Entries from June 2007

Sunday, June 17th, 2007

Prospect Profile: Justin Upton

The number one overall pick in the 2005 draft has had a mercurial career to this point. He clearly has all of the talent in the world, but is believed to have been bored playing at South Bend last year, as he posted a .263 average with an OPS of .757. These lame numbers are [...]

Sunday, June 17th, 2007

What Became Obvious - Pirate Edition

The Pirate came out victorious today, winning a wild one 8-7, improving their record 30-39 as they prepare to head out west on maybe the most unfair road trip planned by Major League Baseball ever. The Pirates are now 4-5 in interleague play, which is not too bad considering their general interleague history. That number [...]

Saturday, June 16th, 2007

What Became Obvious

Another wasted night at PNC Park, as the Pirates dropped to 29-39 and 3-5 in interleague play. Mark Buehrle thoroughly dominated the Bucs, holding them to nine hits over eight innings. On the home team side, John Van Benschoten was very good for the Pirates, giving up 2 runs in 5.2 innings and striking out [...]

Saturday, June 16th, 2007

Why the Spurs are So Boring

Now that Robert Horry has finally won his 7th NBA Championship Ring (more than Jordan), the question that became so prevalent throughout the NBA Finals can at last be answered. So, once and for all, why are the San Antonio Spurs so mind-numbingly boring?

Saturday, June 16th, 2007

Jim Balsillie = Slimeball

He’s done it again, folks. The man who was going to buy the Penguins until he backed out has pushed himself into the running for another NHL team and, at this point, Pittsburghers can rejoice that this man never bought their team. As the Post-Gazette stated back when he was buying the team, Jim Balsillie [...]

Friday, June 15th, 2007

What Became Obvious

After plans to go see Knocked Up fell through, Matt, my brother, and I went to see the Pirates take on the Texas Rangers tonight, hopeful of seeing a sweep take place. Well, needless to say, the sweep did not occur. That is asking way too much of these Pittsburgh Pirates, as even Tom Gorzelanny [...]