Month: March 2009
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Read more »AJ to play basketball as well as football for the Gamecocks.
“Coach Horn said today that he has welcomed Alshon to play basketball if Coach Spurrier approves” Any thoughts on AJ…
Read more »The Versus [drinking] Game of the Week (Dallas at Phoenix)
First, let me say thank goodness for the Islanders. Apparently the Wild left their offense in Nassau Coliseum and went…
Read more »Brewers’ Cactus League hitting stats: Omen of good things?
In glancing at the Cactus League stats for the projected Brewers’ ’09 starting position players, I started to notice that…
Read more »Who’s the starting left fielder?
Since 1999, the Pirates have gotten better production than most other teams from their starting left fielder. ’99 was the…
Read more »Should the Angels give Lackey five years?
I was going to write a blog entry about this today, but while doing the research, I came across this…
Read more »Is Roy Williams Still Injured?
This may be a non-issue, but to hear that Roy Williams is still injured after being limited down the stretch…
Read more »Spurs Links 3/26/09
Updated:• Zach from TalkHoops recaps the Spurs-Hawks game and says Tony Parker has played like an MVP this year. •…
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10-4 January Record = Epic Fail
The Wolves 10-4 record during the month of January was the worst thing that could have happened to this franchise….
Read more »Oliver Perez – back from spring break?
The main controversy over the WBC has been that some managers and players might be taking it so seriously that…
Read more »Geno Knows What’s Up
Evgeni Malkin did a spot for Penguins TV called “Cooking with Evgeni.” In the video, Geno and correspondent Alyonka Larionov…
Read more »Who’s Not on First
The Minnesota Twins know who’s on first. They even have options for who’s on first if their ex-MVP, All-Star first…
Read more »Links of the Day 3/26/09
Detroit schedules the only day game on Good Friday. Catholics are not amused. I think eventually Bert Blyleven is going…
Read more »Doppleganger
I was perusing the sources of traffic for 18to88.com, and I noticed a small site that I didn’t recognize. Oddly…
Read more »Mini Pony of the Day 3-26-09
I don’t know where this lady is, but there seems to be oodles of mini ponies around. And I have…
Read more »Paw Prints – The Daily Roundup – 3/26
It’s game day for the UConn Huskies men’s basketball team as they are in Glendale, AZ to take on the…
Read more »Has Buchholz Won a Spot in the Rotation?
I was one of those screaming for Buchholz to be sent down last season; constantly arguing that he was not…
Read more »Spring Practice Questions, WSU Football Blog Style
So with spring ball upon us as of today, the optimism is there. Some great comments out of all of…
Read more »A look back at the Titans’ 2008 inactives
One method of identifying players who are less important than others on the roster is by looking at the lists of players…
Read more »Where can the Giants trade up to?
Before this conversation of ‘where the Giants can trade up to’ even starts, let me preface it by saying that…
Read more »Why didn’t Theo give up Bowden or Buchholz for Montero or Saltalamacchia?
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On Monday, I discussed Jason Varitek’s seeming inability to field given The Fielding Bible Vol. II’s insights.
Today, I want to tackle why Theo Epstein didn’t pull the trigger on acquiring Miguel Montero and/or Jarrod Saltalamacchia.
Don’t kid yourself: the ability was there for Theo to do just that. Far too many news reports have reported that a Montero for Michael Bowden or Saltalamacchia for Clay Buchholz deal would have occurred had Theo said yes.
Read more »Wolves Updates 3/26
Stop-n-Pop/Canis Hoopus posts pics that possibly illustrate why the Sam Mitchell commemorative prints handed out at Sunday’s game appeared to…
Read more »Around The Halo 3/26/2009
Yesterday the Angels out-slugged the Rockies 18-11. Bobby Abreu and Juan Rivera each drove in 4 runs. Erick Aybar had…
Read more »Wolves 88, Sixers 96
Wolves record: 20-52 Box Score From Jerry Zgoda/Star Tribune: What the Wolves’ 96-88 loss to the road-weary Philadelphia 76ers —…
Read more »UConn Holds Pro Day In Storrs
Yesterday at the Mark R. Shenkman Training Center on campus, the UConn Huskies football program held their Pro Day for…
Read more »Questions, Answers and Opinions
By Bruce Nye – Angelswin.com Columnist Angels Prospects What do the following Angel players have in common? John Lackey Joe…
Read more »Will Downey stay or go???
This is the question everyone who follows gamecock basketball is asking…. I think he will test the water but come…
Read more »USC loses Cherry
USC men’s basketball coach Darrin Horn is losing his top assistant after one season at South Carolina. This has been…
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