Or at least he’d better be. This column is unbelievable. Allow me to quote at length:
Think for a moment about faith. Not about baseball or the media, about the union or management, the home and away teams, all the stuff that seems so important but in truth really amounts to nothing. Such surface concerns melt [...]
Entries from July 31st, 2009
Howard Bryant Is Parodying the PED Moral Panic
July 31st, 2009 · 1 Comment · Seamus McGee
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Steroid Revelations
July 30th, 2009 · 6 Comments · Ground Possum
Today, another “leak” has led to the report that both Manny Ramirez and David Ortiz were on the infamous 2003 list of MLB steroid users. First, I am shocked and appalled! Say it ain’t so! Also, who has this “confidential list,” and do they just leave it sitting on their desk every two months or [...]
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The Daly Show
July 29th, 2009 · No Comments · Doc Hollywood
If you have cable, you need to befriend me. The Golf Channel is doing another reality show about the life and times of John Daly. Pretty excited, am I.
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R.I.P. Jim
July 28th, 2009 · No Comments · Doc Hollywood
R.I.P. Jim. His defense could crush yours.
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NFL Preseason Rankings
July 28th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Doc Hollywood
Don Banks is an idiot. Patriots, Steelers at 1 and 2 in the CNN/SI preseason rankings? Really? Any educated man knows it goes a lil’ something like this:
1) Cincinnati Bengals
2) Oakland Raiders
3) Philadelphia Eagles
4) Pittsburgh Steelers
5) Houston Texans
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31) Cleveland Browns
32) New England Patriots
Go Bengals and Raiders!!
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"I'm the greatest of all time. Thank you."
July 26th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Doc Hollywood
Today, forevermore, shall be known as Rickey Henderson Day. For this is the day that he will be inducted into the MLB Hall of Fame. This is only natural since (I get chills just watching this, good chills):
A career full of stolen bases and apocryphal stories (Rickey once asked a teammate how long it would [...]
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"Who Cares?": Least Revered Major Sports Championships
July 24th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Ground Possum
As I watched Sue Bird this morning trying to sell the WNBA All-Star game on Mike and Mike, I thought of how few people have any real interest in that game. Indeed, Nostrapossumus has already predicted the imminent demise of the WNBA, because, really, no one cares about that sport. As an off-shoot of [...]
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Coaching in the NBA
July 24th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Doc Hollywood
Apparently, the Timberwolves are expected to begin interviewing finalists for their vacant head coach position. Here they are:
-ABC-TV analyst and former NBA point guard Mark Jackson
-Houston Rockets assistant Elston Turner
-Los Angeles Lakers assistant Kurt Rambis
-Portland Trail Blazers assistant Monty Williams
One of these is not like the other, considering that Mark Jackson has no coaching experience [...]
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