The Sox add arguably one of the best relievers in baseball (Gagne) to a bullpen that is already the best in the American League (Papelbon, Okajima, Timlin, Delcarmen, Tavarez), a player the Yankees desperately needed and wanted, for a marginal 6th starter (Gabbard) and 2 minor-league OFs (David Murphy and Engel Beltre). This on the heels of Boston [...]
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Monthly Archives: July 2007
Jul 31
Should we join the now hip converastion of Schneider vs Flores?
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The success of Nationals Rule 5 Draft selection of Jesus Flores paired with Schneider’s lack of production with the bat has made the hip conversation “who catches for the Nats in ‘08.”
Some key stats are below, with the player I’d give the advantage to in bold. These stats favor Flores and show the reason [...]
Jul 30
Does Bowden have a plan or is he just a moron with a checkbook?
Keith Law has posted a scathing entry in his blog on ESPN.com on what he believes is “the sorry state of the Nationals” in the wake of the Ronnie Belliard and Dmitri Young signings. I hate to admit it, but he makes some pretty good points too. Since I believe the blog is [...]
Jul 30
Does this mean I have to start watching the NBA again?
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=2954127
According to front-office league sources, the Celtics and T-Wolves are again close to finalizing a deal to send Kevin Garnett to the Celtics for promising young players Gerald Green and Al Jefferson, as well as expiring contracts Sebastian Telfair and Theo Ratliff and some future draft picks.
The trade would make the Celtics instant favorites in [...]
Jul 26
Next Year is Now
With the signing of Ronnie Belliard to a two-year deal, and all the hot talk of re-signing Dmitri Young, the Nationals are apparently leaning toward, as GM Jim Bowden has been fond of saying lately: “We’re building up, not tearing down.”
Spurred by this, and by Barry Svrluga’s blog post of just a few hours ago, [...]
Jul 25
Why the Yankees won’t catch the Red Sox
August 10 - at Cleveland, 7:05 PM
11 - at Cleveland, 7:05 PM
12 - at Cleveland, 1:05 PM
13 - vs. Baltimore, 7:05 PM
14 - vs. Baltimore, 7:05 PM
15 - vs. Baltimore, 1:05 PM
16 - vs. Detroit, 7:05 PM
17 - vs. Detroit, 7:05 PM
18 - vs. Detroit, 3:55 PM
19 - vs. Detroit, 1:05 PM
20 - at LA [...]
Jul 24
ACC Football at Rock Bottom
It would be one thing is this came from a New York, Philadelphia, or Boston newspaper, but this is the hometown press slamming ACC football.
Bob Lipper of the Richmond Times-Dispatch has some startling statistics regarding ACC football in his latest column: http://www.timesdispatch.com/cva/ric/sports.apx.-content-articles-RTD-2007-07-23-0129.html
“The ACC was 6-16 against teams from other BCS conferences last year, 0-3 in [...]
Jul 23
The Hammer
Quick, who are the greatest baseball players of all time?
Everyone probably begins with names like Babe Ruth, Willie Mays, Ted Williams, and Ty Cobb. People rarely begin the discussion with Henry Aaron, and maybe they should.
Jul 21
ND changing its schedule
Goodbye BC, Michigan, Nebraska . . . hello West Virginia, Oklahoma, San Diego State.
Jul 19
New sport to follow.
Waaaay out of our usual coverage, I know, but a bit of family pride here.
http://www.row2k.com/news/news.cfm?ID=31472
My two cousins are in the gold medal 8 boat.