What a time to be a hockey fan! At least, that’s what people that follow hockey told me. When I was approached by Ward York — who runs a little website you might be reading right now — to write about the hockey playoffs, I told him that didn’t make any damn sense. Everything I know […]
Continue reading →I don’t know if you folks have been paying attention to the calendar, but it was one year ago today that I kicked off this whole Yard Work thing. We’ve come a long way since that E$PN-sponsored Blogspot site, and I’d just like to take the opportunity to thank everyone that’s written for us, and […]
Continue reading →Since we’re heading down the stretch, I figured I’d post a picture of me in mid-stretch from back in the day! No steroids for me, no sir. I gained my weight the old-fashioned way – I ATE IT. (Wow – I had hair once. Damn.) With only a few weeks left in the regular season, […]
Continue reading →I like the All-Star Game and all that, but I gotta say, I’m glad all that’s finished. Between the 24-hour Home Run Derby, and all that Kenny Rogers bull, the Break was starting to rub me like a tight sweaty jockstrap. The time for showing off and goofing around’s finally over. It’s time to look […]
Continue reading →If you listened to some of these purists talk about it, Brendan Donnelly crapped on Cy Young’s grave out there the other night. Bull! The fact is, Donnelly plays about as tough as anybody out there, and the Krukster’s got no love for guys who don’t sack up and game hard. That crybaby Frank Robinson […]
Continue reading →Now, don’t get me wrong – TK’s a great writer. I mean, he’s really really good – you don’t get published in Sports Illustrated by being a big old dummy like me, y’know? But this business about “Derek Jeter” being “the face of baseball” – I mean, c’mon, he’s not baseball. Sure, he’s a great […]
Continue reading →Krukker here. I’ve been nice on Baseball Tonight. I’ve been encouraging, even when someone says something “vacuous.” But it’s time for some “Kruk Love,” Major League Baseball. I hate to be the one to say this, and I don’t wanna criticize ya’ll because, really, you’re all great, but most of you players today wouldn’t know […]
Continue reading →My big story of Thursday in the Bigs? Greg Zaun, maybe the best catcher in baseball right now other than team leaders like Mike Piazza and Mike Matheny. Oh, and Ausmus. Can’t forget Aussie. But Greg Zaun — and I’m not one to talk, but he’s getting up there! — hit his third home run […]
Continue reading →Okay, so this seems to be working. Well, E$PN wanted us to start doing this blog thing but they also weren’t sure about doing it on the official site. So they set up this thing for us to get our feet wet. Karl, Peter, HR and everyone else will be here soon — I got […]
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