Monday, October 31st, 2011
Apparently the man upstairs does work in mysterious ways.
Just one day after I decided my life would be better by swearing off sports, Cardinals manager Tony La Russa decided to retire. So to use a phrase that I never thought I would utter in my life: Thanks, Tony! I'm back!
Much ...
Posted in Baseball, Hick Flick's ramblings | 1 Comment »
Wednesday, October 26th, 2011
I'm sure Roger Clemens loves it when people call him Big Poppa, but I always figured The Rocket to be more of a Brooks & Dunn guy.
However on Tuesday, Clemens evoked Biggie Smalls in federal court in an effort to save himself some chedda/scrilla/dough. The seven-time Cy Young winner asked ...
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Tuesday, August 16th, 2011
World's Greatest Living Peorian Jim Thome (apologies to Joe Girardi) moved up in baseball's record books on Monday night by becoming the eighth player in big-league history to hit his 600th career home run. There will be no HBO special to capture the chase to this accomplishment (as far as ...
Posted in Chicks Man, MLB | 3 Comments »
Wednesday, August 10th, 2011
How bad are the Houston Astros?
We're glad you asked.
After Tuesday's loss to the Diamondbacks, Houston dropped to 40 games below .500 for the season. The Astros would have to go on a 43-3 tear in order to break even in 2011. Obviously that would be one of the unlikeliest scenarios ...
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Monday, July 11th, 2011
All across TV Land and the Forest of the Internets, people have spent much of Monday castigating Yankees fan Christian Lopez for his rather innocent decision to return Derek Jeter's 3,000th hit to Jeter rather than selling it off to the highest bidder.
Surely this attitude must be a joke, I ...
Posted in MLB, New York Yankees | 3 Comments »
Monday, June 20th, 2011
One of the most underrated elements of free agency in baseball is the involvement of a player's agent. Obviously agents negotiate the deals, but they also use their influence to steer players towards certain teams. If an agent has a solid prior relationship with a team, the likelihood that he ...
Posted in MLB, MLB Rumors, Rumors | 2 Comments »
Wednesday, July 7th, 2010
The World Cup is great. Really is. But it's still got nothing on baseball.
Yesterday, when the Netherlands scored to make it 3-1 in the second half, the commentators conceded that it was all but over and the Dutch were headed to the final. And this was with a good 20 ...
Posted in 2010 World Cup, Baseball, Colorado Rockies, St. Louis Cardinals | 53 Comments »
Friday, June 4th, 2010
Meet Phillips and many other blog luminaries in person at Blogs With Balls 3 in Chicago this weekend! - BWB
LeBron is planning a Stones-like world tour before he picks a team - Fanhouse
Not to celebrate an injury, which I'm not, I swear, but this ought to help team USA's chances ...
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Tuesday, May 11th, 2010
My roommate’s birthday was last week and as a supplementary gift his mom gave him two suite tickets for Monday’s Indianapolis Indians game.
It's 5:30 p.m. He walks into my room asking if I’d like to make a 7 p.m. first pitch. I figure it’s a Monday night, the tickets provide ...
Posted in Chicago Cubs, General, Indianapolis Indians, Jacque Jones, Minnesota Twins, Minor League Baseball, Rochester Red Wings | 3 Comments »
Friday, April 16th, 2010
There's been a minor hubbub about Yankees' fans treatment of Javier Vazquez in his first start at Yankee Stadium this year. Vazquez didn't pitch very well, but he wasn't awful either (5.1 IP, four runs, six hits). But depending on the which account you read, he either ...
Posted in MLB, Moron Fans, New York Yankees | 2 Comments »
