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| Name: | Steve WIlliams |
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Meaningless awards for Ozzie, Mo, Ichiro, and Ortiz More irrelevant fodder for hot stove action. 62 days until pitchers and catchers report, 107 days until opening day.
posted on December 16, 2005 - Go to the detail view for this result
An Open Letter From Roger Ebert To Jay Mariotti Mariotti is an easy target at the best of times, but his abrupt departure from the Chicago Sun-Times, right after they paid his way to China for the Olympics, left his most distinguished now-former colleague more than a little out of joint. And no one writes a screw-you letter like Roger Ebert.
posted by chicobangs at 05:11 PM on August 29
So it finally comes to an end. Julio Franco has retired.
The oldest man to hit a major league home run has finally retired from professional baseball. His announcement came after a Mexican minor league game. At the age of 49, he's finally hung up the spikes. (crazy Julio Franco trivia inside)
posted by grum@work at 10:44 PM on May 05
Dude, you're brutal. With 9 seasons batting over .300 and a lifetime BA of .298 with just about 2600 hits, I'm not sure journeyman is the right adjective.
posted at 03:12 PM on May 05
Any Baseball is Beautiful Same goes for wooden tennis racquets. Be sure to click through the slideshow.
posted by Uncle Toby at 09:22 AM on March 04
I love that Angell quote...and a very nice photo set.
posted at 10:02 AM on March 04
Over the Top An article on some very disturbing incidents that have occurred at some recent college basketball games. When does it go too far?
posted by gfinsf at 04:34 AM on February 29
The NCAA is clearly once again out of step with reality, and it seems entirely appropriate for them to sanction schools who cannot provide a reasonable level of security to fans and players. And to the posters above. This behavior has NOTHING to do with the internet, cell phones, blogs or anything like that. Just because similar behavior gets exhibited in those media, doesn't mean that it any kind of cause. The cause is poor parenting. Period. But thats a whole 'nother discussion.
posted at 01:18 PM on February 29
Fast and the Furious In a sport historically slow to adapt to any but the slightest change, basketball programs at every level from high school to the NBA are embracing a whole new way of playing the game. Stranger yet, the architect of this change has never coached above Division ll.
posted by irunfromclones at 05:20 PM on February 14
Great read, what an interesting story...
posted at 02:40 PM on February 14
Bob Knight Resigns from Texas Tech in midseason after 902 career wins.
posted by TheQatarian at 09:03 PM on February 06
Calling Bob Knight a hypocrite is farther from the truth than anything that I have ever heard. There is no coach that is more passionate or caring about his players in the game. No one is is more concerned about doing things the right way. He was tired, not able to give it his best, and tried to do what was in the best interest of the program. As he always did. Yeah, his temper was a problem, but I believe that even the tirades were often scripted and designed to fire up his players and to get through to players that letting their own weakness get in the way of what they wanted to accomplish. Great coaches and great men do that. A flawed man, but a great one. IMHO
posted at 08:46 AM on February 06
Bob Knight Resigns from Texas Tech in midseason after 902 career wins.
posted by TheQatarian at 09:03 PM on February 05
I tend to think that if you really think about what it means to be a coach, and try to tune out the noise from the TV pundits, its hard to not respect Bob Knight. His positives seem to outweigh his negatives by so much. Forget the on court accomplishments. He turned boys to men.
posted at 11:15 AM on February 05
Senator Wants SpyGate Testimony Before Congress Sen. Arlen Specter, the ranking Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee and an avid Philadelphia Eagles fan, wants NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell to explain to Congress why the league destroyed evidence related to spying by the New England Patriots. "The NFL has a very preferred status in our country with their antitrust exemption," Specter said. "The American people are entitled to be sure about the integrity of the game. It's analogous to the CIA destruction of tapes. Or any time you have records destroyed."
