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LATEST ARTICLES ( 161 )

• I Don’t Really Care If Baseball Comes Back in 2020

  

  He came out of nowhere!These are paradoxical times that would make George Orwell sit up in his grave and vomit from exhaustion. A man, George Floyd, was murdere... Read more

  Posted on 29 May 2020 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• Rickey Poses for Playgirl

  

  The GOAT.It’s 104 degrees outside as I’m typing this, and it seems like an irrefutable idea to sit around the air conditioner and watch a few horror films... Read more

  Posted on 28 May 2020 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• Do People Actually Read This Crap?

  

  Rickey’s stance?A friend and I were walking to the corner store on a bright-sunny-day-beer-trip lazily immersing ourselves in conversation about Glenn Danzig‘s... Read more

  Posted on 07 May 2020 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• An Exhausting Review of a Single Piece of Cardboard

  

  huh?Recently, Topps released a set of baseball cards reproduced by various artists with their creative interpretations of iconic pieces of cardboard that were... Read more

  Posted on 27 April 2020 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• The ‘Rona Gives You Time to Think and Reminisce

  

  Ernie “Big Ern” YoungAround 1993-1995 I completely lost interest in baseball. Being in my early 20’s my childhood interests waned and became retrograde, as... Read more

  Posted on 23 April 2020 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• Bill McNulty and the Summer of Flying ‘Taters

  

  “Baseball is an orderly universe, and that appeals to people who see disorder in the universe.” –Bill JamesGot his only knock off Nolan Ryan.Breezy night. Read more

  Posted on 02 April 2020 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• There Ain’t No Cure for the Quarantine Blues

  

  Wash them thangs!!!Spiritually and morally, everything in life is a compromise. These are the kind of revelations that clank around your grey matter when you ar... Read more

  Posted on 23 March 2020 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• My Corona

  

  “My, my, my, my Corona.” –sang in the vocal stylings of the Knack’s “My Sharona.”“Apocalypse Meow.”These are fantastical times. This Corona virus has run the... Read more

  Posted on 14 March 2020 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• Spring Training is Here! A’s to Win the A.L. West in 2020.

  

  I didn’t even shell out the six bucks for a copy of Baseball Prospectus.It’s not important that I bring to task a Spring Training update; personally I find... Read more

  Posted on 28 February 2020 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• Josh Reddick is a Douchebag

  

  Fuck off forever.The Astros pathetic and chicken shit apologies for cheating yesterday were more awkward than teenagers trying to have sex in the backseat of a... Read more

  Posted on 14 February 2020 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• Super Bowl Shit Show (literally)

  

  “Shakira’s ass is amazing.”I woke up late Sunday morning to gallop on down to the local coffee shop when I found a rolled-up cocaine-laden ten dollar bill on th... Read more

  Posted on 04 February 2020 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• Mike Piazza Sounds off on All the Young Whipper Snappers

  

  Prefers the heavy metal over the hippity hop.The following was taken from Mike Piazza’s autobiography, “Long Shot.”…I wouldn’t have felt (my age) at all if the... Read more

  Posted on 23 January 2020 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• Houston, We Have a Problem

  

  Say it aint so, Joe!“You better get your head and your ass together or I will take a giant shit on you.” –Full Metal Jacket (1987)The scandal involving the... Read more

  Posted on 19 January 2020 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• One Hell of a New Year’s!

  

  Had one hell of an ending to 1985, which may or may not be remembered.Mike Norris awoke on New Year’s Day 1986, in bed with a 300-pound woman he did not... Read more

  Posted on 31 December 2019 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• Happy Holidays from The ‘Fro

  

  Bah-humbug.The Holiday season is upon us yet once again. I know a lot of people love the holidays, but all the crass consumerism and overcast/rainy weather... Read more

  Posted on 15 December 2019 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• The Ass-tros Prove to Be Ass-holes

  

  nana nana boo boo, go stick your head in doo doo.Baseball, in its never ending quest to mind-fuck, has presented me with more questions than a Jim Morrison... Read more

  Posted on 04 December 2019 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• Jose and Ozzie Try to Get Laid

  

  The following is an excerpt from Ron Darling’s book 108 stitches: Pimp mode. (That’s Toni in the middle.)My time in Oakland introduced me to some of the game’s... Read more

  Posted on 08 November 2019 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• Happy Halloween and WS Thoughts.

  

  As I’m typing this I am passively watching John Carpenter’s brilliant 1978 flick Halloween as is my yearly tradition. I am a huge fan of slasher films, but... Read more

  Posted on 31 October 2019 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• The Dog Days of Summer Are Here.

  

  Raley Field. Sacramento, Ca.These are the dog days of summer. The days when you buy chopped fruit from a street vendor, wear breathable shoes, snicker at... Read more

  Posted on 07 September 2019 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• Canseco and Cap’n Crunch

  

  I was standing in the queue at the local health food store with my basket full of over-priced, organic, local, vegan, cage-free crap when suddenly I was struck... Read more

  Posted on 04 August 2019 BASEBALL, SPORTS