Entries from August 2007

Thursday, August 30th, 2007

Any Given Thursday?

What is the NFL thinking? In between dealing with Pacman Jones, Chris Henry, Tom Brady’s babies, their coaches wearing suits, and that guy that fought dogs, they should have found some time to do legitimate scheduling instead of having the Steelers play games four days apart.

Wednesday, August 29th, 2007

Pirate Update

I actually have time to write something tonight, so I’m just going to use bullets to write about some interesting (read: depressing) stuff from Pirate-land the last few days. First of all, the Pirates were named the “Worst organization in baseball” by CBS Sportsline. No surprise there, as they truly are the worst [...]

Tuesday, August 28th, 2007

In Case You Missed It…

A minor story flew under the radar last week about the Pirates’ medical staff and minor leaguer Clayton Hamilton. Hamilton (6.36 ERA this year, 4.34 ERA last year) had been having pain in his side for over a year, including a two month stint on the disabled list at High A Lynchburg last season [...]

Monday, August 27th, 2007

Tike and House Update

 The one and only Tike Redman has seen his hot streak taper off a bit, as his average has dropped from the .444 it was at last time he was featured to .333 (or 9 for 27).  An interesting fact about Tike’s comeback is that he is hitting .360 versus righties and .000 versus southpaws.
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Friday, August 24th, 2007

On Alex Rodriguez

Over the last couple months, there’s been speculation that unless the Yankees win a title this year, Alex Rodriguez, baseball’s prodigal son, will find himself in a different uniform next year. The Los Angeles Angels have been the first team mentioned, and when discussing this with Adam, he estimated what he felt it would take: [...]

Thursday, August 23rd, 2007

John Vander Wal = Pirate Legend

Today, I pondered the best way to exemplify how comically bad the Pirates franchise has been, particularly since the start of the new millenium. Of course, I could just point to the standings, but I decided instead to be creative and test my post-2000 Pirates knowledge. I decided to guess the 10 players [...]