Headlines for June, 2005

The Flipside of Baseball Excitement

What do the numbers .338 and .342 mean to you? Great batting averages… right? Maybe even All-Star and Hall of Fame worthy… right? … But what if those were winning percentages? … And worse, what if those were winning percentages of two teams competing against one another in a three-game series? Ahhh, the joys of Interleague baseball. The Kansas City Royals, owners of a [read more...]

Welcome to the Show

One of the many small thrills of a major league game is seeing a ballplayer's first at-bat in the majors. They're usually pinch-hitting late in an out-of-reach game. They walk to the plate to some anonymous AC/DC music, since they haven't had time to get their own music selections into the rotation. And when their picture flashes up on the [read more...]

How Can We Miss You If You Won’t Go Away?

We've all heard about the latest sad chapter in Jerry Rice's hanging-on-by-his-fingernails NFL career. And all of us, with the exception of No. 19 on your Denver Broncos (psst…that's Rice's new number), had the exact same reaction: a Krameresque this is crazy, Jerry! So with Barely Rice now having officially Overstayed His Welcome, we got to thinking what other folks could [read more...]

There’s A Draft In Here

"And with the first pick of the 2005 June Amateur Draft, the Arizona Diamondbacks select…"Such was a phrase uttered June 7th, marking the beginning of baseball's annual selection meeting. It was a day where dreams were realized and Hall of Fame careers were initiated. Too, sadly, it was a day marred with shattered hopes--"the flops", as they will be known… [read more...]

Sizing Up the Triple Crown

This baseball season has shown to be extremely unpredictable. The Yankees and Red Sox have struggled. So too, have the Giants and Cubs. Just as intriguing, though, are the glowing surprises of the White Sox and Nationals, proving that under current league structure, somehow, anything is still possible.Then there are those posting dazzling individual performances--most notably, Derrek Lee of the [read more...]

10 Million Reasons to Coach Kobe Bryant

In Phil Jackson's tell-all book, released less than a year ago, the former Chicago Bulls coach called Kobe Bryant "uncoachable" while he was winning three NBA Championships with the Los Angeles Lakers. Now, after the Lakers struggled to a 34-48 record and a trade that sent Shaquille O'Neal to Miami, Jackson is returning to L.A. - to coach Kobe Bryant. Is it [read more...]

Hart Surgery: Jackson Can’t Get His Fill of L.A.

One of my favorite comedies of all-time is Tommy Boy, the classic tale of fatty-does-right. In particular, one of the best scenes in the movie is when Chris Farley gets into a fistfight with David Spade, and as Farley is coming around the car to thrown down, Spade says, "You are going to regret volunteering for this assignment. I'm gonna [read more...]

NBA Finals Lacking Sizzle

Just in case you've been too busy reviewing the Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes gift registry, the NBA Finals have been in high gear for about a week. The scores have been lop-sided, the ratings have been brutal, and for lack of a better term, the action has simply stunk. It's kind of ironic when you think about it. All the [read more...]

Rockin’ Yoda: The Zen Of Mazzone

A few years back, in one of those what-the-hell-were-they-thinking marketing decisions that spawns atrocities like "Nick and Jessica's Tour of Duty," somebody decided that what the world needed was a comic book line featuring sports heroes as superheroes. One of these gems, "Fastball Express," featured four of baseball's greatest pitchers-Randy Johnson, Greg Maddux, Roger Clemens, Chan Ho Park and Hideo [read more...]

Gone Yard: The Mike & Manu Show

You do something better than anybody else on earth. Maybe it's rolling back your eyelids and making zombie noises. Maybe it's spelling words like "antidisestablishmentarianism." Maybe it's wooing the ladies with lines of solid-gold bull. Whatever it is, my friend, you do it better than anybody else--so why aren't people clamoring for your autograph? Fame. It's the coin of the realm [read more...]

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