Louisville’s Cardinals are down 0-2 early to Middle Tennessee out at Patterson Field.
Due to several circumstances — all legit — I didn’t make it out to the ballyard. Okay, I’m feeling more than a little guilty, but sometimes real life imposes itself. Like staying home with the Film Babe, picking up stepson at the airport, [...]
Note the official NCAA logo attached to this post. It’s required as one of the conditions of credential approval by college sports’ ruling body for anybody reporting from the site of an NCAA event.
Their wish. My command. (I have not been cited for violating that policy this afternoon, which, shush, I did. My fingers are [...]
It’s a great day for a ballgame, or as Mr. Cub Ernie Banks famously intoned, “Let’s play two.”
I’m at Patterson Field for the NCAA baseball regional. The opener matches Vandy and cross-state rival, Middle Tennessee.
Louisville opens its quest to make it to Omaha at 7:00 this evening against IU.
It’s a slow arriving crowd since the [...]
Yawn.
I mean that literally. I fell asleep in my favorite Ekorness lounger. It’s a good thing.
I awoke to the Black Hawks tying up their match with Detroit, 2-2.
No biggie. The mighty Wings seem in control now, 4-2, with about 6:00 to play. Dan Cleary scored again with 8:58 to play in the 3d, after one [...]
Remember way back when baseball basher and admitted steroid user Jose Canseco came out with a book that dared say that there were a whole lot of major leaguers juicing up.
Big names.
Small names.
Lots o’ names.
And, we the wise, knowing and trusting public just laughed in Jose’s face, thinking and saying he was an idiot, a [...]
April 16, 2009 – 10:10 am
The educators who concern themselves with such matters have issued their annual report on the racial makeup of the Major Leagues.
We’re advised that black players comprise 10.2% of Opening Day rosters. It’s the highest percentage since ‘95. The all-time low of 8.2% was two seasons ago. We are supposed to think this is of some [...]
April 10, 2009 – 10:44 pm
Whoa, my Tigers unloaded for 15 in their home opener. Which, given how crappy Detroit’s pitching looks to be is the only way they’re going to get any Ws this year. 15-2 over the previously unbeaten Texas Rangers is a boffo way to start the year at home.
So, hey, I got that goin’ for me.
Which [...]
The baseball season is but one game old and my team is in trouble already.
I’m a Detroit Tigers fan.
Last season, they were MLB’s far and away most disappointing team. They had a killer lineup that never fired. One that cost them a bunch of bucks too.
More important, middle relief was non-existent. How many times would [...]
Just a bit of divergence from March Madness if I might. Thanks for your indulgence.
As for the title, well, you language fanatics will have already deciphered that the translation from the Dutch above to English is: Baseball has been very very good to me.
While we’ve been talking bubbles and brackets, a little event called the [...]
February 24, 2009 – 9:53 pm
* Georgetown sure looks like a team that simply wants the season to end. While JT3 gives lip service to winning 5 in 5 in the BEast tourney to make it to The Dance, the real Hoya Paranoia is this: They’re more likely to have a losing record and miss even the NIT.
* SuperUberDuperPrepster Renardo [...]
