Category Archives: Sport

Predict-A-Ball

Posted To Straight Shootin
The product of baseball, at least at the major league level, has been on the decline for years. The season is too long, the games are too long, the market is out of control…and the cloud of the infamous “Steroid Era” continues to cast a dark shadow over a game […]

Bring Back Bonds

340 AB 28 HR 66 RBI 132 BB 5 SB .277
Barry Bonds at 42 put up that stat line. At 43 he is out of work.
Why?
Not because of his age, but his disposition and depositions. Not because he can’t still play, but because his life has become a […]

Pick Yer Poison

So the Madness is upon us, and I must say: you are not ready. Neither am I. I swear it was just Thanksgiving. Now the Tourney is here and it’s time again to suppress the bitching and [expletive deleted]-aching that goes on when someone’s team doesn’t make the tournament
Enter VaTech.
They didn’t deserve to get in. […]

The Power of the Blogger

Bloggers are becoming powerful.
You can tell by the number of Democratic presidential candidates that appeared at the Daily Kos convention. Kos bloggers are, generally speaking, people who believe Stalin was a little bit soft on wealth redistribution. But there were Clinton, Obama, Edwards, and the rest rolling over and begging. Riddle me this: if politicians […]

The Madness is upon us

I don’t have a favorite for March Madness. It gets harder for me to follow college basketball every season. Call it bitter nostalgia, but I thought it was great when college ball was all about playing ball… just some kids, a coach and a lot of zone defense. But just like everything else these days, […]

When Sports Blogging Is A Crime Only Criminals Will Have Blogs

“And when you look at the internet business, what’s dangerous about it is that people who are clearly unqualified get to disseminate their piece to the masses.”-Steven A. Smith 2007 
Quite frankly, I hope you’ll Pardon the Interruption.
Get over Steven A. Smith, an untrained actor, appearing on General Hospital as a reporter at the scene of […]

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