Month: May 2009

Paul and I recap an eventful week from being owned in Tampa to rolling in NY while paying tribute to Jason Bay along the way. You can’t miss Paul’s “Joba rant” where he goes so far as to call Joba a douchebag (tough words Paul).
From dropping Ortiz in the lineup to which pitchers are on the bubble as DiceK and Smoltz work their way back to Boston, we traverse more Red Sox topics than Carl Crawford can steal bases.
All that and more on Episode #44 of Fireside Chats on MVN!

ESPN.com columnist Bill Simmons has spent much of the day discussing his (sudden) candidacy for Wolves GM.  From his Twitter…

Help is on the way for the Angels pitching staff! John Lackey looked very good last night pitching for the…

Hoop Heads North will be live blogging the Celtics-Magic Game 2 on TheScore.com. Brian Scalabrine is in the building! Check…

Did you ever actually think you’d be happy to see the St. Louis Cardinals? The team that’s owned us for…

  If I had told you Paul Pierce was going to score 3 points in just 15 minutes, yet the…

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UConn Huskies women’s basketball players Tina Charles, Maya Moore and Tiffany Hayes have been invited to try for the World…

Today we received some surprising news in regards to 2-time Pro Bowl Kicker, Nick Folk. Surgery was performed on Folk’s…

J.D. Drew is leading off and Youk is still out. J.D. Drew, RF Dustin Pedroia, 2B David Ortiz, DH Jason…

The Titans’ selection of tackle Troy Kropog as their fourth-round compensatory draft pick came as something of a surprise to many…

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJ5FHOLWM_k&w=425&h=344] Ouch. Cue all those ‘the NHL is out to get the Red Wings’ conspiracy theorists.  That’s got to be…

In case you missed last weeks’ edition and debut of the Richter Scale, you can stream from our Blog’s Angelswin.com…

Double your pleasure, double your fun.  Double up the Athletics all night long. The Angels completed the two-game sweep of…

If I had listed potential pitfalls for the Colts in 2009, I would not have thought to include the NFL…

Justin Masterson has pitched impressively since joining the rotation. He has a 4.32 ERA starting which would be much lower had he not grooved a grand slam pitch to Evan Longoria. Pavano threw a gem against the Tigers, so may be coming around. Until he gets hurt.

While most Red Sox fans dream of building a Fenway wiffleball field in their backyard, John Smoltz has gone with…

Charlie already made this point, but I thought I’d use the PitchFX from BrooksBaseball.net to drive the point home: Ian…

I’ve been fighting China Jack withdrawal. It’s been a week since his Sally Wiggin toast (and her romp around town),…

Justin Masterson takes a 7-0 career home record to the hill tonight. Who was the previous Red Sox pitcher who began his major league career with a 7-0 or better record?

Navarro’s three hits raised his average to .333 last night for the Quakes AAA: Salt Lake 13, Tacoma 0 Lackey:…

INJURY UPDATE: John Lackey was outstanding in his rehab start for Salt Lake.  Sounds like one more start in the…

Mark Kotsay is having new medical tests in Boston today on his calf injury. The Red Sox will most likely…

From Jerry Zgoda/Star Tribune: Sounds like we’re finally closing in on a new Wolves GM. I’m hearing this morning that…

A tradition of excellence. That is what many Packer fans and employees would like their border rivals to believe they…

A thoughts on last night’s game, and the state of the Yankees: * What a strange game. Joba Chamberlain had…

Tuesday night the Angels finished a two game sweep of the Oakland A’s, defeating them 5-3. Shane Loux went seven…

1 @ 0 Wednesday, May 6, 2009 8:00 pm ET TD BankNorth Garden (Boston, MA) The outcome of Game 1…