tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-263594552012-02-03T09:57:33.270-05:00Grishnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1941100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26359455.post-74789554783912370302009-09-23T09:00:00.006-04:002009-09-23T09:22:57.487-04:00

Mark Reynolds: your jersey is on it's way in the mail. You are the man.Reynolds struck out for his 206th time last night, breaking his own record last year of 204. His reaction? "So what." A logical and calm reaction from a dude who is pretty damn good at hitting a baseball.But Mike and Mike -- purveyors of certain things in the "morning" -- well they think he sucks. Maybe they don't think he

Grishnoreply@blogger.com249tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26359455.post-35652094882229018232009-08-23T21:19:00.001-04:002009-08-23T21:21:33.808-04:00

"Announcing" tonight's Yankees/Red Sox game re: the Texas Rangers."No team in baseball hustles more than they do. They just play the game the right way."Fuck off Joe Morgan.

Grishnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26359455.post-62255597496239594682009-08-21T16:37:00.001-04:002009-08-21T16:38:16.006-04:00

"I don't understand why the strikeout is such a bad stat," Reynolds says. "I know when you have a man on third and less than two outs and you punch out, it's not good. But if there's a man on first and one out and you hit a weak ground ball to second base and it's a double play, what good does that do? If I strike out, at least the guy on deck still has a chance."That is all.

Grishnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26359455.post-45997449691477389972009-06-29T22:34:00.004-04:002009-06-29T23:01:27.719-04:00

But to be fair, they are paying for their news (sorry papers!). There actually isn't too much stupidity in the text of this article by Phil Rodgers -- who looks a lot like a young Roger Ebert -- but the assertion should be grounds for termination.Perfect time for Cubs to waive bye-bye to Carlos ZambranoReally guys, if you want to make me work you can't just slap together "awesome player should be

Grishnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26359455.post-71893808669017556722009-06-22T16:58:00.003-04:002009-06-22T17:33:28.666-04:00

I love Joe Morgan. Not the ball player and especially not the analyst. But I love the man for spawning the funniest web site ever. Do I need to say it?But with that beautiful site gone, Joe has gone unscathed as of late. But fear not, cause HR's got your back.It's been real interesting in the last couple years as I've watched how the importance of statistics has taken over how to analyze a

Grishnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26359455.post-5100720058989570152009-06-18T13:03:00.004-04:002009-06-18T13:51:39.006-04:00

*It's been a long time since I've posted. But in all honesty, I haven't found a whole lot to gripe about. I really hope the Boston Herald/NY Post/SI.com set hasn't had some overhaul where they stop being dumbasses. But here's the first salvo in what will hopefully be a summer filled with bullshit.*Who's the most important player on a basketball team? The point guard, probably. He handles the ball

Grishnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26359455.post-68824921161793167812009-05-10T12:49:00.003-04:002009-05-10T13:47:51.416-04:00

Following the Boston Red Sox for some time, I have seen more than my fair share of players run out of town for not living up to insane expectations day one into their Boston careers.Julio Lugo -- a favorite punching bag of Sox fans -- is probably next. The fact he's lasted into the third year of a four-year contract is actually astounding.Tony Massarotti, who is quickly becoming my new favorite

Grishnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26359455.post-15103151846955140982009-04-23T13:55:00.003-04:002009-04-23T14:03:00.692-04:00

BBT -- one of the bastions of mis-information and vapid analysis on the sport -- runs a little fantasy sidebar with their box scores. How cute, they're embracing fantasy baseball, something Kruk probably has no idea about and Vina has never even heard of.One random note I had to write down beacuse it exemplifies just how valuable the Fantasy Impact on BBT can be:Floyd (SD) to have MRI on

Grishnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26359455.post-56236623911277475882009-04-07T21:21:00.003-04:002009-04-07T22:52:38.284-04:00

We are officially one day into the MLB season and you know what that means -- everything we need to know, we know already. Nothing will change. Let's play the World Series now and get ready for the NFL draft.I'm kidding, of course. It really takes about a month before we know the Cy Young, MVP, best teams and division winners.But two things are 100% fact -- Careston Charles Sabathia is an awful

Grishnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26359455.post-73276538117077304472009-03-15T18:05:00.003-04:002009-03-15T18:09:48.672-04:00

The series-long Japan slob-fest train keeps on chuggin.Paraphrasing some guy (does it even matter anymore?): "Moving station to station, situational hitting, good, solid defense, throwing strikes, the strikeout when you need it. That's winning baseball."So...Scoring runs, not giving up more runs than you score, moving from first to home, hitting the baseball, catching the baseball, throwing the

Grishnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26359455.post-68043302578030858632009-03-05T10:06:00.003-05:002009-03-05T10:27:12.597-05:00

In a move that surprises no one, the Washington Redskins signed recently cut wide out Terrel Owens for 15 years at half a billion dollars.Owner Daniel Snyder said in conference call that while the contract seems high -- especially in this economy -- it was market value. "T.O. is a valuable player. His combination of route running, making the big play, feuding with coaches and hating teammates,

Grishnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26359455.post-18342010040015799252009-03-04T13:34:00.005-05:002009-03-04T14:16:31.141-05:00

If you don't know who it is, you must not be a Yankee fan.Yeah, it's Jeter.The trendy thing to do among skeptics, cynics and statistical analysts is to diminish who Derek Jeter is, what Jeter is, what he brings to the ballpark every day.The trendy thing to do among [moron sports writers], [idiots] and [talking heads] is to [inflate to insane proportions] who [slightly above average baseball

Grishnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26359455.post-51744159681407034222009-03-02T17:05:00.003-05:002009-03-02T17:51:14.929-05:00

I knew this was coming. Jay Cutler -- in nearly everyones eyes a franchise QB in the making -- is angry about "being lied to" by the Broncos about a possible trade that fell through.But no, in the world of Sports (caps for seriousness) you must put the team above all else. Front office lies to you? Suck it up, wimp. You are the talk of trade rumors coming off a Pro Bowl season and only 24 years

Grishnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26359455.post-34103441152987732852009-02-23T19:05:00.003-05:002009-02-23T19:40:35.474-05:00

And no, I'm not talking about Mickey Rourke losing to Sean Penn last night. I am talking about Richard Justice -- who, apparently, is dumb.When I say "winning football team in Texas," who do you think of? No, not the Oilers. It's the Cowboys. The sports model of why the terrorists hate us. They've got T.O. and Romo -- prototypes of their respective positions. A crazy owner and the most famous

Grishnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26359455.post-75362019979773856372009-02-13T10:56:00.003-05:002009-02-13T11:58:28.714-05:00

Adam Dunn -- OBP and home run machine -- just signed a two-year, $20 million deal with the Nationals. Aside from it being the Nationals, good for him. As a player the majority of the baseball talking/writing heads continually rip on, I love him.But still, "His defense sucks! All he can do it hit homers. Walks are borrrrrrrrrring."I pretty much summed up this article.One would surmise that Dunn

Grishnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26359455.post-19319013514809638362009-02-09T12:02:00.003-05:002009-02-09T12:27:47.078-05:00

That is really the only explanation of him suggesting that the Yankees cut the alleged steroid abuser, A-Rod.I've stumbled across a lot of moronic, sensationalist and ill-informed sports writing over the past year or so since I've been actively looking for it. But I am not exaggerating when I say this is the absolute dumbest.Now that A-Rod's pursuit looks as counterfeit as Bonds', they should do

Grishnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26359455.post-72189879268168990092009-02-02T12:09:00.005-05:002009-02-02T12:29:32.625-05:00

A game was played last night. It was exciting - at least quarters two and four, where 44 of the 50 points were scored - and much better than people thought it was going to be.But best ever? Ahh how we over-exaggerate recent memories.Snap judgments require making quick, rapid-fire assessments, but I think even upon further review, with lots of time to mull things over, I'd still come to the same

Grishnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26359455.post-53495729120911115652009-01-09T10:17:00.005-05:002009-01-09T10:57:25.713-05:00

[Update]Jay Mariotti chimed in with this ridiculous column yesterday. His blog on AOL is now required reading for me: Down in these parts, where college football is part religion and part psychosis, they like to say Superman wears Tebow pajamas. I'm thinking that's an understatement. I'm thinking if Tebow heads to Wall Street next week, the economic crisis instantly will end. I'm thinking he

Grishnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26359455.post-13920342073749162142009-01-08T15:30:00.002-05:002009-01-08T16:52:57.614-05:00

When a talking head speaks the phrase, "I'm not a numbers guy", what usually follows is a string of idiotic anecdotes and cherry-picked "stats" to seem edgy or against the public opinion. They are almost always wrong and always hilarious.ESPN Radio's resident talking head king, Colin Cowherd used that dreaded line to precede this gem: Vincent Jackson (SD wide-out) is better than T.O. - who should

Grishnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26359455.post-12307846882126887272009-01-08T12:26:00.003-05:002009-01-08T13:05:36.869-05:00

College football is not my cop of tea. Sure, I'll watch bowl games and big regular season games, but the whole BCS system is undeniably stupid.The Utah Utes went 13-0 this season. Not the first time a crappy conference team went undefeated and it won't be the last.Rick Reilly, in all his (see: interns) photoshopping glory, has crowned Utah the national champs after they beat number four ranked

Grishnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26359455.post-65649480136774554822009-01-05T18:44:00.003-05:002009-01-05T19:18:29.635-05:00

As far as sports stats are concerned, football is third - miles behind baseball and quite a ways behind basketball.So I am all for networks throwing random stats - however silly they may be - at me to look at while Madden tries to pronounce Brandon Manumaleuna. It's cute that they're trying!Phil Mushnick - who I can only assume is the progenitor of a group of monsters known as the Mushnicks -

Grishnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26359455.post-66827594648544177732009-01-05T11:08:00.003-05:002009-01-05T11:39:08.274-05:00

It's NFL playoff time and that means the team/player/coach with the most heart, guts, ability to run the ball/stop said run will obviously win the Super Bowl.It also means some games may go to overtime, as some teams are equally matched. This happened with San Diego/Indy over the weekend, a game in which the Chargers won after winning the coin flip.This one instance means the coin flip sucks as a

Grishnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26359455.post-77614100963407784342009-01-02T11:56:00.003-05:002009-01-02T12:17:33.749-05:00

Peyton Manning - who is only a few steps away from becoming the new Favre - has won his third MVP in a landslide.Is him winning the worst thing in the world? No, not really. He was good in a season where there were no LDTs or Shaun Alexanders (remember him?) smashing TD records.Manning received 38 points. Adrian Peterson, who finished second, had 15.5 points.Where did Manning rank amongst the

Grishnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26359455.post-80411767988056937642009-01-01T17:21:00.003-05:002009-01-01T18:26:41.603-05:00

And I'm not talking about Favre, I am talking about Wojo.Just kidding. I am talking about both of them.Let's add another chapter to the "It's more than numbers, it's about heart. And wins" book of idiocy. This chapter's title? "2008 Aaron Rodgers SUCKS when compared to 2008 Favre."Rodgers: 3807 YDS/28 TD: 13 INT/93.8 QB RatingJeans monger: 3259 YDS/22 TD: 22 INT/81.0 RatingPretty cut and dry,

Grishnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26359455.post-45359323227637711122008-11-18T11:22:00.004-05:002008-11-18T11:50:44.672-05:00

Well at least they got it right in the end. Pujols won his second MVP award. But with Manny and CC involved, the voting was not without its blatant stupidities.Mr. Tom Haudricourt of the Brewers Blog (hint!) had quite the ballot, which he exposed (foolishly) for all to see. It's as follows:Here's the way I voted: 1. Ryan Howard, Phil 2. CC Sabathia, Mil 3. Manny Ramirez, LA 4. Carlos Delgado, NY

Grishnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26359455.post-15456901867057363692008-11-14T01:38:00.003-05:002008-11-14T02:12:33.278-05:00

Fire Joe Morgan.You may be gone, but you'll never be forgotten.This one's for you.Cold Hard Football Facts claims to be all analytical and shit about all things football. But really they are fairly wrong, fairly often. They express opinion as fact and will not get away with it. Not on my watch!Best QBs ever. Go.2. JOE MONTANA (San Francisco, 1979-92; Kansas City, 1993-94) Best season (1989): 271

Grishnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26359455.post-45325301828654405422008-10-01T11:52:00.004-04:002008-10-01T12:25:27.239-04:00

The Minnesota Twins and the Chicago White Sox played the second straight one-game playoff for a chance to play the Rays in the ALDS. Exciting stuff. One game to rule them all and in the darkness bind them.Scott Jensen has a history of hating the thrifty (because they have to be) Twins. Even saying they do not care about winning - especially not in the playoffs.But his latest is one step away from

Grishnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26359455.post-54483527922093361342008-09-30T15:17:00.006-04:002008-09-30T16:14:57.463-04:00

Gene "Copy/paste my last name because it's crazy" Wojciechowski loves him the Ted Lilly. So much in fact that he insists he should be the number two starter for the Cubs in their upcoming playoff series, not Carlos Zambrano.I'm fine with this, they're pretty close. It is sure to be an interesting, level-headed article filled with facts and numbers about why Lilly should be number two.Just

Grishnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26359455.post-49878931948400607892008-09-29T18:27:00.003-04:002008-09-29T18:29:37.675-04:00

[The non-football one]: "CC Sabathia SHOULD ABSOLUTELY BE THE NL MVP."*Wipes brain matter off laptop monitor*

Grishnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26359455.post-77958218803984098722008-09-25T11:18:00.003-04:002008-09-25T11:57:39.170-04:00

I nominate Manny Ramirez as the man who spawned the most articles in 2008. Favre is second. The Mets and their "collapse" are third. But all this "Manny for MVP" talk is getting to the point where I think he's going to win the damn thing.Which would be insane.No, not him. Anybody but him. You can already hear it. Welcome to late September. There it goes: "Manny Aristides Ramirez, the 2008 NL

Grishnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26359455.post-48772713839566041962008-09-22T14:38:00.004-04:002008-09-22T15:33:05.413-04:00

Jon Heyman makes it no secret that he HATES the VORP stat - going so far as to call those who like it "VORPies."It's this fear of anything new that makes me hate mainstream sportswriters.Them being dumb doesn't help much, though.ONCE AGAIN, VORP HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH MVPNo thing. Not even one thing.Here's the top five in NL MVP voting last year with their corresponding VORP:Rollins - 15Holliday

Grishnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26359455.post-16148234242070537752008-09-17T20:49:00.005-04:002008-09-17T22:35:43.262-04:00

Or something like that.Look, I love me the Manny Ramirez. I felt he was wrongfully run out of Boston and it's no surprise to me he is hitting .565 with 75 homers and 290 RBI.But there is no fucking way he is the MVP of the National League. Most people know this from one simple stat:43 games played.That is not a full baseball season.Jon Heyman says fuck you. There is no way Pujols, Wright, Howard,

Grishnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26359455.post-47015528802055496822008-09-10T22:15:00.003-04:002008-09-10T23:48:12.534-04:00

I am about to challenge you to solve the easiest mystery ever. Ready?There's an article. It's about old quarterbacks.Guess who's in it?Here's a fogeyish thing to do. It's the sporting equivalent of babbling about those days when we all had to walk five miles to school through the snow, uphill, both ways. Great way to start an article. "I am about the whine and complain about something that I

Grishnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26359455.post-64438058412749817082008-09-08T11:59:00.003-04:002008-09-08T12:34:07.398-04:00

Did you hear? Some footballer named Tom Brady got hurt. I've never heard of him, but ESPN seems to be shitting themselves. And hey, Tim Rattay and Jeff George are back in the headlines, so it has to be good.Micheal Connelly - who's "Top Ten" blog is a representation of everything wrong with blogging, filled with random facts, fragmented thoughts and incomplete sentences - is goin' off the rails

Grishnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26359455.post-56925649292880075922008-09-06T22:41:00.003-04:002008-09-06T22:55:23.613-04:00

Because really, Brett Myers is not a better pitcher than a certain portly Brewer hired gun who will make a cazillion dollars next season.Ted Keith thinks otherwise.THE NL'S BEST PITCHER OF THE LAST MONTH IS NOT NAMED CC SABATHIAMaybe this is a trick and it'll be like "His name is Carl Christopher Sabathia" and be a really well-written article about how freakin' nuts Sabathia has been over the

Grishnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26359455.post-74143733324604927222008-09-05T22:47:00.000-04:002008-09-05T22:04:46.752-04:00

[This is the first in what I hope to be regular comparison series of sports teams and musical artists.]I wrote briefly about the Warriors when they toppled the heavily favored Dallas Mavericks in last year's NBA playoffs. To me and many others, they were the most exciting team in the playoffs and one of the most entertaining teams to watch in a long while. They (and, to a lesser degree, the Suns)

Grishnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26359455.post-33543625399061880232008-09-04T13:50:00.003-04:002008-09-04T14:09:32.637-04:00

At least according to my favorite site, Cold Hard Football Facts.com. The 10-6 Giants whom outscored opponents by 22 points/game, won every playoff game narrowly, have Eli Manning as QB, blah blah blah.If they are better than 8-8 this season I will personally email someone at CHFF and apologize. I mean it.The Giants kick off the 2008 NFL season tonight as defending Super Bowl champs and No. 1 in

Grishnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26359455.post-45051562289544980102008-09-03T19:11:00.003-04:002008-09-03T22:36:19.836-04:00

