“Yard Work, Spring 2008: Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough” continues as we welcome legendary play-by-play announcer Jim Ross with his preview of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. He was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2007 and is also a great cook. With Opening Day less than two weeks away, tensions are […]
Continue reading →I am Metatron! Seraphic attendant! Divine scrivener! Etcher of heavenly wisdom in the scrolls of eternity! Mere prophet no more, but seated by His dispensation at His feet, ever attentive! Most fortunate and cherished intermediary, blessed to be the first to hear such phrases as emanate from the All-Emanating! I am Metatron! And in this […]
Continue reading →The champagne wasn’t dry yet — not quite — but the rough outlines of its work were clear: jagged shards of hair, curling improbably around the head of the Oakland GM like a crown of forked tongues, sticky and sweet. But how sweet? Only Billy Beane knows for sure. I ask if this is vindication. […]
Continue reading →I may no longer be New York’s number one public servant — as I was on the day our city was attacked in the most disgusting act of mass murder our country has ever known — but I’ll always be the number one fan of the greatest baseball team in the history of the world, […]
Continue reading →Okay, America. You’re in the Herd. Nothing you can do about it, so stop trying. It’s no secret I get a lot of crap. Especially from people who don’t know any better. People who can’t think for themselves. Seriously, if I spend more than two seconds thinking about it, it’s depressing. I can’t believe the […]
Continue reading →Attorney General Alberto Gonzales has come in for a lot of criticism over the past couple of days, and I think that’s too bad. I admit that I’m not exactly up on the details of the controversy, since I’ve spent the last month concentrating on seeing the ball good, and taking it one day at […]
Continue reading →Y’know, logos and mascots such as myself are generally discriminated against in the world of baseball analysis, as in most other aspects of life. Supposedly, the rap on us is that we’re not good with the advanced math needed for today’s fancy-ass prediction making. And you know what? I’ll cop to that. I couldn’t tell […]
Continue reading →Fm: Charlie Barnasta [mailto:charliebee@mlb.com] Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2007, 11:42 PM [PST] To: Bud Selig [mailto:budselig@mlb.com] Subj: JR Day Buddy.. The numbers are not good. We’ve run them twice, and there’s no two ways about it: Our memorail [sic] day in honor of Jackie was a bust. Our anonymous contacts in polling community have come […]
Continue reading →I am Metatron! Mouthpiece of the Almighty! Scribe of the Creator! Possessed of wisdom beyond all understanding! Speaking with the breath of the Divine! Enoch, transformed through primordial fire, seraphic eyes ablaze, torchlike! Walker at the side of God, His holiest company! I am Metatron! We have endured now two years in witness of the […]
Continue reading →If there’s one thing all baseball fans associate with the Boston Red Sox, it’s fine wine. And regardless of whether or not the previous statement is remotely true, next month will see the release of three unique wines that reflect the personalities of Red Sox stars. As a result, bourgeois yahoos from Great Barrington to […]
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