Look alive, chumps! It’s the return of Rickey! It’s like “Return of the Mack,” because Rickey is the Mack! Rickey is the Mack Daddy, the Miggity Mack, and the Miggity Miggity Miggity Miggity Mack Daddy! Yeah, Rickey likes to get down with some Kris Kross – when Rickey’s doing his daily regiment of push-ups and […]
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 →Hockey season is over and that means the youngsters in Kingston are just starting to put away their skates for the summer. A lot of folks around here had high hopes for the Blue Jays this year, but they’re only a .500 team so far. People are blaming that on injuries, but let me tell […]
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 →oh canada my lone and furtive brow stands en garde against thee the fifth definition of release: “to relieve of care and suffering” no more will i care to suffer amongst your tired and poor millionaires your first round draft coterie of light-chargers is for the birds and if you don’t trade troy glaus then […]
Continue reading →The hallmark of any great team is its bench. As long as you have guys who can show up and rake on a moment’s notice, then you have a chance to compete. The gamesmanship of those hard-working benchers is what makes the difference between a great team and a merely good one. In that respect, […]
Continue reading →Ahoy there, maties and soon-to-be maties! It be I, John Wehner, radio broadcaster for the Pittsburgh Pirates, and the dirtiest scalawag to ever take a tinkle in the Allegheny! Arrrr! Hahaha – just kidding! Anyway, I’m here to talk to you about the Pirates, probably one of the more misunderstood teams in all of baseball. […]
Continue reading →In honor of Roger Clemens & his eventual return to baseball, here’s a special ROCKET FACT edition of IT’S A FACT! IT’S A ROCKET FACT! As part of his off-season training regiment while in Boston, Clemens used to plunge his pitching arm into a bucket full of uncooked rice! When he signed with the Blue […]
Continue reading →I am so sick and tired of these media pinheads giving this Alex Rodriguez jerk all this undue attention. If it’s not about his totally ridiculous contract, then it’s about him failing to live up to that contract during meaningful baseball games. If it’s not about him sunbathing in Central Park like some homeless drug […]
Continue reading →Hello. This is John Sterling, the voice of the New York Yankees. Welcome to a special Memorial Day edition of Yankeeography. In today’s weblog-only exclusive episode, we’ll look back on the turbulent and tempestuous career of the man the New York press calls the American Idle, an All-Star pitcher and World Series champion whose impact […]
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