SportsFilter: The Monday Huddle:
A place to discuss the sports stories that aren't making news, share links that aren't quite front-page material, and diagram plays on your hand. Remember to count to five Mississippi before commenting in anger.
FanGraphs has a new series where they ask people around baseball open-ended questions about "Who was better".
Pedro Martinez vs. Nolan Ryan
Randy Johnson vs. He Who Shall Not Be Named
posted by yerfatma at 12:04 PM on July 01
The number of votes against The Big Unit reveals that people know the truth.
posted by Bonkers at 01:12 PM on July 01
Happy Canada Day
posted by tommytrump at 01:25 PM on July 01
Interesting that several players used career win totals as one of their deciding factors when choosing between the two players.
posted by Ying Yang Mafia at 02:24 PM on July 01
Pirates first team to 50 wins. Remarkable.
posted by beaverboard at 07:02 PM on July 01
Here's hoping the bottom doesn't fall out this year. Sounds like it shouldn't. (It pains me Melancon is doing so well while that pederast Hanrahan is done for a year).
posted by yerfatma at 09:33 AM on July 02
All those guys talking about Randy Johnson being "intimidating?" They obviously don't remember Maddux wearing another guy's face at the 1995 World Series celebration.
posted by The_Black_Hand at 11:24 AM on July 02
Joe Maddon: smarter than you.