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The playoffs start today… I’m there
As the Chicago White Sox were working on the final outs of their Monday game against Detroit I knew what was going to happen.
All season I had promised the wife that I’d take her to see the White Sox, and while we did see them in Baltimore I knew she’d only truely be happy if [...]
major leagues
The playoffs start today… I’m there»As the Chicago White Sox were working on the final outs of their Monday game against Detroit I knew what was going to happen.
All season I had promised the wife that I’d take her to see the White Sox, and while we did see them in Baltimore I knew she’d only truely be happy if [...]
When Arizona Diamondbacks third basemen Mark Reynolds struck out during the second inning Wednesday he put his name in the record books.
Though it’s not on a list where most would want to be. Reynolds tied the major league record for strike outs in a reason with his 199th strike out of the year, trying Ryan [...]
Adam Pettyjohn has returned to the big leagues. Make no mistake this is not a mirage or 2001 when he appeared in 16 games, inclduing 9 starts on his way to posting a 1-6 record and a 5.82 ERA.
It’s 2008 and the 31-year old Pettyjohn has traveled the minor league circuit as much as anyone. [...]
predictions
NFL Picks: Week 6»Detroit @ Minnesota
Chicago @ Atlanta
Oakland @ New Orleans
Cincinnati @ NY Jets
Miami @ Houston
Carolina @ Tampa Bay
Baltimore @ Indianapolis
St. Louis @ Washington
Jacksonville @ Denver
Dallas @ Arizona
Philadelphia @ San Fransisco
Green Bay @ Seattle
New England @ San Diego
New York Giants @ Cleveland
It’s cold as heck here in the office as a write this so I don’t have alot of time or patience to give a bunch of details about this weeks picks. Here are the games.
Washington @ Philadelphia
Seattle @ New York Giants
Chicago @ Detroit
Atlanta @ Green Bay
Tennessee @ Baltimore
San Diego @ Miami
Kansas City @ Carolina
Indianapolis @ [...]
It’s time for week 4’s NFL picks and after last weeks rebound by not looking at the spreads we again will just look at teams throw some numbers around and eat ice cream as we make our picks for the week.
Really there aren’t many games that really stand out this week to start but hey, [...]
minor leagues
Older Ka’aihue providing muscle this year»Earlier this year I noticed that Kila Kaaihue again was assigned to the Kansas City Royals Double-A affiliate. While the team had recently changed names from Wichita to North West Arkansas Kaaihue was still a member.
Remembering that I had seen Kaaihue the last two seasons the thought of just another guy who can’t get pass [...]
Mike Parisi is the latest member of the St. Louis Cardinal organization to be facing Tommy John surgery. Parisi was diagnosed with a partial tear of his ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow.
While Parisi wasn’t particularly impressive in the majors (0-4, 8.22 ERA in 23 innings) he had been pitching well at the Triple-A [...]
The Los Angeles Dodgers annouced the release of former big leaguers Mark Bellhorn, Ramon Martinez and Matt Riley Thursday night.
Bellhorn had simply struggled to hit at the Double-A level, Martinez was injury prone but surprisingly Riley had been effective.
Riley had signed with the Dodgers in 2007 and had been 2-1 with a 2.88 ERA with [...]