While I’m proud to be a member of the Cincinnati Reds broadcast team, and even prouder to get the chance to broadcast games with my father, Hall of Fame broadcaster Marty Brennemann, I can’t help but think about the nine wonderful seasons I spent with my previous MLB employer. I’m speaking, of course, about the […]
Continue reading →Hawk here. Don’t wanna say I told you so. But I said it. Now, I might be a lotta things to a whole lotta people. Some good. Some great. But one thing that Hawk Harrelson ain’t is a told-you-soer. Hawk’s got class. Like a university. One of those Ivy League schools. Brick buildings. Hippie chicks. […]
Continue reading →Mike Wilmer (Host): Welcome back to The FAN590, I’m your host Mike Wilmer. Another tough loss for the Blue Jays tonight, as they fall 8-7 to the Milwaukee Brewers here in Milwaukee. A.J. Burnett was roughed up for eight runs, former Jay David Bush carried a no-hitter into the seventh, but the Blue Jays came […]
Continue reading →I know this has nothing to do with baseball, but since I am a baseball commentator, and this concerns something I supposedly did during a baseball game, then I guess it’s a baseball matter. A loyal fan e-mailed me this little “blog” link concerning a little something I said last night concerning the lovely and […]
Continue reading →Dag, y’all, has this been a boring baseball season so far or what? Everything is falling into place, just as I thought it would. Utley and Hamilton, leading their leagues in tacos largos? CALLED IT, knew it, locked ’em both up with my first two picks in every league. Cliff Lee, best pitcher in the […]
Continue reading →Holas y muy besos to you, readers of El Yard-Work.org! It is I, your internacional ambassadoress of beisbol, pop music, y the grande Bolivar-ish revolución del Húgo Chavez! Excuse of me to you for not so much writing on this e-weblog. But it is hard work being the public beautiful face of the new Venezuela. […]
Continue reading →Don’t let the tricky title fool you. Yes, it’s another edition of DUCK SNORTS! I’m ready if you are. Let’s do this thing, people! CUBS HAVE HAD MORE THAN ENOUGH PIE: The Chicago Cubs, finding themselves locked into a struggle for first place in the NL Central with the St. Louis Cardinals (who are totally […]
Continue reading →Today, Yard Work will step aside and introduce today’s Season Preview post from longtime A’s manager Connie Mack with an anecdote from Mack’s Wikipedia page: “Once, when [Mack] visited the mound to remove the notoriously hot-tempered [Lefty] Grove from a game, Grove said, ‘Go take a shit,’ when Mack held out his hand for the […]
Continue reading →What, you think the Yard Work 2008 Season Preview shriveled up and died like the site usually does between May and August? Shut up! For the San Diego Padres’ preview, we took a big flying leap and reached out to one of our favorite rock stars, golden god Scott Weiland! And he reached back! Like, […]
Continue reading →I’ve always loved baseball. The crack of the bat. The cheer of the crowd. The intoxicating power of the game’s biggest stars. As a child getting pummeled by bullies in Miami after my parents went through a scarring divorce, the daily boxscores were all I had to hold on to to keep my life from […]
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