I remember distinctly when I was in college having a long discussion with several friends about declaring for the NBA draft. We were just 18 years old, and prior to the new eligibility rules, well within the requirements to declare – if only we gave up our amateur status, and thus our college eligibility. While [...]
God’s Gift To The Rubber
T-minus three hours or so until the Washington Nationals find something other than their on-the-field ineptitude to focus on this summer, that “something” being the very likely selection of San Diego State’s Stephen Strasburg with the No. 1 pick in the 2009 MLB Draft at 6pm tonight. Strasburg, of course, now well known as the [...]
Here They Are… Your League Leaders (Pitching)
Following up on last week’s perusal of MLB league leaders (they probably aren’t who you assume they are!), we look today at pitchers, both in the American and National Leagues. As with hitters, we’ll take each major statistic and break down players in terms of “Biggest Surprises”, “Least Likely to Continue”, and “Start Worrying”. The [...]
Here They Are… Your League Leaders (Hitting)
I usually try to avoid even perusing the MLB stat leaderboard for the first six or eight weeks of every baseball season; the sample size is generally too small, so why get hung up on quick starts? We’ve discussed this previously. Come mid- to end of May, however, it is worth taking a look at [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
A Quick Blog Plug
You may have seen it on our sidebar, but a quick plug for a great blog written by San Diego Padres GM Paul DePodesta called It Might Be Dangerous… You Go First. Highly recommended. Even if you aren’t a Padres fan (not normally the hat you’d see at any random park you stumbled into on [...]
Prepping for an Awkward Weekend Gathering
Here we are, Saturday morning, I’ve been lounging, reading the paper, catching some morning cartoons and realized that I’m supposed to go to a Kentucky Derby party today. The invitation says, “Don your seersucker, your Derby hats and pastels. We expect Colonel Sanders to abound!” First of all, I’m not quite sure what that means. [...]
NFL Draft Coverage Starting… Now
ESPN does a very good job of feeding the insatiable beast that is fan hankering for NFL Draft coverage, prime contributors being the Joe, Bob or Carl in the cubicle next to you who is always talking about “who the Redskins will take at No. 13″ or, better yet slightly off-topic but similar in nature, [...]
