I must admit, I didn’t think we’d have a 2020 Major League Baseball season. There were SO MANY questions affecting the possibility of the season being restarted. How many games were going to get played? How would players be compensated?… Read More ›
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Love (and Loathe) Cam Newton to the Patriots
I know y’all haven’t heard from me in a while — a LONG while. That’s what happens when you have to work from home during this God-forsaken pandemic and have to deal with the likes of life events and a… Read More ›
Coronavirus 1, Sports World 0
The coronavirus COVID-19 has really wrecked some terror on the sports world. The NBA announced that it’s suspending the regular season last night, largely due to a player testing positive for the disease. Major college conferences (the ACC, SEC, Big… Read More ›
Manfred Is Having One Bad Week
Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred has had a rough go of it lately. First, it was that soft-ass punishment on the Houston Astros as the result of the cheating probe where they were caught red-handed. How do you punish… Read More ›
Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens Not Voted into the Hall of Fame Is Ridiculous
Today we learned that only two men were voted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY: Derek Jeter (on the first ballot) and Larry Walker (huh?). I do have to ask who the hell was the one… Read More ›
2019 World Series Preview
Despite my New York Yankees being owned (again) by the Houston Astros, I find this World Series very intriguing. It’s not often you have two teams whose starting pitching are their strengths. If Houston’s triumvirate of Justin Verlander, Gerrit Cole,… Read More ›
2019 MLB Playoffs: League Championship Series
Disclaimer: these picks are not based on being a prisoner of the moment, rather what I was thinking BEFORE both championship series began. And yes, I know I’m late as hell — so sue me… National League St. Louis Cardinals… Read More ›