I’m still reading rants calling for Mike Mussina to start for the American League in the 2008 Major League All-Star game (previously). After all, Mussina is 10-5; halfway to a twenty win season.
Tim Wakefield is only 5-5 so far in 2008. The two pitchers make an interesting comparison, however, when you move beyond the misleading [...]
Look, I love the Remdog as much as anyone. My earliest memories of the Red Sox have Jerry Remy at second and the Rooster at short. As a baseball analysis, he’s top notch; more knowledgeable than the talking heads at ESPN, less of a homer than most local broadcasters. And though I cringe at his [...]
Tagged jerry remy, red soxDan Shaughnessy took the news of Curt Schilling’s season ending surgery as an opportunity to write yet another bitter rant about a player that helped the Red Sox win 2 World Series titles in the 4 years he’s been with the team.
Included among the insults is a comical look at Schilling’s Hall of Fame [...]
Rick Sutcliffe was recently criticized for remarks about everyone’s favorite ESPN reporter Erin Andrews:
I was watching ESPN’s broadcast of the Braves game tonight, and there was a really, really weird moment where they were discussing Rick Sutcliffe taking time off to go get cancer treatment, and Erin Andrews was in the stands and wished him [...]
Tagged richard deitsch, rick sutcliffeFilip Bondy:
More than two months into the season, Joe Girardi looks a lot like Joe Torre. Girardi, too, will always go first and often to his old reliables, before foraging elsewhere on the bench or in the bullpen.
…Girardi arguably has overused his core players, the ones who still remember what it feels like to win [...]
Tagged red sox, yankeesWalking into the theatre to see Baby Mama I wasn’t expecting much, and that’s what I got.
The one plot twist was apparent half way into the move, so it failed as a drama. The story was cliched and the ending a cop out, so it failed as social commentary. But it wasn’t a drama, nor [...]
You can fool Terry Francona once, maybe twice, but good luck with a third time.
Finally tired of being burned Francona used a quick hook on Okajima in a recent victory over Cincinnati. Single, strikeout, walk and Okajima was gone before he could do more damage.
Now if Francona could use the same strategy with Mike Timlin [...]
Big Contrarian:
Firefox, the little web-browser that could, hit 3.0 today. And it seems they think they’ve built a better browser than Safari.
The sad fact is, in most ways, WebKit/Safari is the superior browser. And it damn well better be. Apple caused a huge ruckus when it chose to use the kHTML engine as Safari’s starting [...]
Boston Herald:
ESPN.com columnist Jemele Hill was suspended yesterday after sparking outrage by comparing rooting for the Boston Celtics [team stats] to Adolf Hitler and nuclear war.
ESPN has a habit of hiring hacks as writers; Jemele Hill being a good example. You can find better and more informed writing on numerous amateur blogs, yet Hill is [...]
Tagged jemele hill