Entries Tagged as ‘Sports’

May 13, 2008

State of the AL: Orioles overachieving thus far

[cross posted at NL Beast]
I will be heading to Camden Yards tonight to see Josh Beckett face off against Jeremy Guthrie. In light of that, this week’s AL roundup will discuss the Baltimore Orioles record thus far this year. The expectation of the Orioles coming into 2008 was that they would be vying with the [...]

May 12, 2008

Manny wants a Gold Glove

First he’s a poet now he wants to be win a gold glove*. The Boston Herald reports [Thanks Buster Olney]:
“I think I’m the best ever to play left field in Boston,” the slugger said.
Manny does judge the bounces off the Green Monster fairly well, but that does not mean he plays a good left field. [...]

April 28, 2008

Prediction: Joel Piniero wins the Gold Glove this year at pitcher

Okay, I am not quite as delusional as to actually predict* this (especially not with Greg Maddux still playing), but I have watched this incredible play by former Red Sox pitcher Joel Piniero 15 times now and I can’t get enough.
*This is not to mention the ridiculous nature of how Gold Gloves are awarded. **
**The [...]

April 16, 2008

Manny being Manny the poet

I have not laughed so hard at something baseball related in a long time (well not since the last time I read a Son’s of Sam Horn game thread).
I cannot offer anything else other than this link, there are no words: Manny Ramirez is a poet.

April 14, 2008

Thoughts from a great weekend for sports

A few reflections on perhaps the best weekend for sports post-March Madness:

April 11-13 is far far far too early for Red-Sox vs. Yankees. As far as I am concerned these two teams should not play each other until mid June.
While I will not at all complain about taking 2-3 from both the Detroit Tigers and [...]