Category Archives: Baseball

There is a great difference in the reaction to the inevitable losses by the Cubs and Sox. Cubs fans were devastated. They don’t get a chance to blow it very often. For Sox fans it was routine. Rookies. (I’m trying … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I never rooted for either of my “home” teams down here. The Devil Rays are way too awful with a way-too-awful stadium. And the Marlins pissed me off by selling the team after the ’97 World Series win. In fact, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I know this might sound heretical, considering I’m sitting in the heart of the “Red Sox Nation”, but I really don’t like either of the terms “Red Sox Nation” or “Cowboy Up!” The former sounds like a marketing gimmick, and … Continue reading → Continue reading →

According to Brian Lewandowski, the key to Sox victory lies in the French knot. Apparently, it was his wife, not Derek Lowe, that saved Game 5. Thoughts From Big Bri: A Stitch in Time Saves Nine [ via Statia ] Continue reading →

How does it do it? How does this stupid game with it’s screwed up owners and its overpaid players and its clueless Commissioner and all the other crap it piles on our heads to try to get us to stop … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Waaaaaaahhooooooo! Can’t talk. Must pass out now. Continue reading →

You have your affairs in order, right? Because after yesterday’s back-from-the-dead win by the Red Sox and the first playoff series win for the Cubs since 1908, my prediction for Armageddon (Sox vs Cubs in the World Series) is still … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Yeah, it was so worth it to stay up until…what the hell time is it? 2:53am?! Yipes!…and watch the Sox lose on a squeeze bunt. I’ll remind myself how great a game it was when the alarm goes off in … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I find this baseball site called The Dead Ball Era strangely fascinating. It’s dedicated to dead baseball players. But it’s not just a list of them, or a look at their careers, it’s focused on their deaths. They are categorized … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Solonor’s Groovy Computer Baseball League has started its 2004 season, and if you haven’t been perusing the news page, you’ve been missing some pretty funny stuff. Instead of relying on me to make up silly stories about their teams, the … Continue reading → Continue reading →