October 6, 2009 – 10:17 pm
Damn, this one hurts. I’m a Detroit Tigers fan. And my team has just completed a swan dive that would make Gene Mauch proud.
Detroit had a 7 game lead in the AL Central at the end of play on September 6. They had a three game lead with four to play. They had an early [...]
September 8, 2009 – 2:55 pm
Guess which upper echelon hoops program nabbed the best junior forward in the land over the weekend? Ho hum, it’s the Tar Heels. The rich continue to get richer. Kid’s name is James McAdoo. That sure sounds familiar. I wonder if he’s relatedto . . .
No American man has made it to the quarter [...]
September 6, 2009 – 8:39 pm
The Film Babe and I are going to see the late show of “In The Loop.” But it doesn’t start for another hour and a half. So here I am killin’ time, thinking about the world of sports.
Is Rachel Alexandra the sportsperson of the year?
My Detroit Tigers are 7 games up in the AL Central. [...]
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I gots to tell ya I cringed big time while watching one of those morning ESPN network talk shows last week while on the elliptical machine. Both talking heads — I can’t remember their forgettable names — offered as how they liked tonight’s All-Star game home run derby more than the game itself.
Well, you got [...]
With MLB’s annual draft just completed, and yet another “sure-fire” fireballer picked first, there’s plenty of talk around about previous “sure-fire” phenoms who fizzled.
Which made me think of Von McDaniel, the phenom of ‘57. St. Louis signed the kid right out of high school. Von’s older brother Lindy was already on the staff.
Pat Jordan mentioned [...]
Okay so my Red Wings will have to go to a Game 7 to win their second Stanley Cup in a row. They lost tonight, 2-1, to Pittsburgh. Credit defenseman Rob Scuderi for saving the win. During Detroit’s last minute empty goal anschluss, Scuderi aided Fleury in goal by stopping three shots, one with his [...]
That’s how the Louisville Cardinals’ baseball season ends. Yes, the Cardinal looks pissed.
Chris Dominguez 2, Cal St Fullerton 11.
The Cards total offensive output was two solo shots by the All America third sacker. Way too little. Way too late.
Frankly it’s nothing to be ashamed of. The Titans are a really good team, very aggressive on [...]
I’m not exactly sure why I stayed up after 1:00 a.m. to watch U of L get their breakfast, lunch and dinner handed to them? The Cards were goners from the first. Literally. 0-12. Bummer.
Okay, I know why I was up so late. Homestead stuff. I fell asleep in the recliner when the good guys [...]
I’m not sure who played worse D last night — Vandy’s guy in the Hot Corner, Jason Esposito, or, uh oh, yours truly?
Esposito went E-5 twice in the top of the 8th with two gone, allowing U of L the insurance runs it needed to advance to next weekend’s Super Regional.
I allowed a bounce back [...]
Truth is a lot of folks — myself included — are just now discovering this very gritty U of L baseball team. My guess is there were a lot of first timers in the stands last night, setting an attendance record. And more rookies tonight.
Speaking of rookies, let’s hear it for Cave City freshman Derek [...]
