Archive for the ‘Los Angeles Dodgers’ Category

Heath Bell Makes Debut As Closer

Wednesday, April 8th, 2009

After roughly a decade and a half of Trevor Hoffman ruling their 'pen, the San Diego Padres have a new closer. Everyone's favorite Wii Fit user, Heath Bell, took the ball in the ninth inning last night with a 4-2 lead and shut the door on the Los Angeles Dodgers. ...

Just Manny Being Douchey

Monday, March 2nd, 2009

National unemployment continues to skyrocket. The stock market continues to tumble. The government continues to give more bailout money to companies with the worry that their collapse will cause some sort of catastrophe. And then on the other side of the table, we have Manny Ramirez and his agent, Scott Borass. ...

Andruw Jones Will Continue to Flail at Breaking Balls in Texas

Monday, February 9th, 2009

There is perhaps no sport that more often shows us just how quickly an athlete can go from extremely awesome to extremely terrible than baseball. You know, it's not that easy to hit a round ball with a round bat. Combine that with that whole no salary cap thing, and once-bigtime ...

The Rays’ Success Is Bad For Baseball

Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008

To put it into ultra-simplistic terms, our economy is screwed because people have been spending far too much money. People were given home loans they could not possibly pay back, thus killing several lending giants. A few years ago was the first time in a hell of a long time ...

Stairs-way To Heaven

Tuesday, October 14th, 2008

Seriously, Matt Stairs? That’s what you’re asking yourself if you’re a Los Angeles Dodgers fan. Against a lineup with the likes of Ryan Howard, Jimmy Rollins, Chase Utley and Pat Burrell, you get beat by 40-year old Matt Stairs? No one could have seen this coming. Well, no one besides Hickey's cousin ...