A wise man once said, “It ain’t over ’til the kind-of-hot former stripper and Oscar-winning screenwriter sings.” Well, our season preview won’t be over until we hear from Hollywood’s new it-girl, Juno scribe — and Entertainment Weekly columnist — Diablo Cody. Hey there, home fries. It’s me, your girl Dizzy D, lost and found in […]
Continue reading →As we dance to the music of life, We must remember that the steps matter not; What matters is the energy, the attitude, the love — Well, these things and on-base percentage. In the year of the phoenix* Many secrets will be revealed, Many surprises will be uncovered, Kabir says, and the Marlins will suck. […]
Continue reading →Like sands through the hourglass, if the hourglass was full of water, so goes the 2008 Yard Work Season Preview. Today’s installment concerns the Philadelphia Phillies, and is penned by AM radio drive-time personality (and Emmy Award winner) Howard Eskin. Ah, Phillies baseball. Like watching retards trying to snap their fingers. Seriously, folks, if you […]
Continue reading →The Bataan Death March that is our 2008 preview rolls on. Here, we give some heartbeat props to scribe Cormac McCarthy, whose profile has surged of late thanks to a close personal friendship with Oprah and some serious love from a couple of fellers from Minnesota. He previews his beloved Texas Rangers through the eyes […]
Continue reading →This is the 1st time I have spoken to you, the fans of baseball, since I have resigned my post as president of the Baseball Hall of Fame. Unlike President Richard Nixon, who was afforded the comfort of addressing the nation from the Oval Office one final time before his untimely departure, I am penning […]
Continue reading →Yard Work’s glorious 2008 Season Preview is just about half-way done! And just in time for the end of Spring Training, too! Today’s installment comes from one of this site’s favorite go-to guys, and the only man in baseball history to fire both Tony LaRussa and Dave Dombrowski, Chicago White Sox broadcaster Ken “Hawk” Harrelson. […]
Continue reading →What, you think we ain’t got the moves? Here, our 2008 preview rolls on with Mr. Bob Costas, the Paul McCartney of American sports kommentariat. Salutations, baseball lovers. Isn’t this the best time of year? Somewhere, leather is popping, crusty old bench coaches are spitting and swearing and scratching themselves, and the only things greener […]
Continue reading →“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 →Hello baseball fans! I can’t believe it’s almost time for the season to start again! It feels like it was just last October that I was in Colorado watching the Red Sox win another World Series, and it was. But now it’s Spring Training time, and this has to be my most favorite time of […]
Continue reading →This is David Smithson Michaels, welcoming you back to another edition of DUCK SNORTS. It looks like Spring Training is getting close to the end, and Opening Day is only a few more weeks away. As players compete for those final roster spots, and managers work on their lineups, here’s what’s been happening in baseball […]
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