Year: 2008
POLL: Down goes Youk, down goes Youk.
The previous poll asked: In the Youk v. Manny squabble, whose side were you on? Manny’s – Youk needs to…
Read more »The Spaceman Can Still Get it Done
Bill Lee won a minor league game in Alaska over the weekend. From the Fairbanks News Miner: Bill “Spaceman” Lee…
Read more »Monday workouts- Bayless, Gordon
From Mike Trudell/Timberwolves site: After seeing O.J. Mayo, Danilo Gallinari and Brook Lopez over the weekend, Minnesota worked out its…
Read more »Bronson to the Bronx?
There are some trade rumors that former Red Sox pitcher Bronson Arroyo may get traded to the Yankees. It would…
Read more »Boo Death
George Carlin died last night. That is some crap. I guess the big comedy club in the sky needed a…
Read more »Mini Pony of the Day 6-23-08
Updated:As promised last week, the new, revamped MPotD makes its debut today. In case you were scared, nervous or just…
Read more »BLOGPOLL: NL Awards 6/23
Each week, I am participating in the 2008 MLB Blog Poll at RotoJunkie.com. Below are my current votes for the…
Read more »Michael Strahan’s Career Retrospective with Bob Papa
Giants Access BlueStrahan Tribute Part1Part2Part3Part4
Read more »Michael Bowden: Should he stay or go?
The Boston Globe recently published a piece on Michael Bowden and reported that over his last 10 starts for Double-A…
Read more »425
Apparently, it was too good to be true. The return of The Freak has been reminiscent of a fairy tale:…
Read more »It’s the Time of the Season………
Will GM Tony Reagins make a deal this July?By David Saltzer – Angelswin.com Columnist It’s That Time of Year Again…
Read more »Sox Win A Thriller
In perhaps the best game of the season, Kevin Youkilis helped the Sox avoid a sweep in a 13 inning…
Read more »The Week Ahead
Updated:Tennis’ third Grand Slam tournament and the most tradition-laden, The Championships, Wimbledon begin Monday. The fortnight at SW19 in London…
Read more »In Appreciation Of… Danny Ainge
Updated:Over the next two weeks, we’ll be looking back at the Boston Celtics championship season in an effort to truly…
Read more »Paul Pierce Damn Near Killed Himself
I happened to notice a couple of things going through about a thousand different post-championship pictures. Paul Pierce damn near…
Read more »What About Grant Hill?
Grant Hill is hungry for a ring. Starving for one. Desperate for one. He has also made plenty of money. …
Read more »Sam’s Coming Back
I don't know if it will be with the Celtics, but Sam Cassell says he's coming back for another season….
Read more »Play Hard, Really Hard
The roster for the U.S. Olympic Men's Basketball team is set: MVP Kobe Bryant will be heading to his first…
Read more »Categorically, Positively, Unequivocally, Undeniably…
The classic words uttered by Matt Damon in one of the most awesome acts of public trash talking… is…
Read more »Youkilis’ walk-off HR negates series sweep
Kevin Youkilis’ homers twice, but the most important one came in the bottom of the 13th inning. The two-run walk-off…
Read more »Series Preview: Brewers (41-34) @ Braves (38-39)
Pitching Probables: Monday, 6/23, 6:00 p.m. CT: RHP Ben Sheets (8-1, 2.74) vs. LHP Jo-Jo Reyes (3-4, 4.05) Tuesday, 6/24,…
Read more »A summary of the Twins trades I would suggest
It’s time to face the facts. The Twins are actually competing this year, much to pretty much everyone’s surprise. As…
Read more »Wolves Updates 6/23
From Jonathan Givony/DraftExpress: As of right now, if Minnesota keeps the pick, it appears likely that Mayo will be selected…
Read more »Sunday Linkage
Updated:Time to give you some links today and coming up later will be a look at the Week Ahead. We…
Read more »A dire catastrophe is narrowly averted
I really enjoy the word ‘dire’, I think we should use it more often. Thus, your Sunday Terrible Cartoons!
Read more »So That Happened…
Well, what can you say? The Times story has broken, and it’s not pretty. Top-fold, front-page Seattle Times story about…
Read more »Links of the Day 6/22/08
Kevin, the writer for Melrose Rocks, is not going to Russia. Rest easy. I already hated the White Sox, but…
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