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Wins and Loses: A Decline in Value?
Baseball Reflections | November 24th 2009 by Peter Schiller
Image via Wikipedia Congratulations to Tim Lincecum for winning the 2009 NL Cy Young award, just a couple short days after Zack Greinke’s victory for the AL counterpart. But an even bigger congratulations is in order. A congratulations t read more
Hate on This: Sammy Sosa
Haters Be Hatin' | November 23rd 2009 by Eric
Nothing much left to say... I remember it like it was yesterday, watching both Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa chase Roger Maris’s single season home run record in 1998. The coverage got to the point that local games would be interrupted so we could read more
An open letter to John Lackey
True Grich | November 21st 2009 by James
Dear John,I have a problem and I’m not afraid to admit it. If you end up signing with the Yankees, I’m not going to be happy. Let’s just say that if you wear pinstripes next year, you’re dead to me. If you go to Boston, I'm done with you. If read more
Options
Boston Soul | November 15th 2009
This week was basically all about options. If we weren’t busy exercising somebody’s option, we were busy declining somebody else’s. Hey, why not? They’re basically cheap locks; it’s a good way to keep a guy on board for minimal funds an read more
UPDATE: Clemens Moves to Pickoff McNamee Libel Suit
The Unruly of Law | November 13th 2009
Image via WikipediaLawyers for seven-time Cy Young Award-winner Roger Clemens this week filed a motion to dismiss the defamation claim of his former trainer Brian McNamee in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York (McNamee v. Cle read more
The Best World Series Champ of the Decade Debate – The Surprisi…
The Sports Debates | November 9th 2009 by The Sports Debates
Read the arguments by Sports Geek and Bleacher Fan about which teams they believe were the best World Series champions of this decade. View This Pollonline surveys Since the final World Series of this decade was just completed, The Sports D read more
We’ve Always Wanted To Use “Navratilova” In a Headline
FamousDC | October 30th 2009 by FamousDC
Martina Navratilova drew a parallel Thursday between Andre Agassi and Roger Clemens, saying she’s shocked the eight-time Grand Slam champion lied about drug use. [bitter] He’s up there with Roger Clemens, as far as I’m concerned. & read more
Red Sox Flashback: Pedro Martinez in 2000
Sox Tea Party - Boston Red Sox Blog | October 29th 2009
Tonight, the great Pedro Martinez will step on the mound at the new Yankee Stadium in Game 2 of the 2009 World Series. Pedro will be looking to give the Philadelphia Phillies a commanding 2-0 lead in the Series as they head back to Citizens Bank P read more
The Congress Involved in Sports Debate – Congress Should Be Inv…
The Sports Debates | October 29th 2009 by The Sports Debates
Read the debate intro, Loyal Homer’s argument, and Bleacher Fan’s argumentabout whether or not the U.S. Congress should be involved in sports issues. View This Pollpolls In theory, this debate should be black and white. Congress versus read more
The Congress Involved in Sports Debate – Should Congress Have A…
The Sports Debates | October 28th 2009 by The Sports Debates
Read Loyal Homer and Bleacher Fan’s argument about whether or not the U.S. Congress should be involved in sports issues. View This Pollpolls The 111th United States Congress is currently in session and there are myriad topics on the agen read more
The Number 14
Baseball Guys - Ray Flowers Fantasy Baseball Blog | October 26th 2009
What does the number 14 mean to you? I suppose that it all depends on which sport you follow. I read one rather amazing comment on the number 14 that triggered me to go in search of number “14’s” for this piece, but before I get to the “big read more
Cool Link Of The Day
Dugout-Talk.com | October 13th 2009 by Tommy Blogging Sports
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The Exorcist…
Major League Blogging - The Ultimate Baseball Blog | October 7th 2009 by Jeff Gross
When the season ended for the 2008 Yankees there was one glaring need: Pitching. This was nothing new, and as the old adage went, “you can never have enough.” But the Yankees from 2004 to 2008 never had enough starting pitching to bri read more
To what would you have your kids aspire?
The Old Barbershop | September 30th 2009 by Bob McBrayer
Back when I was growing up, I remember wanting to be a soldier so I could kill Nazis and Nips ... nobody told me they made cars, computers and TVs! Over the years, I've been indeed fortunate to have many Germans and Japanese include me among their fr read more
MLB's Best of the Decade: Pitchers
No, You're a Towel | September 30th 2009 by Andrew
A little while back, we looked at the best hitters of the decade. Now, let's look at the top pitchers in every category, courtesy of Baseball-Reference's Play Index (all averages min 700 innings) :Decisions - Livan Hernandez (252), Javier Vazquez (24 read more
You Da Man! -- Roids Revisited ...
