Under The Lights: Trade Deadline Special

I can’t get to the Under The Lights picture, so you’ll have to settle for this picture of a guy mowing a lawn. Actually, this is an actual picture of me mowing just an hour ago. Fun times. So anyways, stuff in baseball happened: Jason Bay went to the Red Sox, Manny went to the [...]

Breaking News: Manny to Dodgers

Manny Ramirez is going to the Dodgers. Wow. The Red Sox are that fucking dumb. I have no details. I will keep updating this blog as I hear more. This was reported on WFAN by Jon Heyman.
Update 4:24
Heyman put it on SI
Update 4:29
NESN has reported that Jason Bay is going to [...]

There’s Nothing to Click Here

Busy, busy day in the sporting world. Phone lines are burning up, newspaper editors are screaming stop the presses, blog editors are yelling whatever it is they yell across their instant messengers, and in newsrooms across the country, Around the Horn panelists prepare for their collective conniptions.
Manny might still be Manny, but Manny the [...]

Griffey to the White Sox

I don’t understand this trade one bit.  If the White Sox are really looking to shake things up a bit, why not go after a first basemen or a shortstop to improve upon Paul Konerko (OPS+ 74) or Orlando Cabrera (79) who are both having terrible years?  Why go after Griffey who is barely above [...]

Feel Free to Stick This Up Your Boudreau

Jason Giambi, talking shit after one of his 14 hits in July.
H/T: Peter “Adonis” Abraham

Don’t Forget to Breathe

I like these types of videos but this one takes instructional to a whole new level of condescension.  “Don’t forget to take your hand out of your glove before you throw the ball.  If you do forget, the ball will almost certainly not make it all the way to home plate.  If the ball [...]

NFL Preview…The Dregs, Part 7: NFC South

This is where the difference between the NFC and AFC starts to show, just like the NL versus the AL. The AFC has two divisions that are top heavy, and the tops of the AFC East and West are HEAVY, and two divisions that are stacked top to bottom with teams that will most likely [...]