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Scioscia, Tracy Win Manager of the Year Awards: Scioscia wins the AL award after leading the Angels to the ALCS after the tragic death of Nick Adenhart. Jim Tracy wins the NL award after taking over the Rockies midseason and leading them to the playoffs.
posted by TheQatarian to baseball at 03:49 PM on November 18 - 7 comments
Agassi Admits Crystal Meth Use in New Book: Andre Agassi admits in his upcoming autobiography to using crystal meth in 1997, which -- probably not coincidentally -- was the year he fell to 141st in the world rankings.
posted by TheQatarian to tennis at 09:46 PM on October 27 - 13 comments
The Tormentor: Does every major sports city have another city that exists simply to torment them?
posted by TheQatarian to general at 10:24 PM on October 06 - 4 comments
The Tormentor: Does every major sports city have another city that is simply there to torment them?
posted by TheQatarian to at 10:23 PM on October 06 - 2 comments
Williams Sisters Join Dolphins' Ownership: In an apparent attempt to have more owners than players, the Dolphins add two more owners, joining Gloria Estefan, Jimmy Buffett and Marc Anthony.
posted by TheQatarian to football at 10:43 AM on August 20 - 9 comments
Another thing should probably be pointed out here: the Patriots' completely mis-managed their timeouts, which prevented them from being able to challenge the play. I'm not certain that the spot might not have been changed in their favor had it been reviewed. So that would be a rare double-bungle on Belichick's part.
posted by TheQatarian at 10:06 AM on November 16
In this case, I agree that player's shouldn't be getting money from sponsors for their endzone celebrations. On the other hand, I'm totally opposed to what he did being a 15-yard penalty. Not dangerous + not cheating = not a penalty.
posted by TheQatarian at 04:18 PM on November 12
In the Iverson/Jordan comparison above, I'd put it this way: Jordan made his teammates better. I don't think Iverson did that to any great degree.
posted by TheQatarian at 11:24 PM on November 10
He can retire for all I care. I'm not a fan of selfish players in any sport, and if he can't accept being a sixth man, then he'll have to accept going home and counting his money, since he doesn't have any rings to count.
posted by TheQatarian at 01:35 PM on November 10
I've noted in enough threads how sick I am of celebration penalties. It doesn't hurt anyone, and it doesn't give either team an advantage, so it shouldn't be a penalty. That said, I'm fine with penalizing "taunting" or clearly pre-meditated showboating at this level, but I'm completely against penalites for "being happy", which it sounds like is what is happening here.
posted by TheQatarian at 10:25 AM on November 04
Cheap move by Spikes, and a pretty spineless punishment by Meyer. At the very least he should be suspended for an entire game, and I'd say more. They're playing Vanderbilt, so it's not like they desperately need him. (No offense to any Commodore fans.)
Something tells me the SEC will add to the punishment.
posted by TheQatarian at 08:13 PM on November 02
Maybe this is just because I'm a Minnesotan, but given the hotbed of political correctness that most college campuses are these days, you'd think the student body would demand correcting that already. (This is one of the rare cases where I actually agree with the PC crowd.)
posted by TheQatarian at 04:24 PM on October 28
On one hand, one cannot blackball Acta from managing ever again just because he had to try to get something out of the hellhole that is the Washington Nationals franchise. On the other, how he can possibly be the best the Indians could do, I have no idea.
posted by TheQatarian at 07:37 PM on October 25
To answer the question, it's probably because the season is a loss by now, and putting in what would clearly just be an interim coach would be pointless. If it were an interim coach who might be auditioning for the job (e.g. Mike Singletary last season), that would be one thing, but Snyder clearly wants a big-name guy, and none of them are going to be willing to take over mid-season. So you can lose with Zorn or lose with someone else...might as well just stick with the loser you already have.
posted by TheQatarian at 08:48 PM on October 19
As a Twins fan, I'm not cursing out Phil Cuzzi like many others. Aside from Nathan's blown save and failing to get a run across with the bases loaded and no one out in the 11th, I can also totally understand how Cuzzi missed that call. The left fielder was coming right in toward the line, and he was probably closer to the play than was beneficial. Had it been a regular season game and had Cuzzi been the third base umpire, I'd bet he gets that call right.
Which leads to another reason I favor replay in the postseason: Umpires are going to make mistakes, but such a system would likely save them a lot of grief. Cuzzi wouldn't have to spend a minute fretting over his mistake as he did on Friday night. Then we don't have to listen to calls for umpires' heads and they can mostly go about just being anonymous arbiters of the game.
However, C.B. Bucknor is a whole category unto himself as far as being an awful umpire. Replay isn't going to save that idiot from my wrath or anyone else's.
posted by TheQatarian at 05:30 PM on October 11
I'm all for replay in the playoffs, but I can live without it in the regular season. The playoff games are too critical, and you've got to get the calls right if at all possible. And I really don't buy this "human element is part of the game" crap. If you can get it right, then get it right. Give the manager a red flag just like the NFL has for head coaches, and review the critical calls. Would it really take any longer than it takes when the manager comes out and yells at the umpires for blowing a call? I'm pretty sure the only reason Gardy didn't come out and blow a gasket is that he couldn't see it from his angle.
posted by TheQatarian at 12:34 PM on October 11
If it's in the rules, you have to enforce it, but I think there is a perfectly valid call to change the rules for future races. That rule is about as out-of-date as the golf scorecard.
posted by TheQatarian at 02:26 PM on October 08
I questioned the Hoser's pick of Green Bay as his lock when the Bengals seemed like a much better sure thing to kill the Browns. Shows what I know. Greanted, I was right that Green Bay was a questionable lock, but I chose no better.
posted by TheQatarian at 04:04 PM on October 07
My apologies if I'm breaking any rules by posting a column I just wrote. The last column I wrote never got posted, and it kinda lost relevance. This one is sort of a redo of one I wrote in 2006, but with more details and stuff.
posted by TheQatarian at 10:25 PM on October 06
Scioscia, Tracy Win Manager of the Year Awards
While Mike Scioscia is a great manager, I feel the need to ask: What exactly does Ron Gardenhire have to do to win this thing?
The Angels did get off to a slow start, in large part due to the Adenhart tragedy, but with or without him, they were still easily the most talented team in the AL West and accomplished exactly what they should have. The Twins, meanwhile, were without Joe Mauer for the first month of the season and without Justin Morneau for the last month of the season; their biggest offseason move was re-signing Nick Punto; their pitching staff was held together with chewing gum and duct tape, and they trailed a more talented Tigers team by 7 games on Labor Day...and they WON the division despite all of this. In eight years managing the Twins, Gardenhire has routinely done more with less than any manager in baseball, and somehow he's never won this award. (This is his fifth 2nd-place finish.)
At least we Twins fans can celebrate Mauer getting the MVP later this week. (If that doesn't happen, something is *seriously* messed up.)