Archive for the ‘Baseball’ Category
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 ...
Posted in Baseball, Notorious B.I.G. | No Comments »
Wednesday, July 27th, 2011
Tuesday night my Twitter feed was inundated with NFL comings and goings. As was expected in the first day post-lockout.
But when I returned to the Twitter-verse on the late night, I found a thread much more enthralling than anything pigskin-related.
The Pittsburgh Pirates and Atlanta Braves were matched up in an ...
Posted in Atlanta Braves, Baseball, DJ Gallo, MLB, Pittsburgh Pirates | No Comments »
Wednesday, December 15th, 2010
Cliff Lee signing with Philadelphia gives the Phillies arguably one of the greatest rotations in baseball history. H20, or Roy Halladay, Cole Hamels and Roy Oswalt, just added baseball's most dominant lefty. Not bad work.
But it begs the question: Does it really matter who the Phillies' fifth starter is next ...
Posted in Baseball, Cliff Lee, MLB | 1 Comment »
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 »
Wednesday, August 5th, 2009
On Sunday, we learned that the San Diego Padres have officially given up on the Mark Prior Reclamation Project, putting a once incredibly promising career onto seemingly permanent ice.
On Monday, the Cincinnati Reds announced that promising young hurler Edinson Volquez underwent Tommy John surgery and will not be pitching for ...
Posted in Baseball, Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds, Dusty Baker, Edinson Volquez, Mark Prior | 6 Comments »
Tuesday, May 5th, 2009
In February, the Indiana High School Athletics Association unanimously approved a rule change allowing girls to try out for baseball and other boys’ sports. The rule change came about after Logan Young, a freshman at Bloomington South High School, and her parents sued, claiming that baseball and softball weren’t comparable ...
Posted in Baseball, General, Jennie Finch, Softball, Title IX | 5 Comments »
