'd been told he was getting sent down. Because after pitching the next day in the exhibition Hall of Fame game — always a bad sign for a pitcher regarding his importance to the big club — and getting shellacked, Remlinger was indeed sent back to the minors. It would be three years before he would claw his way back to the Majors with the Mets. At the time, however, I wasn't feeling so forgiving. I'd driven more than three hours to do a nice story on a guy whose college career had been chronicled by my newspaper. And he was a jerk. At this point in my young sportswriting career, I'd already been big-timed by Roger Clemens, so I was prepared for how surly and uncooperative a professional athlete can be — even when the media member standing in front of him is doing a rah-rah piece. But Mike Remlinger? (One interesting note on Remlinger and Clemens: Remlinger has allowed four or more runs in three of his five relief appearances for the Sox while Clemens has allowed four or more runs only twice in 25 starts for the Astros.) I drove home wondering how I was going to cobble the grunts and fragments into something that made it look like I had actually interviewed the pitcher. He hadn't pitched and he'd barely talked. I was getting that gnawing feeling in my gut that a reporter gets when he doesn't have the story. I'd gone above and beyond to get into the stadium and actually get a face-to-face — well, face-to-scowl — interview with the subject. But I was still worried that what I'd hoped would be a great profile, rife with insight from the erudite pitcher himself, would read like a flavorless AP wire piece. As I was fighting my way through the story the next day, trying to stretch it into something worth a drive to Montreal, it came across the wire that Remlinger — after giving up three home runs to the Twins in the exhibition in Cooperstown — had been sent down. Well, it was an angle anyway. 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