While I was not entirely enthused about the World Series prior to Game 1, I have been pleasantly surprised early on with a fairly entertaining series. Game 1 provided a superb pitching matchup between Cliff Lee and CC Sabathia. Game 2 also provided a great pitcher’s duel, with Pedro and AJ Burnett going at it. [...]
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Living the Euro Life
This may end up being the first part of a multi-part piece, but it just as well may not, so we’ll see what happens.
August. August in America is a sticky wicket in both literal and figurative words. It’s balls hot regardless of where you are, but with the humidity and short tempers comes football and, [...]
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 [...]
MLB Opening Day: Welcome, and Thanks for Coming
Today is a very important day, one-seventh of a very important week. Major League Baseball’s official Opening Day, the first of many days during which 162-games will be played by each team, was yesterday. This is the first Opening Day in recent memory that has not been played a week or so early in some [...]
