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LATEST ARTICLES ( 248 )

• It’s Almost Time for Grown Men to Play with Balls and Grip Some Hard Wood

  

  “Sports are like the reward for a functioning society.” –Sean Doolittle, Washington NationalsMy choice for 2020 Covid A.L. MVPIs there any reason why we, as a... Read more

  Posted on 17 July 2020 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• Don Baylor, Johnny Taylor, and the 13th Floor Elevators

  

  1979 A.L. MVP and some schmuck.Austin, Texas has a city-wide mask mandate, as the Orange Menace Virus has attacked the state of Texas unlike few other states. Read more

  Posted on 12 July 2020 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• The ‘Fro Takes a Roadtrip

  

  This signing of this washed up turd was another desperate attempt at relevancy for the D’BagsMy travel buddy and I decided to take a break from the incessant... Read more

  Posted on 05 July 2020 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• Steve Sax and the High School Reject

  

  “Sweet is the memory of past troubles.” –CiceroSax had 1,949 career knocks, 6 of which came in an Athletics jersey.My high school career was less than stellar,... Read more

  Posted on 20 June 2020 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• I’ve Got the Spirit of Milton Bradley Running Through Me, and Baseball Sucks...

  

  This is “Tar Man” from “The Return of the Living Dead,” the greatest zombie movie of all time. You can thank me later.In lieu of baseball, I’ve been watching a... Read more

  Posted on 17 June 2020 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• I’m Crushing a Few “man Sodas” and Watching the MLB Draft

  

  California high school POY.It’s time to decompress. The events of the past week has left everyone emotionally distressed and even questioning their own integrit... Read more

  Posted on 11 June 2020 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• Goodbye Sacramento

  

  A nice, quiet place for a drink.“One of the most endearing things about baseball history is that it’s so packed with bullshit. Read more

  Posted on 10 June 2020 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• 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