Posts Tagged ‘diamondbacks’

BCS Is So Boring

Lets get a few things out of the way:
1.  I finally found my CubicleGM password after losing it for two weeks.  Actually thats not true, just the rumor being spread across the Internets.  I have spent my non-working hours a.) Journeying through The Wire for the second time -  its far better the second time [...]

That’s Why They Play the Games. Thankfully the Baseball Writers Don’t Choose the Playoff Teams.

Between March 30 and April 6 each and every year baseball pundits think long and hard.  They take out their cauldrons, mix in last season’s results, add in each team’s off-season roster maneuvers, toss in some consideration for player growth/regressions, add in some magic potion, and voila, they have their pre-season predictions.  Some pontificators use [...]

Red Sock/x: Curt Schilling’s Place in this Painful Era

Congrats to Curt Schilling on a great career, his retirement officially announced earlier this week on his blog, 38 Pitches. For a tangent, kudos also to Deadspin for catching a SportsCenter moment that may well contribute to the job loss number for March (I’m Sure This Won’t Annoy Curt Schilling One Bit).
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The Man Who Found the Intersection of 1st and 1st

Kids, don’t listen to what they say: It’s possible to be the absolute worst at one thing, and yet be recognized as the absolute best overall. A few points, here, on greatness, and how it affects your fantasy team in 2009. Meet Exhibit A (below), Zoilo Versalles. A shortstop, he finished with 95 career home [...]