Category Archives: Baseball
Can Ichiro rally to keep his streaks alive?
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. a decade ago. His [...]
Freeman, Uggla propping up ailing Braves lineup at key time
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 a true World Series contender. [...]
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 been like for the two [...]
Is it time to call Barry Zito an elite pitcher again?
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 break having allowed nine runs and [...]
The good, the bad, and the ugly: Taking a look at some of MLB’s early surprises
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 have also been a few surprises [...]
Frank Thomas: Quietly An All-Time Great
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 his career, Thomas [...]
The pay-per-view event we would ALL like to see
“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 a pay-per-view opportunity that would [...]
A juicing Big Mac: Mark McGwire’s steroid use leaves more questions than answers
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 American public is not stupid. [...]
The 2010 McChumpies: A look to the future
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 me to take a look [...]
Presenting the 2009 McChumpies: The best and worst from the year in 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 awards ceremony. After all, my [...]
