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Hasan H @ August 26, 2008 # No Comment Yet
I love the fact that ESPN.com has a front page headline about the mets calling up “Top” prospect Jonathan Niese. Bringing up the kids like Daniel Murphy and Niese on a first place team in the middle of a pennant race is a big middle finger to all GMs around the league who refused to trade […]
Obiora @ August 1, 2008 # 2 Comments
Maintaining loyalty in the face of extreme losing
It is a cruel irony that the man most responsible for establishing the Fall Classic was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame on the same day that has for the greater part of 16 years signaled the unofficial end of baseball season here in Western PA, the […]
Obiora @ July 27, 2008 # 2 Comments
As we wade through this summer’s transfer market, I am reminded that financial structure is one of the most glaring contrasts between the sports leagues of the USA and the domestic soccer leagues of the ‘rest of the world’. By and large, the big American sports franchises (with some exceptions like the NY Yankees) try […]
SK @ June 25, 2008 # No Comment Yet
We lost a legend this week. Not surprisingly, my favorite rant of his involves sports. Enjoy:
“Baseball is a nineteenth-century pastoral game.
Football is a twentieth-century technological struggle.
Baseball is played on a diamond, in a park.The baseball park!
Football is played on a gridiron, in a stadium, sometimes called Soldier Field or War Memorial Stadium.
Baseball begins in the […]
Hasan H @ June 17, 2008 # One Comment
True to form, the Mets bungled another high profile situation and fired Manager Willie Randolph in the middle of the night, against my wishes, of course. I felt that he deserved a dignified exit and he didn’t get it.
Around $50 million of this $140 million Mets team has either been on the DL for significant lengths of time […]
Little SK @ June 2, 2008 # 2 Comments
The best part my foray into Fantasy Baseball is how completely liberating and therapeutic the pursuit of a purely monetary goal can be. The emotional side of being a sports fan is fatiguing. Real baseball fans may moan and groan about “wins” and “rivalries” and “curses” (I know this, I live two blocks from Wrigley Field). But I straight up don’t give a shit.
Hasan H @ May 15, 2008 # 4 Comments
Willie Randolph finished second in the Manager of the Year voting in 2006. He increased his team’s win total by at least 12 wins in both 2005 and 2006.
Fast Forward to May 2008.
In typical New York style, “Fire Willie” whispers in the media have slowly turned into loud demands. It sure gets late awfully early around […]
SK @ May 14, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Let me tell you what really bothers me about baseball.
Steroids? Nope.
Bloated salaries and ticket prices? Not really. After all, anyone that paid attention in Econ 101 will tell you that’s simple supply and demand.
Roger Clemens hooking up with 15 year-old girls? Yea, that bothers me, but I’m guessing (hoping) that pedophilia isn’t a league-wide issue.
No, […]
Russell A @ May 1, 2008 # 2 Comments
George Vecsey of The New York Times wrote a heart warming article about a side of sports that we rarely see in today’s world: Sportsmanship.
He tells of a Women’s Division II softball matchup between Western Oregon and Central Washington. Sara Tucholsky hit a line drive over the fence for her first career home run at […]
SK @ February 28, 2008 # 2 Comments
As a self-professed homer, the one thing I can’t stand is a bandwagon jumper. I live and die with my teams, and I hate it when I see someone suddenly and inexplicably become a fan of the next hottest team. It’s just not right.
But it does make me wonder what all those brand new Patriots […]
SK @ February 23, 2008 # One Comment
Members of DeepSlant Nation may have noticed that we’ve refrained from discussing the Major League Baseball performance-enhancing drug clusterfuck for the most part. Mostly because we’re sick of the media’s 24/7 coverage of the damn thing.
But let me recap what’s happened on this front so far this year. Somehow, a former US Senator became an […]
Hasan H @ February 16, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Pitchers and catchers are heading to Florida and Arizona this week and I can’t wait for the baseball season to begin.
But before we get into a preview of the Senior Circuit, I feel like I have to come clean with something. I am going to admit that after the Mets’ brutal collapse last year, I quietly swore off of baseball for […]
Hasan H @ February 11, 2008 # No Comment Yet
New York’s beloved John Rocker is in the news again, this time claiming he took steroids in 2000 and MLB Commissioner Bud Selig turned a blind eye toward him despite knowing about his actions.
Rocker is a degenerate prick whose statements have no consequence in the steroid investigation. Bud Selig, as much as I dislike him and as […]
Russell A @ January 31, 2008 # No Comment Yet
I find myself with a lot of free time these days. And quite honestly, I’m not sure what to do with it.
Having grown up around the NY sports scene over the last 25 years, we’ve been spoiled. The Bronx gave us that dominant Yankee’s run in the late 90’s – early 2000’s. To pass time […]
Hasan H @ January 30, 2008 # No Comment Yet
The Mets will acquire Johan Santana from the Twins in exchange for four prospects.
Yes! Finally, the #1 Most Annoying Sports Story has met its end and what a sweet end it is! The baseball world remains in a state of shock but Mets fans, wherever they are, woke up this morning with broad smiles on their faces. Omar Minaya has struck again. And this […]