So the soccer hooligans want a park of their own, eh?
How about … no.
There are at least three strikes against this idea and here in America three strikes mean you’re out.
Snakes In My Pants
Cause, you know, we need more people talking ’bout sports.
Monthly Archives: May 2008
May 29
No soccer stadium for D.C.
May 27
What is Omar smoking?
Wille Randolph is not the the only problem that the Mets have but he certainly isn’t the solution. Yesterday, Mets GM Omar Minaya said that the team has “championship talent.” Jose Reyes is a good player but his head doesn’t seem to be in the game. Carlos Beltran is an underachiever. Four years ago, Pedro [...]
May 27
Orange net record 10th NCAA Lax title
After a very disappointing 2007 season that saw the Orange miss the NCAA tournament, the Syracuse men stormed back in 2008 to take the school’s record 10th NCAA D1 lacrosse title with a 13-10 win over Johns Hopkins on Sunday in Gillette.
The championship game wasn’t as close a contest as the semi-final game that Syracuse [...]
May 26
Nationals Park: Perfect for D.C.
In a presumably unintentional way, Nats Park is perfect for D.C., because it’s much like many politicians: Very pleasant, light and breezy, but also bland and undistinguished.
The above judgment comes from having made a handful of games, both day and night. As such I’m late to the ballpark-review game at this Web site, but it’s [...]
May 25
Omar Must Go
Wille Randolph’s meeting Mets’ brass on Tuesday will probably be the end of Willie’s tenure as manager. The Mets need a manager like Larry Bowa who has more fire in his belly. Last September, I saw the Mets and Phillies play the Nationals on consecutive nights and the contrast was stark. The Mets were lethargic [...]
May 23
Did Jon Lester Spring Joba from the bullpen?
Hank Steinbrenner was gracious enough to praise Jon Lester for overcoming adversity to pitch a no hitter. But he also told the Boston Globe that his young pitchers were just as good; that Phil Hughes and Ian Kennedy would come around and that Joba would be a great starter some day. Two days later Joba [...]
May 23
Transitioning between the bullpen and the rotation — remember Mariano Rivera?
Speaking of pitchers changing their roles, the Newark Star-Ledger has fun story recalling Mariano Rivera’s major league debut … as a mediocre starting pitcher.
May 22
The new Joba rules
Joba Chamberlain is starting the great transition, from set-up man … to long reliever … to starter.
May 20
Go ahead Hank, dig *this* up…
Will future stadium construction require the level of security normally reserved for embassies in the former Soviet Union? Perhaps, if we are to believe that construction worker Gino Castignoli buried an official scorecard from the 2004 ALCS in the concrete of the new Yankee Stadium. Yes, this is the same construction worker who buried the [...]
May 20
Another young Boston hurler no-no
Nice work Jon Lester.
For those who don’t know, Jon Lester was diagnosed with lymphoma in the summer of 2006, then came back to beat Cleveland in his return start, start and win the clinching Game 4 of last year’s World Series, and last night became the 4th Red Sox pitcher to throw a no-hitter into [...]