posted by rcade at 11:05 AM on February 01
I'm so glad there's nothing else that these morons should be working on. IMHO, this and the steroid crap is driven by a childlike desire to bask in the radiated glow of celebrity heroes and garner some non-CSPAN TV facetime.
posted at 11:48 AM on February 01
Bobby Cox is about to break the all-time ejection record. Not everyone approves.
posted by justgary at 01:26 AM on July 19
Where do you think Maddox learned all that crap.
posted at 02:45 PM on July 19
Try telling this one to the parents and coaches .......Oh and by the way, good luck with a lot of the kids too!
posted by jojomfd1 at 11:08 PM on June 06
If I had a dollar for all the times someones has enlightened me about how tough it is for kids to play professional sports, well, I'd be rich as a professional athlete. To me, a big part of supporting kids in their athletic dreams is to teach them life lessons like: to achieve a dream takes lots of work - and a little luck, you don't get cut - you cut yourself, and lots of people will explain to you why you will fail. I ignored all of these people and have had both my son's ignore them too. Both have a shot (I know, I know - a small shot) to play professional ball. If they do not achieve their dream, they both have a Plan B, and will have learned another valuable life lesson. The possibility of failure is not a reason not to try. Agree completely, about the specialization issue - kids don't need to specialize very early at all, just leads to burnout.
posted at 10:43 AM on June 06
100 Years of TT Racing on the Isle of Mann. The longest, oldest, most dangerous course in motorcycle racing. When they do it well, it's beautiful. When it goes wrong, it really goes wrong. If you're lucky, you survive to tell the tale. 200 people haven't been lucky in the last 100 years. [previously discussed]
posted by JJ at 08:16 AM on May 30
Drood, Whats the title of the best video in that series in your opinion...I'm going to buy one for a biker friend movie night I'm planning...TIA
posted at 11:06 AM on May 30
100 Years of TT Racing on the Isle of Mann. The longest, oldest, most dangerous course in motorcycle racing. When they do it well, it's beautiful. When it goes wrong, it really goes wrong. If you're lucky, you survive to tell the tale. 200 people haven't been lucky in the last 100 years. [previously discussed]
posted by JJ at 08:16 AM on May 29
Great friggin' post.
posted at 08:56 AM on May 29
Leo Messi does a Maradona. The insanely-talented 19-year-old Barcelona midfielder shows why so many call him the new Maradona in a 5-2 drubbing of Getafe. For the second goal of the match, Messi first picks up the ball at the centerline, then jinks, cuts and scurries past 1-2-3-4-5 (the keeper)-6 players before slicing the ball into goal. There's a link to video of the goal in the article but I'll embed clips of both Messi's magic and Maradona's goal for the ages inside. Es fantastico.
posted by worldcup2002 at 08:18 PM on April 21
Soccer and Americans. What koyaaan said seems reasonable, but if Americans are too 'something' to appreciate soccer, how do you explain the love of baseball. Maybe we just don't like soccer as much? Great goal, and the Messi goal was MUCH more impressive than the Maradona.
posted at 07:37 AM on April 21
A-Rod caps off winning rally Trailing 6-2 in the ninth, Josh Phelps homered, and Derek Jeter and Bobby Abreu hit RBI singles to pave the way for Alex Rodriguez's 10th homer, a walk-off shot to sweep the Indians.
posted by BornIcon at 05:19 AM on April 20
I was at this game with my son. It was a great day. Fans definitely showing Arod the love, even before this. The real story here is 3 strong outings against a tough team by young Yankee pitchers.
posted at 06:00 AM on April 20
Nice profile of Manny Ramirez from the New Yorker. “You can write it down just like that: ‘David Ortiz says Manny is a crazy motherf&^%er.’"
posted by rumple at 01:28 AM on April 18
Good player^h^h^h^h^h^h hitter. Nutjob.
posted at 09:54 AM on April 18
I'm sure Mariotti is thinking about his free trip to China, something he could not afford, being a national sports writing figure. That is just silly.