During the telecast of the Tampa/NY Yankees, the indelible Rick Sutcliffe (who was repeating someone else, I assume the TB pitching coach) said something to effect:"He [Edwin Jackson] could have 15 wins with some run support."Thirty seconds later I found...Edwin Jackson: 5.37 runs scored per nine.That is in the top 35 in baseball. Fifteenth in the AL. Come on Tampa, get over 6.5 runs, Eddy needs

Grishnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26359455.post-92180296594929588652008-09-03T12:14:00.007-04:002008-09-04T13:45:49.760-04:00

Just kidding. But over here in MA, it seems a forgone conclusion that one of these pasty fellers will win it. I mean come on, they're on the Sawx, they're white (one's even Jewish!) and - most importantly - they hustle. Not like that lazy-ass (see: non-white) Manny Ramirez.From fan chantin' (always the best barometer for who should win the MVP) to Ozzie Guillen lovin' to media drummin' - it seems

Grishnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26359455.post-47424039642398017192008-08-20T23:34:00.006-04:002008-09-04T13:40:27.740-04:00

For this truly absurd article. Let the title wash over you. It’s Time for the Cardinals to Trade PujolsNow you, being an intelligent (see: brain having) person would say, "Mr. Jensen, why in holy Hell would the Cardinals trade the best fucking hitter on the planet?"My answer: They wouldn't because they are not morons.I love boldness. I loved the Angels trade for Mark Teixeira (.383/.472/

Grishnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26359455.post-24158127484207504342008-08-17T13:05:00.007-04:002008-08-17T14:10:17.325-04:00

"They just aren't clicking" is one my (least) favorite sports writer cliches. It's use comes from this thought process:*writer's brain*"I can't think of any reason why this team/player isn't doing well. They have all the talent in the world and should be better, but I don't feel like looking up stats or coming up with a real answer so I'll just write 'they just aren't clicking.' Beautiful."The

Grishnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26359455.post-60409699468863028962008-08-13T22:43:00.004-04:002008-08-13T23:30:22.382-04:00

Ahh football season. Just when baseball is wearing out it's welcome, it comes along to stem the boredom and boost post numbers with awful writing.Cold Hard Football Facts is quickly becoming my favorite site. Not because it's good or anything, but because it's so damn fun to read what drivel they espouse as fact.CHFF boasts the most accurate power rankings on the web.Differ, I beg to do it.1. NEW

Grishnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26359455.post-7110982247335031102008-08-12T21:33:00.003-04:002008-08-12T22:44:28.821-04:00

From what I can only assume is the NY Post of the UK, the Daily Mail seems like a pretty insane publication. They have been key engineers in the ever-growing fear-mongering machine aimed at these new fangled Ptendo360 video games for a while now, producing absurdly sensationalist anti-video game propaganda.But this takes the cake and just may be the most uneducated, incorrect and just plain dumb

Grishnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26359455.post-22763564848804884332008-08-11T22:03:00.003-04:002008-08-11T22:15:10.884-04:00

Guy #1: "Hey, did you see [popular Olympian] [do whatever he/she does] last night?"Guy #2: "Yeah bro, [Michael Phelps] was awesome. But how about [someone who overcame some form of adversity]?"Guy #1: "I know, crazy coming back from [cancer/missing limb/communism/shortness] and getting to the big stage."Guy #1: "That opening ceremony was the shit!"Guy #2: "I hear that, but I feel conflicted

Grishnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26359455.post-50315979741909397172008-08-05T20:10:00.003-04:002008-08-05T21:08:04.394-04:00

Francisco (whom is now known as "Frankie," probably due to the desire to Americanize everything) Rodriguez is the crown prince of cashing in big-time on the Jerome Holtzman invention - the save. I don't think any modern pitcher has benefited more from that pointless stat.He has 42 this season and is "on pace" to "fucking destroy" Bobby Thigpen's record of 57 with 65. Wheeeeee trivial numbers are

Grishnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26359455.post-3349933106726711372008-08-01T19:30:00.003-04:002008-08-02T10:18:16.862-04:00

Then maybe I could get some Styx vinyl on the cheap.You're all sick of the Manny deal, so let's put the nail in the coffin.For years, the Red Sox have not been able to deal Manny Ramírez because they couldn't receive fair market value for him.And you know something? They didn't get it this time.I would say they received between 80-90 cents on the dollar for Manny - who is 36 and likely to make

Grishnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26359455.post-45249820457554463622008-07-31T21:57:00.004-04:002008-07-31T22:19:43.772-04:00

You guessed it, this is about Manny.I await the torrent of bird-brained articles in the coming hours with baited breath, but the Dugout Central has given me this little nugget:What is so bad now that has Manny not hustling? This lack of hustle and work ethic, regardless of his career numbers, is inexcusable. For those who think that it doesn’t matter, you are DEAD WRONG.All of the positives that

Grishnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26359455.post-54665299918189845302008-07-27T14:59:00.004-04:002008-07-27T15:19:16.128-04:00

This week, at least.Pretty much every Boston sports writer is straining their hack muscles writing about Manny Ramirez."He's quit on the team!" "He's not a great hitter anymore!" "He is too fucking weird!"That last one is probably true. The others, not so much.But now, the truth: Manny is just not a "gamer."In the series opener, the Sox simply could not put their best team on the field. Oh, to be

Grishnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26359455.post-25797341128688366662008-07-27T13:59:00.004-04:002008-07-27T15:30:27.311-04:00

This time, Tony Massarotti of the Boston Herald is the culprit. Channeling the spirit of Shaughnessy, Massarotti is the latest writer to run a first ballot Hall of Fame hitter out of Boston.Until now, Manny Ramirez had the talent to offset the attitude. But the simple truth today is that he is overplaying his hand.I was under the impression that the term "overplaying his hand" meant giving away

Grishnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26359455.post-44022121740612492532008-07-26T16:46:00.004-04:002008-07-27T14:03:30.168-04:00

