baseball Stories - Arkansas Expats
Sports Linx 06.26.08
Astros pitcher Shawn Chacon choked general manager Ed Wade during an argument. In Euro 2008, Turkey finally loses. But not without another ill last 15 minutes goal, which was answered in the 90th minute by a German goal for the win. Tonight is the NBA draft; Chad Ford and Bill Simmons chat about...
Sports Links 06.20.08
(the I can't work anymore version, but with Youppi! ) Link dump: How the hell you gonna get pulled over on your way out of lockup? Nice going, Xavier Hicks. I remember hearing about that incident of yours with the rubbing alcohol and the contact lenses. Your "indefinite suspension" is a fine...
Sports Tip Drill 06.16.08
Me? I've been summering it up and welcoming expatriate New Yorkers, watching the trees twist in the wind when it storms, and watching Euro 2008. Are you NOT watching this? This tournament is reminding me what good futbol/ soccer can be - tense, ridiculous, with leads just hanging on a string. We...
Sports Links 06.06.08
The hurried, unvetted version. - Derrick Rose as the new Stephon Marbury? I like the comparison, in a sense; I didn't see a lot of passing from Mr. Rose, and I don't really know how to evaluate a player in the dribble-drive system which looks like... advanced streetball to me. He's no Chris Paul,...
Sports Links 06.03.08
A collection of links... heavy on the baseball. *Oliver Perez... didn't get out of the first inning of last night's game against the FREAKING GIANTS. Incredibly, Perez offered little in the way of an explanation – or an apology to his teammates. For a guy that already has been called out by...
Sports Links 06.02.08
It's supposed to be the dead period for college basketball. A few odds and ends players for the class of 2008 are still out there, as are junior college players; the coaches soldier on. There ain't no news yet, so here's a link dump - the lazy refuge of the dedicated daily(-ish) blogger. * Rivals...
Memorial Day + Emmanuelle Chriqui
It's quiet in the sport world besides: - the Willie Randolph Death Watch, - players still transferring, - pictures of your possible #1 and #2 picks, - wondering how the Knicks can upgrade their point guard situation from Marbury, - a review of this winter's baseball trades, - a Dana O'Neil article...
Sports Links 5.14.08
+ Mets make moves, designating Nelson Figueroa and Jorge Sosa for assignment (Figueroa plans to go to the minors if he clears waivers, Sosa might declare free agency instead), and sending Angel Pagan to the DL. Coming up (or already up): reliever Matt Wise, starting pitcher Claudio Vargas (what's...
Sports Links 05.12.08
And a wholly unnecessary Emanuelle Chriqui photo. + Lenny Dykstra's high end mag for pro athletes is stuck in legal/ monetary disputes, as former Ram defensive back Ryan McNeil's is. That "Nails never fails" article in the New Yorker is getting old already. Move it to the "fiction" section,...
Links - A Slow St John's News Day
We must be close to summer. Not so much to blog about. * Did Paul Pierce throw up an LA gang sign or a Boston hood sign? "Those of us from L.A. know that Paul Pierce went to Inglewood High, and we also know that means that B probably didn’t stand for Boston," writes the Fourth Quarter...
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