CubicleGM favorite (covered in four posts, including as the focus of one of the originals), and much bally-hooed uber-super-prospect Matt Wieters will join the major league roster Friday, according to Orioles GM Andy MacPhail. MacPhail states the obvious when he says that Wieters isn’t being called up to the majors to ride the pine, and [...]
Posts from ‘May, 2009’
Minor League Watch – May
In Mid April, I started a recurring monthly series titled ‘Minor League Watch,’ with the hope of providing a monthly update on some of baseball’s brightest prospects. The series will follow 5 prospects, ranging from A ball to one youngster that made the Big Show out of Spring training. As we near the quarter point [...]
Your Modern Day and Marginally Less Accomplished M&M Boys
Great perspective this evening from Sports Illustrated writer Joe Lemire on the necessity of a long-term future for Joe Mauer in Minnesota that helps to continue the rehabilitation of Joes in Minnesota and elsewhere whose names have been tossed around quite a bit over the last six months or so. Lemire pits Mauer’s teammate Justin [...]
Is the East Coast Bias Deserved?
Over the last five or so years, one of the most trendy things to complain about is ESPN’s East Coast bias – that is if you don’t live in the East Coast. The complaint is that ESPN and other major sports media carry more Red Sox, Yankees, Mets, Celtics, etc games than say, Dodgers, Royals, [...]
For Your Trip to the Watercooler: Notable Contributions to the Sports Blogdom
It’s lunchtime on Thursday, a little too early to start asking “any weekend plans?” so instead you’ve gotta have a “go to” line just in case you run into somebody you kind of know, but not that well. If you’re in Cleveland, Denver or Pittsburgh, the topics are obvious. In Atlanta, Dallas or Washington, still [...]
Kobe Beef? Spoiled Goods!
Vlookup Vince is no NBA expert. He follows the major storylines, watches a dozen games from October through April, catches a few more down the stretch, and pays attention during the two month playoff marathon, mostly because playing series and the subplots that emerge are extremely compelling. Seeing the best players turn it on for [...]
Ceeeeaaa-leeeaa-brate Good Times, Come On!
Breaking News, in typical ESPN fashion… “Report: Cuban called Martin a ‘thug’”, a headline that entirely misses the delicious centerpiece of the entire story, which is that Dallas Mavericks’ owner Mark Cuban told Kenyon Martin’s mother, Lydia Moore, that her son was a “punk” and his teammates “thugs”. Happy Mother’s Day! I’ve been trolling the [...]
Something to Ponder Whilst on the Poo-er
Amongst thousands of other places, Zach Greinke’s impressive April has been discussed here and here as he won Pitcher of the Month for April. Joe Posnanski has a great post with Greinke fun facts. The most interesting nugget from Joe is that Greinke could let up 9 runs in the first inning of his next [...]
The Favre Saga Continues! The Longest Streak of Consecutive “Sikes” In Sports (Human?) History
And you thought Jordan took a while to come, and go, and come, and go… We loved it when he came back the first time. Watching that sleek, smooth basketball player swimming in his minor league White Sox uniform, wearing the double-ear flap helmet was a little sad. Before we knew it he was back [...]
Do the First Five Rounds of Your Draft Make or Break Your Team
Year in and year out the Matthew Berry’s of the world (who, two months into CubicleGM, still have amazing, enviable jobs) always tout that its much less important what you do with the first five picks in your fantasy draft than what you do in the middle and late rounds of the draft. The thinking [...]
