On Thursday, the New York Times reported that Manny Ramirez and David Ortiz were named as two of the 104 major league players listed as having tested positive for performance-enhancing substances in 2003.
According to the Times, the source of these claims was “lawyers with knowledge of the results”. While no one should be shocked or [...]
Posts from ‘July, 2009’
MLB Needs to Release the Entire 2003 Steroid List ASAP
The Media Arms Race In College Football
As conference media days took place across the country the past two weeks, the SEC once again stole the college football spotlight, although not through on-field performance. Rather, by announcing the release of the SEC Digital Network and the creation of the SEC Network, both of which premiere in August. The SEC Digital Network, a [...]
One More Before I Slip Away
In two days I’ll be flying back east for a week of reading, eating and sleeping on the Outer Banks of North Carolina. It’s my first real vacation in quite some time, as this time last year was spent flying to the OBX, buying Mickey’s Accord, and driving it back across the country. It was [...]
Friends in the MLB
Often in college, J. Price and I would sit around and talk about our athletic careers of yesteryear — specifically our baseball careers — and talk about how if this injury hadn’t occurred, or if that coach had just recognized our brilliance, we woulda seriously considered finding a little D-III school and tried to play [...]
MLB Power Rankings – July 28th
The Cubicle GM Power Rankings remain unanimous at the top and at the bottom, with the Dodgers remaining in first and the Nationals in last. The coasts dominate the rankings, with the first Central Division team from either league coming in at No. 7 in the form of the Tigers.
The top of the rankings is [...]
It Pains Me, Pat, But I Beg To Differ
There’s an NFC South blogger named Pat Yasinskas – no idea how to pronounce that – who has, with responsibilities for Buccaneers, Falcons, Panthers, and Saints, determined that he has eminent domain over Michael Vick banter on ESPN until he signs with another team. Pat cut his teeth with The Charlotte Observer before ESPN.
As a [...]
This Week On The Internets (20 July 2009)
So, I really do intend to post this every week. With my recent sabbatical now complete(d), my plan is to be with you each and every Friday, in addition to other diatribes in and about your weeks, recapping exactly what’s happened and possibly enlightening you to something here or elsewhere that you may have missed.
First, [...]
MLB Parity Non-Issue in the 00’s
With the decade quickly coming to a close, there is surely bound to be no shortage of ‘Decade in Review’ and ‘Decade Superlative’ columns, especially as we have no Y2K looming. At the very beginning of this decade, MLB was considering contraction of two of its squads, as the Expos (remember them?) and Twins came [...]
Smokey’s Potpourri
The suspenders are on. Let’s King Thing this bitch up.
-Over the past few years there’s been an influx of Bills fans in my social stratosphere. These are a curious lot; they tend to be realists and pessimists. They’ve mastered the art of the shrug and eye roll, which is why they’re the perfect fans to [...]
