Archive for May 2009

On April 30, 1939, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt appeared at the World’s Fair, stood in front of NBC’s cameras, and became the first U.S. president to appear on television. Two weeks later, Bill Cosby was given a pilot, and “Law & Order” was launched two weeks after that. True story. Joba turns the other cheek […]

Angels 4, Royals 3: Torii Hunter’s catch in the ninth was sick. After the game, Hunter said that it was his second best of all time, with number one being the one in the 2002 All-Star game where he robbed Barry Bonds of a homer. But unlike the 2002 All-Star game, someone won this game, […]

Why selling low in single league formats is so dangerous.

Well, that was an interesting week. Manny Ramirez was suspended, the Orioles and Cubs made a trade and two teams called up players integral to their future. The Yankees lost their catching tandem while the Athletics made a ton of roster shuffles. Enough with it, let’s dive in.

The Dodgers get a blow with Manny but the West remains a cakewalk for them.

This is pretty much the perfect link on which to end a week like the one we’ve just lived through. I may have a post or two tonight on NBC, but as soon as those go live, I’m going to sleep and I’m not waking up until Monday morning. Have a good weekend everyone.

This week on “Law and Order: MLB”: Excuse me for asking, but how do we know that Ken Griffey didn’t juice? A.J. Hinch? Really? Junk bonds! Get yer read hot JUNK bonds! R.I.P., Little Professor Finally,

“Hi, everybody, and a very pleasant Thursday evening to you, wherever you may be. The Dodgers and the city of Los Angeles and all of California and for that matter, all of baseball, still shocked and stunned over the suspension of Manny Ramirez. We’ll have more to say about that a little bit later on […]

A slightly superficial edition this morning, as I was working on another writing project last night. I’m so lazy about this that I’m not even going to link up the box scores, so if you want them, go here. Apologies, but I’m freakin’ tired, dudes: Nationals 11, Dodgers 9: I’m guessing at this point that […]