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Sunday, August 21st, 2011
The Chicago Cubs finally did the inevitable on Friday, announcing the firing of general manager Jim Hendry a mere one month after actually firing him.
Wait, what?
According to Cubs owner Tom Ricketts, Hendry was actually canned on July 22. However, it somehow took until August 19 for Hendry to turn in ...
Posted in Chicago Cubs, MLB | 5 Comments »
Wednesday, August 17th, 2011
It's never a good sign when the best receiver in your team's history played during FDR's administration, but when Indiana's your team that's the type of thing that happens. (My buddy's grandfather is the still the leading rusher in DePaul history, but at least they gave up football before the ...
Posted in Indiana football, Indiana Hoosiers | No Comments »
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 ...
Posted in Houston Astros, MLB | 1 Comment »
Monday, August 8th, 2011
Tiger,
Apparently my request to become your new full-time caddie was lost somewhere in the internet ether. Understandable. It happens, being a super-popular guy such as yourself.
But after what happened this weekend, I just wanted to let you know that I'm still ready to pick up your bag if you need ...
Posted in Golf, Tiger Woods | 1 Comment »
Tuesday, August 2nd, 2011
In honor of Randy Moss' retirement on Monday, I have decided to run over a traffic cop we here at Rumors and Rants have been inspired to look back at some of the greatest rookie seasons in the history of sports. For this purpose, we'll focus on the four major ...
Posted in A Rumors and Rants History Lesson, MLB, NBA, NFL, NHL | 2 Comments »
Monday, July 25th, 2011
The Seattle Mariners set a franchise record with their 15th-straight loss Sunday -- a damn impressive feat for a team that finished below .500 its first 13 seasons.
In wake of the losing streak, and with all apologies to Paul Simon, we've decided there must be 15 ways to describe the ...
Posted in MLB, Seattle Mariners | 3 Comments »
Thursday, July 21st, 2011
On Wednesday, the New York Islanders made a major breakthrough in securing the team's future in Long Island.
They booked Blue Oyster Cult.
In an obvious effort to encourage Isles fans not to fear the reaper, the band of Long Island natives will play a free show on July 27 outside of ...
Posted in NHL | No Comments »
Thursday, July 21st, 2011
Dear Tiger,
I see that you parted ways with caddie Steve Williams after 12 years, and unless you plan on becoming the only player on the PGA Tour to lug his own clubs around you're going to need someone on the bag.
Look no further.
I have over 7 years of excellent looping ...
Posted in Golf, Hick Flick's ramblings, Tiger Woods | 5 Comments »
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 »