What in God's name would Dan Shaughnessy (and every Boston sports writer) do without Manny Ramirez? Cry? Cower under their desks? Actually write thoughtful pieces? The horror!Curly Headed Boyfriend now apparently knows - for an iron-clad fact - that Ramirez is done with the Red Sox. This is not an opinion. This appears in the sports section. Of a newspaper.NOW HE'S A GUARANTEED OUTPretty brash

Grishnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26359455.post-18252637196982920772008-07-26T01:36:00.007-04:002008-07-27T15:41:24.440-04:00

For a site with the word "facts" in it, coldhardfootballfacts.com doesn't strike me as very factual. Perusing the front page I see "Most Overrated" (which promises to "bitch-slap hype") and "Underrated" quarterbacks articles, two phenomena that cannot actually be measured. Also, gaze upon this from the "Icy Issues" for the AFC South: "But those are just the anecdotes. Consider the Cold, Hard

Grishnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26359455.post-1351168297884493172008-07-23T19:31:00.004-04:002008-07-23T20:15:17.139-04:00

Want to know the secret to being a writer for ESPN?Articles like this.In all reality, Jeffri Chadiha's article is "10 players that are good in the NFL" but with the buzz word-y "indispensables."MVPs you say? Shut up, Chadiha says. Tough to write you say (sarcastically)? You bet your ass it is, Chadiha says.After going through a bunch of painfully obvious names (Tom Brady?! Peyton Manning?!!?!?!?)

Grishnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26359455.post-5639071186091511912008-07-22T12:34:00.004-04:002008-07-22T13:04:01.936-04:00

Because if not, he's full of doo-doo.Maybe we should overreact and just say that Dustin Pedroia is morphing into Boston's Pete Rose.Maybe we shouldn't.Vince Carter is the next Jordan!That's Pete Rose - without the switch hitting, without the boys' regular haircut, without the betting slips.Those, but also without the 24-year career and like 4,000 hits. Other than that, they're the same.Pedroia

Grishnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26359455.post-88012219031992617012008-07-22T10:50:00.002-04:002008-07-22T12:09:35.634-04:00

How about making fun of an asinine article about the console wars? THE ULTIMATE PROOF SONY IS WINNING OK, I'll bite. There is absolutely no way Mrs. Wells can prove this. None. The only argument one can make for who is "winning" (after a little more than a year, which is moronic) is Nintendo (pure sales) and/or Microsoft (absurd amount of money they make online). That's it. Sure, Sony has a

Grishnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26359455.post-81045925288333668082008-07-21T12:01:00.006-04:002008-07-21T13:01:04.449-04:00

It's amazing what a sweep will do to the psyche of the fragile Boston media."We were swept by the West leaders and a team with one of the best records in baseball. Two of the games were two-run affairs! The sky is falling! The Rays are going to win 110 games! The Yankees will catch up!"And to complete the fear-mongering, trade demands!Well, I'm convinced. The Red Sox aren't winning anything of

Grishnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26359455.post-91545241315870396612008-07-19T18:13:00.004-04:002008-07-19T18:46:57.716-04:00

Whilst watching the Red Sox/Angels on Fox this afternoon, the announcers (whose names I cannot/don't care to find) were talking about the glory that is the sac bunt - a move so difficult, so useful to a baseball team, that only the whitest, least talented players on a team are entrusted to perform it.Apparently (and I am paraphrasing here), in the Angels minor league system hitters are required -

Grishnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26359455.post-79965773145746795822008-07-17T11:51:00.005-04:002008-07-17T12:16:53.507-04:00

In a prime example of a long-tenured sportswriter doing whatever the fuck he wants, Bob Ryan of the Boston Globe is emptying out his brain all over the paper - which is just a bullet list of random crap that he thinks. Sounds awesome!The New Orleans Hornets should know that in James Posey they are getting a pure mercenary, totally devoid of sentiment. But he has walked the championship walk in

Grishnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26359455.post-33278268167303997622008-07-16T11:22:00.004-04:002008-07-16T12:28:20.375-04:00

The All-Star game was last night/this morning and I really wanted it to be a tie, just to see the mayhem that would have ensued. But alas, there was no rioting in the Big Apple.If there's two things I was sure I would read today they would be a) What a game! and b) The Yankees are great. And the NY Post sure delivered - a brand of crazy nepotism, that is.IT'S MO'S WORLDRivera shines; Pap, Billy,

Grishnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26359455.post-18880139500484653372008-07-15T13:21:00.003-04:002008-07-15T13:47:19.080-04:00

Last night's Home Run Derby was another chapter in coming out party of Josh Hamilton of the Texas Rangers. After overcoming drug addiction (not immediately, a while ago), he belted 28 homers in one round - a Derby record.But the night was not fully Hamilton's, as evil Justin Morneau of the Minnesota Twins stole the trophy from him.There is justice in this world though, as the Curse of the Home

Grishnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26359455.post-27689203051172802672008-07-13T22:39:00.007-04:002008-07-13T23:26:28.523-04:00

Everytime I thought I stumbled upon a juicy "All-Star Snubs" or "Mid-season Awards" article - rife with innaccuracy and tomfoolery - I was appalled to find none. So someone had to be the fall guy. That guy is the John Romano.I do feel happy for Tampa Bay sports writers - they actually have stuff to write about now. But this one is ... well I don't want to accuse anyone of anything (yet), so you

Grishnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26359455.post-55355673081723649532008-07-07T22:37:00.006-04:002008-07-07T23:53:41.563-04:00

I know it's not the right word, but I already used slobber-fest and this just sounds so right.You've heard this song before: Favre ain't done! That salt and pepper bearded, blue jean wearin, gunslinging, playing like a big ol' kid Brett Favre is back (maybe)(probably?).Wojo, make me crazy.Did Green Bay Packers management get dropped on its head as an infant? Tumble down a long row of Lambeau

Grishnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26359455.post-13134452951883271822008-07-07T10:54:00.005-04:002008-07-07T22:40:55.085-04:00

Ahh MLB's trading deadline. It has to be one of the easiest times to be a baseball writer."Team X leads the player Y sweepstakes!!!!!!""Here's some cockamamie trade scenario!"Or, in Jayson Stark's case, "The trading deadline totally sucks."So before we get too close to that onrushing deadline, and before we all get too carried away with rumor-mania, we'd just like to slip in the following

Grishnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26359455.post-6426139829955621142008-07-03T11:04:00.004-04:002008-07-03T12:07:29.482-04:00

Cardinals manager Tony La Russa can do the follow things, if all the features on him are to be trusted: cure cancerfly (more like a glide, but still amazing)manage the shit out of teamseat a 60 oz. steak and still be hungrydrive drunkThat last one may or may not have a feature on it. Gerry Fraley, go where hundreds have gone before.Tony La Russa has pulled every gadget from his managerial bag of

Grishnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26359455.post-85263142541767677182008-06-30T23:59:00.002-04:002008-07-01T00:07:55.693-04:00

Link that tricked me: "Is Tampa Bay baseball's best team?"Me: No.Rankings: Rays 1, Sox 2, Cubs 3.RS/RA differential ranks:Cubs +94White Sox +87Red Sox/Phillies +72A's +59Rays +56My use of colons: excessive.

Grishnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26359455.post-38095436058168306742008-06-30T23:00:00.006-04:002008-06-30T23:55:25.467-04:00

Curt Schilling is near the end of his career. His Hall candidacy will be much-talked about until 2013-14, mainly because he's not a "stat" guy as much he was a "big game" guy.Robert Moyer, at my beloved DugoutCentral.com, is a "big game" guy guy.Stats are great. I love stats. At times in my life I have literally lived them, and better ones are being developed constantly.Me too! Wanna have a beer

Grishnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26359455.post-22720128179157205452008-06-30T11:16:00.004-04:002008-06-30T15:15:22.564-04:00

So Jemele Hill is back after a little suspension for some Hitler name-dropping (hey, it happens).Her newest claims that the West is totally overrated. The whole thing actually boils down to the sports-writer axiom "defense wins championships." Yawn.The West (the bad conference) has totally unexciting 110-109 wins, that often involve creative offense, big name players going back and forth and

Grishnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26359455.post-6221834656544136602008-06-28T12:37:00.002-04:002008-06-28T12:40:50.110-04:00

Hooker wins 100-meter dash in 10.76 secondsThere must have been a crack rock at the finish line or something.

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Here.They have twice as many teams as 95% of other cities. Either shut up or they automatically win.

Grishnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26359455.post-54373310499290025192008-06-27T12:05:00.002-04:002008-06-27T12:33:10.807-04:00

The opposite of the "it's May, this guys rules!" is the "it's not April, things have changed!" They're similarly inane and pointless, with each having equal weight (none).APRIL SEEMS SO LONG AGOBrandon Webb: Unbeatable! He didn't go 35-0?Webb was 6-0 in April (and won his first nine starts). Since then, he's gone 2-4 in seven starts.So he's really 5-4 after April?In those seven starts:The D-backs

Grishnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26359455.post-43802729412819573942008-06-26T16:58:00.002-04:002008-06-26T17:00:29.072-04:00

Although I've had some articles up on dugoutcentral.com, this most recent one, about the rumored Oswalt to Yankees for Cano/Kennedy deal, appearing on the YES Network is pretty rad.ESPN, call me up!

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I am a pretty big NBA fan. Now, I don't get paid to write about it, so I doubt I know more than Chris Mannix at SI.com.His article, mock drafting the NBA, might make me reconsider.Before reading this, I quickly threw together my top eleven. Keep in mind this took all of ten minutes and I didn't have player ages handy. I also really overlooked Yao. Oops.1. LeBron James - duh2. Chris Paul - ditto3.

Grishnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26359455.post-51481790208630398112008-06-24T10:56:00.001-04:002008-06-24T10:56:58.996-04:00

When two of my loves converge into a Reese's peanut butter cup of awesome, I have to take the opportunity to write about it. A while back, I made a play list of songs that I deemed good for use during a baseball game. Well I am going to do it again. And yes, I am an uncreative jerk."Hey Muscles, I Love You" - MusclesUsage: wheneverThere was no way I was going to do this and not include Muscles.

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Dr. Z at SI.com is one of the most respected football writers around. So with the NBA Finals over and baseball being the only cat in town for a few months, football columns are starting to slowly creep out.The good Dr. picks the Vikings to win it all. The Tarvaris Jackson-led Vikings. Yeah...And I know where we're headed. Tarvaris Jackson, QB. Just 25 years old. Fine athlete, terrific scrambler,

Grishnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26359455.post-63293144370327596432008-06-22T12:25:00.003-04:002008-06-22T13:15:23.657-04:00

They're as common as the "this guy is having a killer May! MVP! MVP!" It's the "what a surprise this season has been so far!" Really? Everything didn't play out exactly as we though it would? You're kidding. Imagine if on April 1 I had told you that the two best lefty starters in the AL were going to be Cleveland's Cliff Lee and Chicago's John Danks (or maybe the Angels' Joe Saunders and the Red

Grishnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26359455.post-42617741069294409092008-06-20T22:03:00.004-04:002008-06-20T22:18:37.587-04:00

A recent SI poll of 495 MLB players pegged Jeter as the most overrated player in the game. Ten percent of those polled voted for the Yankee captain.Huzzah!But in the previous edition of the poll, Jeter ranked second in "dude you'd want to build a team around" to A-rod.*Frown*Not like Hanley Ramirez, Ryan Braun, Brandon Webb, Jake Peavy, Ryan Howard, David Wright, or Chase Utley?Hit it Jason

Grishnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26359455.post-32900247274419683662008-06-19T11:29:00.006-04:002008-06-20T10:44:47.534-04:00

