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Sports and life meet in the Cloud9 Weblog. I blog and podcast baseball, hockey, football and link them to life experiences. Blogging about sports has changed my life, and has become my career and/or job. Enjoy my personal take on sports at Cloud9.

Recent Posts Tagged With 'mlb'

• AL Playoff Breakdown: Youth v. Experience, Power v. Power.

  Posted on Wednesday October 1st, 2008 at 12:47 in boston red sox, Chicago White Sox, david ortiz, john lester, los angeles angels, mlb, santana, tampa bay rays

• Lee Not A Lock for AL Cy Young

  Posted on Monday September 8th, 2008 at 19:46 in alex rodriguez, Cleveland Indians, cliff lee, francisco rodriguez, joe nathan, los angeles angels, minnesota twins, mlb, new york yankees, roy halladay, toronto blue jays

• An Open Letter to MLB Video Replay: Welcome!

  Posted on Wednesday August 27th, 2008 at 10:05 in angels, arod, boston red sox, dodgers, jeter, manny, mlb, new york yankees, rays, toronto blue jays, video replay

• Sports-Celebnalism: Morphing from ESPN to TMZ.

  Posted on Tuesday August 5th, 2008 at 11:15 in a rod, baseball, ESPN, football, hockey, jeter, mlb, nfl, NHL, sports celebrity, tmz

  Fans are thrilled by walk-off jacks, pick-6's in OT and end-to-end game-winning ginos. It's only understandable that they become intrigued by the people who are responsible for eliciting these powerf...

• Ode to Roy Halladay: Best in the MLB?

  Posted on Wednesday July 30th, 2008 at 12:32 in angels, baseball, boston red sox, Cleveland Indians, dodgers, mlb, new york rangers, new york yankees, pitching, roy halladay, toronto blue jays

  I read a piece earlier today which called Roy Halladay over-rated and instantly tore through an excruciating emotional cycle.I refuse to link to the original piece, so you'll have to take my word for ...

• Basebrawl: Arrests, Ejections, Fun.

  Posted on Friday July 25th, 2008 at 10:09 in angels, boston red sox, dugout clearling, fight, mlb, new york yankees, peoria brawl, philaelphia phillies

  Too lazy to read? Listen to this entry: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------The impetus to post about a minor-league baseball scrap needn't be described...

• AJ Burnett burns the Blue Jays; they don't mind.

  Posted on Monday June 16th, 2008 at 15:38 in aj burnett, angels, boston red sox, chicago cubs, Cleveland Indians, mlb, new york yankees, philaelphia phillies, Texas Rangers, toronto blue jays

  AJ Burnett is going to get traded; we should get used to talking about this. If and until it happens, according to him, he's pitching the best he can for the Blue Jays. However, if a trade happens h...

• Is the Blue Jays potential being stiffled by their mismanagment? Um, yeah.

  Posted on Thursday June 12th, 2008 at 12:32 in angels, baseball, brewers, gibbons, halliday, indians, mlb, ortiz, red sox, ríos, toronto blue jays, wells

  Whats up in the MLB? The Blue Jays are behind in the standings. Get it? -------------> If passive managing was the fashion required to produce champions in baseball, one would rightly assume bench m...

• Understanding Ozzie: Madness Meets Motivation

  Posted on Monday June 2nd, 2008 at 17:40 in angels, Chicago White Sox, jeter, joe torre, mlb, ozzie guillen, red sox, webb, yankees

  That another rant has gotten Oswaldo José Guillén Barrios in the Sports pages surprises no one. The shock comes with the subject matter of his rant: no, he didn't call Jay Mariotti a fag again, but...

• Misc. Monday Podcast

  Posted on Monday April 28th, 2008 at 14:56 in 2008 olympics, facebook, hockey, mlb, NHL, protest, Tires

  Runs: 20minsMay contain adult language... err, most likely does.Topics:Corporatization, Tires and the Olympics. What Facebook Chat Feature shares with the Cleveland Indians.Why the Toronto Blue Jays...

• Moneyball in the MLB: Why the Jays Won't Make the Playoffs

  Posted on Friday April 4th, 2008 at 16:21 in al east, baseball, mlb, moneyball, Playoffs, sabermetrics, sabremetrics, toronto blue jays

  My open love for the Toronto Blue Jays has caused me a measurable degree of strife when conjuring a topic for my Thursday MLB piece. As the date will attest, my reluctance to speak truthfully and rea...

• MLB: Why baseball is the best outdoor sport on Earth

  Posted on Thursday March 27th, 2008 at 15:44 in baseball, mlb, red sox, yankees

  I want to preface my first piece (of the season) on the MLB with the a plain declaration of my love for baseball. Unless you grew up playing the game you might not share my fervent passion. With Ope...

• MLB: Pettitte Buries Clemens with the Truth

  Posted on Wednesday February 13th, 2008 at 10:04 in andy pettitte, brian mcnamee, congress, hgh, mlb, roger clemens, steroids

  Here we go again with the damn congressional hearings? Aside from the fact that the media is dragging this issue out to nauseating extremes, shouldn't we question the congressional involvement?The mi...