Review: McSorley’s Irish Pale Ale After drinking my disappointing Irish Red (more to come on that later), I needed to find a Red that was much better. McSorley’s was one I’d seen and never tasted, so I figured I’d give…
Brooklyn Brewery News from April 5th The Brooklyn Brewery is one of the breweries that is working with Pints of the Roundtable to get the news out on Microbrews. One of the most recent items was their “First Runnings: Fresh…
St. Louis Cardinals Homestand Highlights: 07/04/2011 St. Louis (July 4, 2011) – The Cardinals return to Busch Stadium from a six-game interleague road trip that took the team to Baltimore (3-0) for the first time in the regular season and…
2011 MLB Draft Signing Matrix Here is 85% Sports MLB Draft Signing Matrix. It’s broken into 2 parts. The first table shows the picks, the amount they signed for, slot for that pick, and the difference between the signing and…
Bruins Extend Patrice Bergeron The Boston Bruins have agreed to an extension with forward Patrice Bergeron, keeping him with the team until the 2013-14 season. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Bergeron was the Bruins’ second round pick in…
Jay Cutler Out Due to Concussion As many expected, Chicago Bears quarterback Jay Cutler will not play this Sunday, as he hasn’t been cleared of the concussion he sustained last weekend. Cutler has been working out in helmet and pads…
UConn Admits Recruiting Violation The University of Connecticut has imposed sanctions on their basketball program, after investigating possible recruiting violations. The school has placed itself on 2 years probation and revoked 1 scholarship for the next 2 years. The program…
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,…
