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Slow News Day Tuesday: The Major League Baseball Edition
Welcome to the second edition of Slow News Day Tuesday, the counterpart to Free Form Friday that attempts to address offseason boredom in the interminable final month before kickoff. As always, this feature will be discontinued immediately upon (a) the occurrence or reporting of the inevitable...
Can the NHL benefit from the NFL and NBA lockouts?
Hockey fans usually fit into one of two groups: Group A fans are generally provincial thinkers who define themselves as traditionalists. They have little regard for any teams or cities outside of the homes of the vaunted Original 6. Group B fans love hockey in almost any form and can be...
How I Spent My Summer Vacation: Tropicana Field Again Welcomes Georgia Fans on Holiday
My wife and I have established a pattern for our annual family vacation to Florida. We drive as far as my parents’ house in South Georgia on the first day, stay with my folks, awaken at a ludicrous hour in the dead of night, and drive as long as possible before the kids awaken. This leads,...
Criticize baseball's Hall, but at least theirs matters
There are four things you can count on at the start of a new calendar year: a never-ending stream of ridiculously-named bowl games -- like the "San Diego County Credit Union Poinsetta Bowl," a regular season hockey game that's actually worth watching, the absolute worst movies Hollywood can...
Cageside Quote - Jim Ross is "Shocked at the Apparent Failure of a Drug Test by Chael Sonnen"
From good ol' JR's blog: "...I was shocked to read of the news of the apparent failure of a drug test by one of my favorite MMA fighters, Chael Sonnen. I keep waiting for the matter to be resolved IE the test was erroneous as being suspended in a biz that provides one with a relatively short,...
Informal workouts show the season is closer than you think
With the start of spring training - that February rite of passage in Major League Baseball that should be quite familiar to residents of the Tampa Bay area - it gives the image of warmth and light and the promise the long cold days of winter will soon relent. The rebirth of the sport, the...
Off Topic: In defense of Jim Joyce and the fallibility of on-field officials
About a year ago, I wrote a piece expressing disdain at NHL referees and linesmen, as well as their boss at the time. I labeled them Club Two-Minutes and slammed the pomposity, arrogance, and the lack of accountability among them. Yesterday in Major League Baseball, there was a little event in...
Should Major League Baseball boycott 2011 All-Star Game?
Several influential politicians are calling on Major League Baseball to pull the 2011 All-Star Game from Phoenix after recently passes legislation to crack down on illegal immigration. The legislation is controversial because it allows for racial profiling to occur, something the majority of...
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