Headlines for September, 2004

To Camp or Not to Camp? For NFL Players, Holding Out Leads to Sitting Out

Has anyone ever noticed that a curiously high percentage of the NFL players who sustain early-season injuries are the very same guys who skipped training camp while holding out because of contract disputes? Packers cornerback Mike McKenzie and Browns rookie tight end Kellen Winslow II are two more names you can add to this dubious list. Despite having a few years remaining [read more...]

Angels Rush In Where Fools Fear To Tread

ADVERTISEMENT <a href="http://media.fastclick.net/w/click.here?sid=16506&m=3&pageid=1" target="_top"><img width=120 height= 600 src="http://media.fastclick.net/w/get.media?sid=16506&m=3&tp=3&d=s&v=1.0c&pageid=1" border=0 align=right></a> The Anaheim Angels have had enough to deal with this season. With half their active roster on the DL at any given moment, they have somehow managed to not only keep their heads above water, but keep themselves in the thick of the AL West pennant race. Most baseball experts had counted the [read more...]

Hart Surgery: Insomnia

I have no will power. It is bad enough I have trouble sleeping, but the fact I cannot keep myself from watching late night television is no help either. If I didn't have a TV in my room, I might sleep an average of an hour or two more per night. Every night I find myself glued to the only [read more...]

Read All About It: Books To Keep You Going During Long Off-Season

ADVERTISEMENT <a href="http://media.fastclick.net/w/click.here?sid=16506&m=3&pageid=1" target="_top"><img width=120 height= 600 src="http://media.fastclick.net/w/get.media?sid=16506&m=3&tp=3&d=s&v=1.0c&pageid=1" border=0 align=right></a> With the final weeks of the regular season upon us, the time that all diehard fans dread the most is just around the corner - the dreaded off-season. Oh sure, we'll have the buzz of post-season play to keep us going for a little while longer, but soon enough we'll once again [read more...]

A Day in the Life of a Maniac

That's it. I'm done. Finished. I can't take it anymore. No mas. I don't usually make a habit of going to a bar like Kincade's on a Friday night. Not that it's a bad hangout by any stretch of the imagination. It has a great floor plan, it's right in the heart of Lincoln Park, and a handful of chic restaurants [read more...]

Howe Is Out, But The Beat Goes On…

ADVERTISEMENT <a href="http://media.fastclick.net/w/click.here?sid=16506&m=3&pageid=1" target="_top"><img width=120 height= 600 src="http://media.fastclick.net/w/get.media?sid=16506&m=3&tp=3&d=s&v=1.0c&pageid=1" border=0 align=right></a> BaseballOutsider.com By now Met fans should be used to it … the team gets their hopes up, then falls precipitously back to reality and someone is left to take the hit for what was only the inevitable. It's become so routine in Queens that we can practically script the ending to the season before [read more...]

Hart Surgery: I’m The Rubber, You’re The Glue

Monday night, a despicable fight broke out towards the end of the Oakland-Texas game at Network Associates Coliseum. Here are the facts: In the ninth inning, fans sitting near the Rangers' bullpen became involved in a shouting match with some of the players. A fracas (it may not have been a fracas, I just love that word) ensued, punctuated by Rangers [read more...]

The Sabermetrically Sound Excel in 04

Yes, teams that have good "Sabermetric" stats are doing well. Sabermetrics, of course, is the term coined by Bill James (who now works for the Red Sox). It combines metric with SABR (for Society for American Baseball Research). Although there are many Sabermetric stats, one of the best known and simplest is called OPS. It adds together on-base percentage (OBP) [read more...]

There’s No Crying In Baseball, Yankees

ADVERTISEMENT <a href="http://media.fastclick.net/w/click.here?sid=16506&m=3&pageid=1" target="_top"><img width=120 height= 600 src="http://media.fastclick.net/w/get.media?sid=16506&m=3&tp=3&d=s&v=1.0c&pageid=1" border=0 align=right></a> BaseballOutsider.com Life sometimes deals us hard blows and we've got to learn to deal with them. The baseball diamond is not exempt from the ravages of war, terrorist attack or natural disaster. As a unique part of the fabric of American life, baseball has always been at the center of these moments, and to [read more...]

ESPN and Sports History, Forever Intertwined

This is an amazing thing. Over the past few months, ESPN has bludgeoned the masses with virtually every conceivable significant sports moment from the past 25 years. These, however, are not the greatest, worst, goofiest, or most heartbreaking moments in sports history. They are the sports moments that have occurred during the history of the network. What you should find remarkable—because it [read more...]

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