Awards

Awards are obviously even more of a crap shot than picking winners, particularly Rookie of the Years, who can be the most random of random. In April last year, nobody but Dustin Pedroia’s mom, Dustin Pedroia, and Tito Francona thought he’d still be on the team in June. As for Ryan Braun? I’m pretty sure [...]

World Series pick

Look, I called out of work sick today, ok? This insomnia thing is killing me, and this morning I just couldn’t handle the thought of another day spent trying to keep my head from bouncing off my keyboard. Also, despite the high volume of posts this week, I’ve actually gotten a lot done at work, [...]

NL Picks

So.. I really don’t think there’s any way to make these picks posts short. Although with the NL, I’m really not fooling myself into thinking anyone’s going to read it, anyways.
The National League actually looks a little better to me this year. (With the obvious exception of the NL Central, which should be disbanded.) The [...]

AL Predictions

I’m going to try to keep it short here, mostly because a) nobody cares about my predictions, and b) they are almost certainly going to be wrong. A couple thoughts about the AL though, that can’t be emphasized enough.

The AL East, while a tough, tough division, is not necessarily the toughest division this year. That [...]

Finally, some real baseball

I’ve made it up until this point with Spring Training highlights, a little college baseball here and there, but last night I got to sit down and actually watch some real baseball. The Sawx were playing the Dodgers, at historic (and soon to be defunct) Dodgertown. Play was pretty sloppy, at least on the Sox [...]

Mean spiritedness…

Look, I am not a fan of Roger Clemens. But the tone of some of the coverage of his hearing this past week verges on the idiotic and mean spirited. He may have done what he is accused of, but there is not a court of law in the land that would convict him based [...]

Is the NBA saving sports?

The last few weeks have been a tough one for the two most popular sports in America. Between Spygate and the Steroid hearings, baseball and football “stars” have been dragged through the mud.
To be honest, it hasn’t been a real redeeming stretch for congress either, particularly Mr. Arlen “no the fact that I am an [...]

Less than a week…

Thank god, less than a week until pitchers and catchers report. (oddly, the same day as V-Day, for those of you who practice this nefarious holiday.) Every year, just when I think winter will never, ever end… pitchers and catchers show up for work, reminding me that mud season will soon be here, which reminds [...]