Prince Fielder Is Nibbling On My Ear

I'm not saying you're not a vegetarian Prince Fielder, but I just don't know a lot of 5'11", 260 pound non-carnivores. I've been eating mostly vegetarian fare for the last couple of years, and I think you're trying to pull the lima beans over my eyes. I saw you play against the Cubs earlier this season, and I think you [read more...]

Why Chicks Should Be Banned From All-Star Voting

Perhaps I've been drinking too much of the Colin Cowherd Kool-aid, but I've realized female sports fans are messing with the natural order of things -- and that is turning me into a chauvinistic, repressive fool. As I recall, Colin has spoken about the upsides -- a requirement even -- of having a relationship with a girl who doesn't love sports. [read more...]

Hall of fame drama: Will someone please impeach Clemens already?

I don't know how much longer the Roger Clemens career-reducing drama can go on, but I'm asking Congress to give this another try---and to get it right this time. Clemens' homemade version of The Surreal Life is in episode 14 where the former seven-time Cy Young Award winner admits to helping Mindy McCready with performance-enhancing vocal tracks when she was 15! It [read more...]

From Bonds to Clemens to Ankiel to Taylor to Tilghman: Context Lost

Months ago, when the Rick Ankiel-HGH news broke, I wrote that his being outed represented - potentially - a watershed moment in sports and sportswriting. It was the moment when the subjects of race and racism, of PEDs in football, and constructive criticisms of all sports, especially the NFL, could be broached by a large enough portion of the U.S. [read more...]

Good Day Sunshine: Adam Jones, Barry Bonds and the Burden of Proof

We have a serious disconnect here in the land of the not-so free and the home of the brave few in the sporting world. This is the arena where judgment is laid down before the judging is done. This is the place where opinion matters far more than truth. The place where strangers swear they know - and those knowing [read more...]