thesouthernjackass | September 27th 2009 by john
Manny: Hey Alex ... look, I picking too! ... A-Rod: Manny you're gross ... I picking a guitar ... I picking a Yankee guitar ... Manny: Look, recently, I saw a physician for a personal health issue, he gave me a medication, not a steroid, which he read more
You Da Man! -- Motley Discourse ...
thesouthernjackass | September 20th 2009 by john
Manny: Hey Alex ... look, I picking too! ...A-Rod: Manny you're gross ... I picking a guitar ... I picking a Yankee guitar ...Manny: Look, recently, I saw a physician for a personal health issue, he gave me a medication, not a steroid, which he thoug read more
Roger Clemens* Keeps Digging Via Twitter
Fenway West | September 19th 2009 by odmatt
Even though his defimation lawsuit against his former trainer was thrown out earlier this month, Roger Clemens* continues to dig deeper into the massive hole of denial. Now he has turned to twitter to get his message out. Since speaking t read more
Joba's Regression
Baseball Hot Corner | September 11th 2009 by mark serio
The New York Yankees are enjoying a special season. The best record in baseball isn't a fluke. Success is the story. Lost in the shadows of jubilant walk-off-wins, nightly heroes and prodigious production is the stark regression of Joba Chamberlain. read more
9:02 AM and Brett Favre’s Still a Prima Donna…
UnPink Hats | September 10th 2009 by The SportsChick
Len Berman of Huffington Post and ESPN are reporting that everyone’s favorite serial retiree may actually be semi-retired. Kind of. Specifically, Favre has now been quoted as saying he may well “not be up for” all sixteen games thi read more
UPDATE: Clemens Whiffs in Texas Libel Case
The Unruly of Law | September 7th 2009
Image by Getty Images via DaylifeJudge Keith P. Ellison of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas has sent 46-year-old former pitching ace Roger Clemens to the showers, throwing out the remainder of the seven-time Cy Young award-w read more
Sore Sooner Shoulder downs Oklahoma
Playing The Game | September 6th 2009 by Jason
I thoroughly enjoyed watching all the great action today on college football’s opening Saturday, although one thing did irritate me. I have no idea who decided that people in Baltimore should get the Michigan vs. Western Michigan game over #9 Oklah read more
Interview with Greg Rajan of the Corpus Christi Caller-Times
Baseball Reflections | August 22nd 2009 by Peter Schiller
Today we’re featuring an incredible interview with Greg Rajan, sports writer for the Corpus Christi Caller-Times. He has covered the team since its inception, and we’ve done these e-mail interviews with a number of people – this is, read more
My thoughts on Ken Griffey Jr.
Daddy's Hangout | August 21st 2009
Well before I begin, let me start by saying that Ken Griffey Jr. is my favorite baseball player of all time, I’ve always thought highly of him and always will. Since baseball is still feeling the effects of the “steroid era” all t read more
Link dump: She’s a man, baby … maybe
Sportspoop.com | All the news that's fit to poop | August 19th 2009 by sportspoop
South African teen track sensation Caster Semenya manhandled the 800-meter women’s field to win the gold medal Wednesday at the world championships. The only problem? Well, no one seems quite sure what Semenya is. We know he/she’s fast. H read more
Top 10 Players Who Should Never Un-Retire
Babes Love Baseball | August 19th 2009 by Sooze
In the wake of former retired gunslinger Brett Favre's signing with the Minnesota Vikings, we've asked some of our favorite bloggers to help us compile a list of ten baseball players who they hope never ever make a comeback.Since we came up with way read more
Gonzalez and Jimenez crafting games
Rockies Prospects | August 18th 2009 by Michael
Carlos Gonzalez, lost for a big part of the season since his call-up from Triple A Colorado Springs continues to show development, homering again, this time Tuesday against Washington in a 4-3 Rockies victory.Gonzalez is hitting for average and power read more
Clemens Entering 'Hall Defame'?
The Unruly of Law | August 13th 2009
Image by Getty Images via DaylifeThe litigation swirling around seven-time Cy Young Award-winner Roger Clemens continues to mount (see "TUOL" post 7/2/09), and soon, you'll need a scoreboard to sort out all the players.The latest lawsuit hails from T read more
Kelly Blair Files Defamation Lawsuit Against Roger Clemens Steroi…
MESO-Rx Steroid Blog | August 11th 2009 by Millard Baker
Kelly Blair, the owner of now-defunct 1-on-1 Elite Personal Fitness near Houston, has filed a defamation lawsuit against the authors and publisher of “American Icon: The Fall of Roger Clemens and the Rise of Steroids in America’s Pastime read more
Why All Those Stats Actually Matter….
UnPink Hats | August 10th 2009 by The SportsChick
People make fun of statheads, and sometimes it makes sense. When we hear that this is only the fourth time since 1972 that a guy wearing number 10 got a two out double in the eighth inning off a left handed hitter in a day game in August after stri read more
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