Can Ichiro rally to keep his streaks alive?

Posted By Eddie Griffin On Monday, September 12th 2011. Under Baseball

One of the greatest runs in all of sport is in serious danger of coming to an end. Whether or not you're a fan of Ichiro, there's no denying that it takes at least a little something special to consistently hit like he has even before he came to the U.S. ... Continue Reading

Freeman, Uggla propping up ailing Braves lineup at key time

Posted By Eddie Griffin On Saturday, July 30th 2011. Under Baseball

It looks almost certain that the Atlanta Braves will add an outfielder to their lineup before the end of the MLB trade deadline, and it won't happen soon enough, with injuries (Brian McCann, Chipper Jones) and ineptitude (Jason Heyward, Nate McLouth) currently hindering the NL wild-card leaders from perhaps being ... Continue Reading

2010 World Series Preview: San Francisco Giants vs. Texas Rangers

For those of you who are disappointed that there won’t be a rematch of last year’s World Series, or that you won’t get a chance to see Roy Halladay and Cliff Lee face off in a matchup that would’ve made Phillies fans salivate at the thought of what it’d have ... Continue Reading

Is it time to call Barry Zito an elite pitcher again?

Posted By Eddie Griffin On Friday, May 7th 2010. Under Baseball Tags: Barry Zito, MLB, NL West, San Francisco Giants, Tim Lincecum

At the start of the second half of last baseball season, I did a post on Barry Zito’s importance to the San Francisco Giants making a run at the postseason. At the time, Zito was 5-9 with a 5.01 ERA in 18 starts, and he’d went into the All-Star ... Continue Reading

The good, the bad, and the ugly: Taking a look at some of MLB’s early surprises

Posted By Eddie Griffin On Sunday, April 18th 2010. Under Baseball Tags: Boston Red Sox, Chicago Cubs, Chicago White Sox, Oakland A's

It’s still very early in the 2010 MLB season, and while the defending World Series champion New York Yankees have started fast with a 9-3 mark, not every expected contender has shown their worth yet. While the Boston Red Sox, among others, have struggled out of the gate, there ... Continue Reading

Frank Thomas: Quietly An All-Time Great

Posted By Matt Gentile On Friday, February 12th 2010. Under Baseball Tags: Babe Ruth, Chicago White Sox, Frank Thomas, Jason Giambi, Jerry Reinsdorf, Jim Rice, Kenny Williams, Mel Ott, MLB, Oakland Athletics, Ozzie Guillen, Ted Williams, Toronto Blue Jays

Frank Thomas is one of those players whose careers you reflect on and realize how spectacular he really was. Thomas, 41, officially announced his retirement from Major League Baseball today. He played 19 seasons in the majors with the Chicago White Sox, Toronto Blue Jays, and Oakland Athletics. During the course of ... Continue Reading

The pay-per-view event we would ALL like to see

Posted By Chris Humpherys On Friday, January 15th 2010. Under Baseball, Basketball Tags: Derrick Rose, John Calipari, Pete Rose, Reggie Bush, Sammy Sosa, Tiger Woods

“I’m an idea man, Chuck” -Michael Keaton as Bill Blazejowski in Night Shift Hey, I have ideas too. Good ones sometimes. And just like every other sports fan, I have unanswered questions. In the wake of Mark McGwire’s steroid confession, the impact of which will soon fade, I thought of ... Continue Reading

A juicing Big Mac: Mark McGwire’s steroid use leaves more questions than answers

Posted By Chris Humpherys On Wednesday, January 13th 2010. Under Baseball Tags: Bud Selig, Mark McGwire, Sammy Sosa, steroids

I don’t like movies that are predictable. Like the typical romantic comedy where the couple who despises each other falls in love in the end or the true-crime thriller where we know the killer’s identity from scene one. Scriptwriters may try to pull the wool over our eyes but the ... Continue Reading

The 2010 McChumpies: A look to the future

Posted By Chris Humpherys On Sunday, January 3rd 2010. Under Baseball, Basketball, NCAA Football, NFL, Other Sports Tags: Brett Favre, Mark Mangino, Mike Leach, Raheem Morris, South Florida Bulls, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Tampa Bay Rays, Tiger Woods

I’m not big on predicting the future. If I were any good at it, I’d be kicking back in a Las Vegas sportsbook, mango daiquiri in one hand, wad of hundreds in the other. But when the good folks at Creative Loafing offered to publish the 2009 McChumpies and wanted ... Continue Reading

Presenting the 2009 McChumpies: The best and worst from the year in sports

Posted By Chris Humpherys On Friday, December 25th 2009. Under Baseball, Basketball, NCAA Football, NFL, Other Sports

After seeing Tiger Woods win AP Athlete of the Decade in light of his recent controversy and seeing Serena Williams win the AP Female Athlete of the Year with images of her berating a line judge still fresh in our minds, I thought to myself, why not have my own ... Continue Reading

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