Update: According to ESPN, Ricciardi has apologized after pissing off baseball-hating Adam Dunn.Adam Dunn is the darling of many stat geeks, myself included. He's a "three true outcomes" player (K, BB, HR), doesn't run well or play very good defense and remains one of the most under appreciated hitters in baseball.JP Ricciardi, GM of the currently last in the AL East Toronto Blue Jays, dunnit

Grishnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26359455.post-35909977842440395222008-06-18T16:36:00.004-04:002008-06-18T16:41:48.494-04:00

Go read this if you're bored. It is amazingly crazy. I thought about responding but I have no idea where to start.There's a lead about alchemy and the word "hippopotamus." There's...that's actually what the whole thing is about. I have read it three times and still have no idea what's going on. Don't think about 1908? Doesn't the existence of this article.......... *head explodes*

Grishnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26359455.post-51587456137171390712008-06-18T11:42:00.011-04:002008-06-18T13:33:32.007-04:00

Crush - 1She keeps getting the Joust love and her domination continues. She's now six-for-six in that event with six KOs. Skytrack is proving itself to be a useless endeavor for the mortals (Gladiators are 11-for-12 with only 10 points allowed) so her results (two-for-two, no points) can essentially be ignored. The new event, Snapback, looks to be very difficult, so Crush's eight allowed in her

Grishnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26359455.post-61136514840780688762008-06-17T11:37:00.003-04:002008-06-17T12:27:33.094-04:00

Joe Buck. You hate him, I hate him, almost every sports fan I know hates him. He handled broadcasting duties this past Sunday during the Red Sox/Reds contest and was speaking about Mario Soto's influence on some of the Reds young pitchers."If he [Soto] was on better teams, he'd be walking into the Hall of Fame."So me, being a picky jerk, decided to look up Mr. Soto's numbers.About that walk into

Grishnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26359455.post-35590605025194237112008-06-13T13:58:00.003-04:002008-06-13T14:41:19.880-04:00

Quick - name the NL MVP so far this season...Utley? Berkman? Chipper? Hanley? Pujols?Nope. It's Ryan Ludwick.So in a year where Chase Utley, Lance Berkman, and Chipper Jones are putting up monstrous numbers in the National League, for your consideration I give you… Ryan Ludwick. Ludwick should get some serious consideration for his league’s top honor at the end of the year.A few things to

Grishnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26359455.post-83327404547873986272008-06-12T22:58:00.004-04:002008-06-12T23:23:38.633-04:00

Guy #1: Thank God the Celtics made the finals.Guy #2: Why? The storied rivalry? The two best records in the league playing each other?Guy #1: No, dumbass. It makes our job easier. *Pulls out milk crate full of dusty vinyl*Guy #2: What is that?Guy #1: They're my old records - from high school.Guy #2: ...Guy #1: Ever heard this gem? *takes out Boston's Boston*Guy #2: Umm yeah, I think so. It's

Grishnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26359455.post-47620105343019954242008-06-10T16:10:00.003-04:002008-06-10T16:22:07.870-04:00

So Gene Wojochoiwewoasksie at ESPN wrote an article about how Chicago is the new CRAZY-town. The points about Ozzie Guillen, Carlos Zambrano and Cedric Benson are all fine. Even though almost every other major sports city has similar characters, but whatever.But things quickly degrade into what can only be called madness. Or pointlessness. • And, oh, the Cubs have the best record in baseball.This

Grishnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26359455.post-83519826527703870452008-06-10T15:29:00.006-04:002008-06-10T15:55:03.836-04:00

A certain Los Angeles basketball team is facing a certain Boston basketball team in contention for a giant gold basketball trophy thing. It's kind of a big deal.Boston is up 2-0 in the best of seven series. What's the reason? Paul Pierce playing crazy-good? Shots not dropping for Kobe? Odom and Gasol not showing up? Home court? Rondo killing Fisher? Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. All that is much

Grishnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26359455.post-58959963931125654492008-06-03T10:13:00.007-04:002008-06-03T11:26:14.608-04:00

Jayson Stark. Smart dude, good writer. Over at his most recent installment of "That's Debatable," wherein he debates things that "are debatable," he talks about Griffey Jr. and Manny Ramirez, who are at or near milestones of 600 and 500 home runs, respectively.It's close as to whose better, so props to Stark for taking a stand. But slops to his logic. Griffey suffered a million injuries and could

Grishnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26359455.post-17891855556550861522008-05-29T15:01:00.005-04:002008-05-29T16:15:26.235-04:00

At the dugoutcentral.com, a site I write for off and on, one Aaron Schwartz claims the opposite - that Jason Varitek is baseball's most valuable catcher.Whaaa?Varitek is undeniably the most valuable catcher in the league.I will deny that, as will most baseball fans with things we like to call a "brain."Without reading further, one can assume what this piece will entail. Varitek is great at "

Grishnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26359455.post-30721622045955040752008-05-28T11:01:00.006-04:002008-05-28T11:29:08.279-04:00

I don't know why I torture myself watching First Take, but I do. This morning, Stephen A. Smith was talking about the Lakers/Spurs game last night. In this game, Brent Barry was blatantly fouled by Derek Fisher on a possible game-winning three.Smith explains, very succinctly, why many people hate the NBA. Since I am not the fastest typer alive, I'll have to paraphrase, but it went something like

Grishnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26359455.post-82080514045426224712008-05-27T23:21:00.006-04:002008-05-28T14:12:22.110-04:00

It appears Robert "Cheapest, dirtiest player in the game after two incidents, one of which was not that bad and the other was an award-winning flop-job" Horry will be retiring soon.Dude has seven championship rings. Knee-jerk reaction from the world: he might be a HOFer. Career stats may not be great, but he's a winner. Let the debate begin!J.A. Adande, of Around the Horn fame, thinks he's in. Me

Grishnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26359455.post-57408257164881646282008-05-27T16:33:00.006-04:002008-05-27T16:47:59.801-04:00

