If someone had a right to sue God right now, it might be Charlie Weiss who is getting no help from Touchdown Jesus evidenced by the fact that the Catholic school has 0.. count ‘em up… 0 touchdowns. “Our God is vengeful! O spiteful one, show me who to smite and they shall be […]

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Okay, so harsh. Yea, but not my words. I’m of course quoting Brett Myers who will certainly get his share of media backlash after yesterday’s locker room mishap:
When Myers was asked about the two home runs, he said they were really “just pop ups.”
A reporter from the Philadelphia Inquirer questioned whether Myers really […]

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There’s a new method for evaluating your draft pools. An article today on Seamless Baseball discussed the notion of position scarcity; a concept which I’ve been taking into account in my drafts for a few seasons now and I’ve finally got a way to put numbers to it…so I’m stoked about that.
Really though, this […]

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Parents: do your kids get in the way of your enjoyment of sporting events. Here are two sure-fire ways to enjoy your sports after you become parents… oh, yea, and you’ll probably wind up in jail too. No biggie.
Bring ‘Em With
Earlier this month, a man was caught dragging his 10-year old son through […]

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If there is one stat in baseball that can’t be measured, its luck. Good luck and bad luck and the inability to predict on a day-by-day basis are what make it such a great sport to watch. But over the longhaul, there are many predictions that can be made. Its always been […]

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“I’m not worried about the Hall. I take care of me.”
With Barry’s home run slump, its given me some time to sit back and think more about what’s really at stake here, and who exactly the villains of the story are. Right now we have about a 50-50 split on fans for and […]

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Seriously? How did this happen?
How is it that in a sport where finesse is king that they are the first ones to finally get it right? Is it because they might be less likely to be using drugs and have less to risk? I don’t know, but this is bad, bad news […]

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Okay, so before you start going all Hollywood on us Lastings, don’t ya think it might help to play at least a full season in the bigs?
Well, I don’t know a whole lot about it, but Lastings Milledge, once a sure thing prospect, now becoming a bit of a question, put out a rap song […]

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37-7: Margin of victory in which Cal Rugby secured only their 22nd collegiate championship since 1980. It’s also their 4th in a row.
$15.1 million: Shaun Alexander’s salary, who revealed to reporters that his foot isn’t healed but its of no concern to him. Hopefully this is Shaun’s idea of a joke, but you […]

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Well, Since Phil Hughes got his first start less than a week ago, I get to slide him into this post too.
It’s been a great week to be a baseball fan, although its wreaking havoc on my keeper league team since the market just got flooded with top-notch talent. If you don’t know what […]

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