Baseball

I spent all last year writing a monthly baseball column on here called this month in baseball and now I will be blogging about America’s favorite pastime. If you read my column you should expect some of the same, I’ll chime in whenever something irks me, whenever something astounds me or whenever a new hottie […]

It always helps to have inside information when gambling. Here's some more proof: at the start of spring training, New York Yankees outfielder Hideki Matsui made a bet with teammates Derek Jeter and Bobby Abreu about which of the three would get married first. Matsui said that Jeter, who claims not to have a girlfriend, […]

A prediction: 36 to 48 months from now, at least one moronic pundit will go on and on about how those horrible Philly fans ran Ryan Howard out of town. Yes, just like with Curt Schilling, Scott Rolen, Charles Barkley, etc., the so-called expert will make that proclamation when Howard becomes a free agent and […]

The report by former Sen. George Mitchell on steroid use in baseball is out and it confirms what a lot of people long suspected — the use of performance enhancing drugs in the sport is widespread. Big names like Roger Clemens, Andy Pettitte, Mo Vaughn, John Rocker and Miguel Tejada were among those named. (The […]

From Friend of Outsports Deadspin comes this bizarre tale of of blowjobs, tennis and sleep. Short version: Dejon Bevins of the North Carolina State Wolfpack tennis team was arrested this week for performing oral sex on a guy. Who was asleep. There was a team party at one of the players apartment, the party broke […]

Thank you Boston Red Sox for doing your job and sweeping the Colorado Rockies to win the 2007 World Series. Their 4-3 win in Colorado on Sunday night meant a four game sweep of the previously hot Rockies. After Game 1 ended 13-1, the writing was on the wall and despite some nervous moments in […]

There's advantages to getting live sports events on television on the West Coast. Since the TV schedules, correctly, cater to the more populous Eastern time zone, we out West get to see the end of games at a decent hour, not 1:30 am. However, the downside is I'm in traffic coming home from work when […]

In an earlier post, I predicted the Boston Red Sox would win their World Series matchup over the Colorado Rockies in five games. Scratch that. The Sawx are going to sweep the Rockies. Game 1 tonight at Fenway Park was embarrassing as the Red Sox won 13-1; I don't see it getting any better for […]

I know what Cleveland Indians fans are going through tonight. The empty feeling that comes with watching your team blow a 3-1 lead in a best-of-seven series and not even really putting up a fight doing so. Seeing the California Angels (as they were then) implode in spectacular fashion in 1986 against the Boston Red […]

I started going to rock concerts in the early 70's. Back in those Prehistoric days of *gasp* no Internet, the deal for getting tickets was simple: you camped out at the box office at the venue for three days and whoever was there first got the front row center seats. Simplicity itself, really. Fast-forward to […]

ESPN headline tonight: “Rockies to play in 1st world series in team history.” The ESPN guys were getting pretty worked up about it. I have to agree with Jim Allen. Compared to the yawn that much baseball has been in recent years, the Rockies bring some underdog excitement. Some good young pitchers, some crisp hitting. […]

According to a report by ESPN The Magazine’s Buster Olney, when former Sen. George Mitchell releases the report on his investigation into steroids in major league baseball, it will be huge news. This information, Olney’s sources said, came in a conference call between all 30 teams and MLB lawyer Tom Carlucci. Carlucci is said to […]

Ugh, there has not been a decent series to date and the division series don’t look much better. Boston clubbed Cleveland, 10-3, in Game 1 of their series, and Colorado beat Arizona, 3-2, in 11 innings to go up 2-0 there heading to Denver. The Arizona-Colorado game ended at 2:45 a.m. Eastern and if anyone […]

I don't like making predictions in a public space, but here goes: the Colorado Rockies are going to win the National League pennant. Now, considering that the Rockies have have won 18 of their last 19 games (!!), that's a pretty timid prediction. On Thursday in Phoenix, the Rockies easily beat the Diamonbacks 5-1 in […]

Bud Selig is probably weeping about now, as is the rest of the people involved who give a damn about TV ratings for the baseball playoffs. Beelzebud's worst-case scenario for the National League came to pass on Saturday. Instead of the of the Chicago Cubs and Philadelphia Phillies, two teams with tales of woe that […]

4-0. 12-3. 10-5. 8-4. Those are some of the scores from a less than scintillating first two days of the baseball playoffs. Sadly for me, the 4-0 score is from the Red Sox beating the Angels and Ace John Lackey on Wednesday. As I told my friend who I go to Anaheim Stadium with "The […]

A few years ago my bosses gave me a Christmas present: a 2001 bottle of Cook’s Collector’s Series Brut California Champagne. I have no idea what any of that means, although apparently it’s technically considered sparkling wine and not actual champagne for some reason. However, in 2001 the Philadelphia Phillies, coming off a series of […]

As baseball heads in to its final weekend of the regular season, the New York Mets are possibly going to enter a dubious club: teams that have choked away a lead. Leading the National League East division for most of the season, the Amazin’ Mets were 7 games up with 17 to go. On Thursday, […]

As the 2007 season nears its end, the two New York baseball teams have headed in opposite directions lately. The Yankees started this year 21-29, tied for last place in the AL East with Tampa Bay. After play on July 7 they were 41-43 and 9 ½ games behind in the AL Wild Card race. […]

You may recall my previous discussion regarding annoying comedian/film "actor" Dane Cook's annoying ads for baseball's postseason. At the time I had just witnessed his message touting the New York Mets, they had a comfortable lead in the NL East over the Philadelphia Phillies. It's down to a game and a half going into play […]