I generally read all the baseball-related chats on ESPN.com (except the Fantasy Baseball ones). I don’t usually participate while they are going on, what with having a job and all, but I always read them, and I often find myself wishing I were the one doing the answering. It’s not that I think I know… Read More »
I have a new goal in life. It is simply this: to become unbelievably wealthy, buy the Chicago White Sox, and fire Ken Harrelson and Darrin Jackson (“Hawk and DJ,” to themselves and other morons).
Do you realize that the National League could realistically have only one team over .500 in each division? Currently the Mets are the only one in the East, the Cardinals and Reds in the Central, and the Dodgers and Padres in the West (and the D-Backs, if they can pull off this extra-inning game they… Read More »
I got an email a few weeks ago from a friend of mine. He asked which I thought was the more impressive achievement: Joe DiMaggio’s 56-game hitting streak, or Ted Williams’ .406 batting average. I’ve been giving it quite a bit of thought lately, and I thought I’d put some of my thoughts down here.… Read More »
I am not picking on Buster Olney, really I’m not. I read his blog every day, and I enjoy his insider information. I have nothing against the guy at all. He’s not arrogant or stupid like certain Joe Morgans I could name. He’s not a homer for any particular team (even though he gets accused… Read More »
The other day, I said this in a post about David Ortiz: Please note that I wrote an entire article praising David Ortiz without ever using the word “clutch”? I think that “clutch” is ridiculously overrated — for reasons I will explain in another post, sometime soon… Well, “sometime soon” is now. There are three… Read More »
I’ll be honest with you. As recently as the 2004 postseason, I thought David Ortiz was a fluke. The reason is simple: watching Ortiz play for the Twins in 2002, it was clear that he was not a very good hitter. He could not reach a pitch on the outside corner, and he could not… Read More »
In his ESPN.com blog entry for today, Buster Olney said this in a discussion about whether he will vote for Mark McGwire in the Hall of Fame vote: My quandary is this: How can I withhold a vote for McGwire while voting for a half-dozen to a dozen other players from the era who I… Read More »