Month: June 2009
Josh Elliott would like to play devil’s advocate
Hannah Storm: A great game last night between the Gators and Trojans!Josh Elliott: But it’s silly that they played a…
Read more »A word about Minor League performances (or, the Ian Snell and Tom Gorzelanny post)
Yesterday, Tom Gorzelanny struck out 12 Toledo Mud Hens in 5 innings. Today, Ian Snell struck out 17 in 7…
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Community Projection: Willie Parker
[Click here for a brief explanation on community projections.] We last touched on Ben Roethlisberger’s stat projection for 2009. Thanks…
Read more »ATL 2, BOS 1: Squeamish
Tommy Hanson came into his start against the Red Sox not feeling 100 percent.
Read more »Greetings from Reno
I’m in the press box at Aces Ballpark home of the Reno Aces, the AAA affiliate of the D-Backs, as…
Read more »An Archive of Futility
I went to the Pirate game on Wednesday night against the Indians. It’s always nice to see a Pittsburgh team…
Read more »TNT Quotage for Today’s NASCAR Race at Loudon
I have to hand it to the people at Turner Sports. Getting quotage done this quickly is always appreciated. For…
Read more »Brad Penny Can’t Win It All By Himself!
I am glad I am not a betting woman. If you told me it was Brad Penny vs. Tommy Hanson…
Read more »Game 75: Royals 3 Pirates 2
To be honest, I don’t really have a lot of problems with losing this game the way we lost today….
Read more »Flynn to be honored in hometown
From Paul Peck/WIVB.com: The honors and the highlights just keep coming for Jonny Flynn. Four days after being drafted in…
Read more »New York Post on Rubio
From Marc Berman/New York Post: A representative for Ricky Rubio’s agency in Spain told The Post yesterday the 18-year-old flamboyant…
Read more »Doing a Sunday Link Thing
Time for some links on this Sunday. I watched a fun South Africa-Spain match in the 3rd place game at…
Read more »I’m Trying to Stop Hating, But Kobe Makes It So Easy
Via Deadspin: Kobe Bryant thinks he's bigger than the mayor of Los Angeles. And you know what? He's right. Divas…
Read more »And then there was Greinke
It’s incredible to think that just a few days ago, the Pirates had spiraled into six losses in seven games,…
Read more »Links of the Day 6/28/09
Magglio looks different lately… Tennis is a dangerous, dangerous game… I an Snell seems like a pretty cool guy. Good…
Read more »Today’s Red Sox Lineup 6/28
Dustin Pedroia, 2B J.D. Drew, RF Kevin Youkilis, 3B Jason Bay, LF David Ortiz, 1B Jason Varitek, C Jacoby Ellsbury,…
Read more »David Wright: No longer a home run hitter?
What’s up with David Wright’s power numbers this year? How is it that somebody who averaged over 28 homers a…
Read more »10 Things on the State of the Celtics
The following is a guest column. Guest columns can be submitted via email, but are not guaranteed to be posted. …
Read more »Paw Prints – The Daily Roundup – 6/28
UConn Football links Who Replaces Marcus Campbell? [Desmond Conner – Hartford Courant] Updating some news [Ramblings from The Runway] Campbell…
Read more »Saints Nation: Previewing the 2009 Saints’ Regular Season (part 1)
Below you’ll find a short preview of each regular season matchup the Saints have in 2009, just to get you…
Read more »Big Baby Doesn’t Need to Start
The Globe's Marc Spears gives us an update on Glen "Big Baby" Davis. Danny Ainge says a qualifying offer will…
Read more »Videos of the Week – Farrah Fawcett
Thanks to Ian Bethune over at Sox & Dawgs for suggesting this edition of Videos of the Week. I was…
Read more »Free Agency Oh-Nine
Updated:Last week was a big week for Spurs fans, but there is much work to be done. A big trade…
Read more »Will the Tennessee Titans pull the plug on Paul Williams?
As we mentioned shortly after a draft that saw the Tennessee Titans bring in additional bodies at the wide receiver…
Read more »Celtics Interested in Kidd?
Via the Dallas News: Wednesday is when teams officially can begin talking to free agents, and Kidd is expected to…
Read more »Wolves Updates 6/28
From Ken Berger/CBS Sports: As I tried to tell you on draft night, there’s no need for this. Kahn isn’t…
Read more »Adrien Finds A New Home
It looks like Hasheem Thabeet will have some company in Las Vegas this summer. According to Marc Spears of the…
Read more »Walters rumor on Rubio
From Charley Walters/Pioneer Press: A little birdie said Ricky Rubio and his father were to fly to Minneapolis on Saturday…
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