The following flood of sports buzz phrases were heard (many in rapid succession) in a less than five-minute span during Jim Rome is Burning. I know Rome is a proprietor of slang and "edginess," but God man, come up with something new.drained mentallygassedkiller instinctleaving it all on the floorchecking out mentally and physicallychance to put them awayalley fightcarrying your team on your

Grishnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26359455.post-8178246383312901782008-05-27T15:07:00.004-04:002008-05-27T15:30:37.004-04:00

The amazing horse Big Brown, who will go for the Triple Crown on June 7th, ate some hay today, according to trainer Rick Dutrow Jr.Said Dutrow, "I was really proud of the way Brown attacked the hay bale today. He looked really hungry, ready to eat."Earlier this week, a mane specialist came to brush Big Brown's mane, according to an anonymous report. "I am positive his mane will be ready come race

Grishnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26359455.post-16779841449371278232008-05-24T19:15:00.006-04:002008-05-24T20:12:34.224-04:00

So the Yankees and Mariners played a baseball match today. Twas quite the game, with 18 runs scored, including nine in the first three innings between the two clubs - plenty of subjects to write about.But apparently ESPN/AP forgot about "inverted pyramid" and "covering things that actually matter in baseball games" when writing this game up.NEW YORK (AP) -- Joba Chamberlain sauntered over to the

Grishnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26359455.post-22410184546389585532008-05-22T14:03:00.004-04:002008-05-22T15:05:38.340-04:00

1) CrushLast year's MVP is off to a great start. She's two-for-two on her event, Joust, with two vicious knockouts. Crush has two ties on Earthquake - a tough event - and one hold on Pyramid. Her KO in the seemingly unbalanced Skytrack (Gladiators are a ridiculous four-for-four with four KOs and no points allowed so far) barely adds to her case to be number one.2) VenomTied with Crush for the AG

Grishnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26359455.post-46950351346085881812008-05-22T13:09:00.004-04:002008-05-22T13:59:20.701-04:00

So Piazza retired. Pretty awesome hitter. Pretty meh catcher. Pretty good player? I'd say so. ESPN writer Paul Lukas - not a fan.Lukas starts off with this big diatribe about Pizza not wanting to move to first base that no one remembers but him. And it goes to this:One reason he didn't want to play first base was that he was obsessed with that stupid record for most home runs hit by a

Grishnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26359455.post-43770443020733236692008-05-17T20:29:00.005-04:002008-05-19T17:06:48.075-04:00

I am a Patriots fan. Not going to lie, I love me them Pats. But this, this is flipping nuts.Gregg Easterbrook, famed moralist and one-time anti-Semite, has gotten more miles out of Spygate than any other writer by far. Here's his latest.You're sick of Spygate. Yup.I'm sick of Spygate.Nice try. You are not.The reason Spygate keeps dragging on is because the guilty party -- New England coach Bill

Grishnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26359455.post-55348250675512235532008-05-15T19:24:00.010-04:002008-05-15T19:38:31.684-04:00

Two amazing/absurd/ultra-violent trailers from the up and coming game company, Platinum Games.MadWorld may take the title of my favorite Wii game away from No More Heroes very quickly.

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I hate to keep doing it (not really, it's actually kind of fun), but all these end of May "this [team, player, trend] is the real deal!" features are getting to me.This time, it's John Donovan of SI.com and the Tampa Bay Rays - the exciting, young, "playing the game the right way" team that is the sexy pick for a wild card spot. On May 15, with like 161 more games to play.The offending portion is

Grishnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26359455.post-59963631031271761802008-05-13T12:24:00.005-04:002008-05-13T13:56:28.610-04:00

When the weather turns warm, the flowers start blooming and the ides of March turn into the rites of spring, many sports fans think of the baseball season hitting its stride or the NBA ready to crown a champion.But those of us who know better know - it's Gladiator time.New Gladiators: people are actually paid to come up with this?There are a crapload of new Gladiators this season. We have not

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By telling you everything you will read/see/hear on sports related programming the next few days:OJ Mayo OJ Mayo OJ Mayo OJ Mayo OJ Mayo OJ Mayo OJ Mayo OJ Mayo OJ Mayo OJ Mayo OJ Mayo OJ Mayo OJ Mayo OJ Mayo OJ Mayo OJ Mayo OJ Mayo bribes bribes bribes bribes bribes bribes bribes bribes bribes bribes bribes high horse high horse high horse high horse high horse high horse high horse high horse

Grishnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26359455.post-58878159626561256852008-05-12T11:44:00.006-04:002008-05-12T13:17:20.502-04:00

Nick Cafardo, respected writer for the Boston Globe and some scout, simply cannot understand why every team in baseball isn't a carbon copy of the uber-successful Boston Red Sox.Money? Market size? Personnel? Dumbass GMs? Luck? Those are the answers I came up with in three seconds. Let's see what eludes Cafardo."One American League scout just shakes his head when you mention teams that don't hit.

Grishnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26359455.post-62756280360469989832008-05-11T23:36:00.005-04:002008-05-12T00:26:33.072-04:00

Josh Hamilton is an awesome story for baseball this year. Recovering drug addict leads league in RBI for new squad. It's truly an inspiring story.But Mr. Jeff Pearlman goes a bit far protecting Hamilton where I think other players (*cough Elijah Dukes cough*) would not get the same treatment.He also manages to paint many baseball fans as dumb frat dudes, but enough of my words."When there is

Grishnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26359455.post-54839047339783681662008-05-08T00:56:00.004-04:002008-05-08T01:19:47.070-04:00

From Jerry Crasnick of ESPN.com and the best hitting pitchers article:"At heart, Peavy is just an Alabama country kid who just loves to compete. He can run a lick, is tireless in the weight room and, according to Young, hits the ball long and straight off the tee and has a delicate touch around the greens on the golf course."It's like someone (unclear if it is Crasnick in the beginning and

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