Last week, I was going to write a eulogy for the Cardinals when they got eliminated, but then I caught the second part of Ken Burns’ “The Tenth Inning” and decided against the eulogy. Rather than focusing on the negative…
Here is the first of my ballots for the Baseball Bloggers Alliance – the Connie Mack Award for best manager. For the award, I first eliminated managers who didn’t manage for a full season. I do that for 2 reasons:…
The St. Louis Cardinals did the obvious on Wednesday; they exercised their $16MM club option on star Albert Pujols. They also announced that Trever Miller’s option had vested during the season, guaranteeing the pitcher $2MM. $16MM for Pujols is an…
The Washington Redskins are going to be without a major component to their offense. Running back Clinton Portis is expected to miss 4-6 weeks due to a groin injury. Portis sustained a 3rd degree separation of his left groin muscle,…
Rarely have there been 2 players to win Comeback Player of the Year that are this similar. Tim Hudson of the Atlanta Braves and Francisco Liriano of the Minnesota Twins both won the award this year. The similarities are they…
The Minnesota Vikings picked up the receiver they’ve been missing; the team has a deal in place to acquire Randy Moss from the New England Patriots. Moss, who started his career with the Vikings, complained in the pre-season about his…
Tim McCarver is headlining the ballot for the Ford C. Frick Award, which is for excellence in baseball broadcasting by the Hall of Fame. He is joined by active broadcasters Eric Nadel and Dave Van Horne. The other nominees are…
Mike Ilitch, owner of the Detroit Tigers and Red Wings, is about to add another sports franchise to his portfolio; he’s set to buy the Detroit Pistons. Current owner Karen Davidson is working will Ilitch on the financial terms. Davidson…
Philadelphia Phillies ace Roy Halladay started the post season in style; he no hit the Cincinnati Reds in game 1 of their NLDS matchup. Halladay missed a perfect game by giving up a walk in the 5th to Jay Bruce.…
Here is the first of 32 team previews for the 2010 NFL season: St. Louis Rams Since I’m not a huge football fan, but resident St. Louis sports fan, I deferred to my co-workers in a roundtable to preview the…
