IT’S A FACT: The New York Yankees have retired every one of their numbers in the classic Fibonacci sequence up to 55. Get ready for immortality, Hideki Matsui! IT’S A FACT: Originally trained as an architect, Brewers infielder Craig Counsell personally designed and built his current residence, Counsellwood, a majestic Palladian manor located on several […]
Continue reading →IT’S A FACT: Former Cardinals and Mets outfielder Vince Coleman owns half a dozen parrots and cockatiels, all named “Vince Coleman.” IT’S A FACT: Ageless knuckleballer Tim Wakefield drinks three two-liter bottles of Mountain Dew prior to every start. He says the sugar and caffeine keeps him energized, and the constant gas keeps him from […]
Continue reading →I have always been a fan of bold business management — or anti-management! So it should be no surprise that I am very interested in the business of baseball. Not only is it a very BIG business, but it’s also the national pastime. (Hot Dogs! Cracker Jacks! Bobble-head Dolls! I love it! Gimmicks, gimmicks, gimmicks!) […]
Continue reading →Hi there sports fans! As the founder and CEO of Big Jim Potzrebie’s Used Motor Vehicles, I’m just as pleased as punch to sponsor this weekly “infotisement” on my favorite baseball site. Let’s get ready to rumble…and learn some facts! IT’S A FACT: Tigers third baseman Brandon Inge credits his improved 2006 power numbers to […]
Continue reading →I sat uncomfortably in the rock-hard azure seats at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium. The sound was so loud that it stung my ears like the bees that attacked me when I was eleven years old and my father was emotionally distant and wasn’t paying attention to me or my mother or my brother Peter. But this […]
Continue reading →Hello. I am proud to say that I am the mayor of America’s most beautiful metropolitan area: Seattle, Washington. We love our Mariners up here in the Emerald City, almost as much as we love our city’s rich tradition of music. (Yes, I am “down” with Seattle’s music scene; I grew up listening to the […]
Continue reading →Okay you weak-kneed lily-livered weenosauri, it’s go time. Specifically, it’s time for YOU to go — down, that is. To me. In fantasy baseball. Here’s the poop, garbage-eaters. We’re rocking a new kind of fantasy ball this year — any butt-reamin’ keanu can pick good players, but we’re after those who can select the worst […]
Continue reading →Hokay, puto-necks. Some vasevall nerds say my Houston Astros ain’t a bery good team this year. That is pretty much all ju need to know about vaseball nerds right there. Do none of ju remember that they were in da playoffs the last two jears? Come on, mang, what is this bullchit? Look. Ju know […]
Continue reading →Comrades! Citizens! Brothers and sisters! Men and women of the Badger State! I am addressing you, my friends! In spite of the heroic resistance of our beloved Brewers, the St. Louis Cardinals won the division last year. It is no consolation to note that they went on to win the World Series, thereby negating the […]
Continue reading →I was born in Chicago but I don’t like the White Sox or the Cubs. You know why? F*ck you, that’s why. I also live in New England part of the year but I am not a Red Sox fan. Two reasons. First, they are no longer the Jews of baseball. Second, their fans are […]
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