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 [...]

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).

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 [...]