Qyntel Woods’ Animal Kingdom

Qyntel: I was housesitting for a month last winter for my parents. They have two purebred chows – cute as heck, but such a pain! I’d let them outside for their business, but they’d never come back in! Every time I went to let them in (because they’d be @ the door, snorting & whatever), […]

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WORLD SERIES PREVIEW: Fake to Third, Fake to First

Hey there, baseball fans. Only a couple hours to go before game one of the 2005 World Series between the Chicago White Sox and the Houston Astros. One of these teams’ destinies is going to change tonight, right here on ESPN Radio. And me and my broadcast partner Dan Schulman couldn’t be happier to bring […]

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Baseball’s Late-Night Shame

The other night, at precisely 11:47 pm, Albert Pujols lifted a Brad Lidge slider high into the Houston sky. Capping off a miraculous comeback that kept the Cardinals alive, game 5 of the NLCS immediately entered the pantheon of great playoff moments. Except for one problem. I didn’t see it. If you go to sleep […]

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MMQB: Angels With Dirty Faces

When the final out was recorded in Monday’s 5-3 Angels win over the Yankees, I looked over and saw Brian Cashman breathe a huge sigh of relief. “Finally feels good, eh, Brian?” I asked. He jumped up, startled. “What? Oh, no! Steelers just went up on San Diego. They win this game, I’m 13-1 in […]

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Joe Morgan’s Political Soapbox

ed: Due to his responsibilities as a member of E$PN’s playoff broadcast team, Mike Piazza was unable to write his regular “Political Soapbox” column. Piazza will return to his regular schedule following the playoffs. Hey, fans. Joe Morgan here. You know, putting together a Supreme Court is a lot like putting together a baseball team. […]

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Little Big Ligue

Hey, Ozzie. I know it’s tough right now, man. It’s like, fuck, dude, we’ve gotta play the Indians in Cleveland this weekend, and they’re on fire more than my dinger after I got back together with my old lady in ’92. But you know what? I laid the lumber on her, and out popped ol’ […]

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Yard Work’s Rookie of the Year Roundtable

As the season draws to a close, YW has assembled a series of expert panels to debate baseball’s postseason honors. This week, we tackle the Rookie of the Year awards. Dan Shaughnessy Terry Francona said he wouldn’t do it. Even though The Kid had been called up earlier that day – Craig Hansen, The Future, […]

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Pay Rickey

What’s up, y’all? It’s been a long time, but Rickey’s been busy being Rickey – doing interviews, driving around in classic cars, chilling with fine b-tches, riding the bus out to the middle of the desert to act the fool. Rickey just don’t get it. Rickey Henderson is a finely preserved specimen of physical beauty. […]

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At Being the Worst, He’s the Best

The plaque sat in Jim Bowden’s office. Beautifully framed, made of wood, it depicted Nationals shortstop Cristian Guzman doing what only Guzman does so well – dribbling a weak little grounder down the third-base line, a cringe already on his face as he casually jogged in the general direction of first base. Below the picture, […]

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Small Man, Big Month

After a lifetime spent conditioned to believe the lies of mankind’s militant campaign of animal oppression, Aaron Small has broken through the ceiling of hatred and deceit, rejecting the Boston Red Sox’ sinister stranglehold upon the collective conscience of mile after mile of faceless suburbia. As diesel fumes choke and asphalt strangles the once-verdant fields […]

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