Jay Busbee over at Yahoo! Sports put together a list of the 50 worst announcers in sports. Always a contentious topic, the article has gotten 2654 comments to date, with plenty of suggestions for additions to the list. Quite frankly, announcers in the media saturation age have become so overanalyzed by columnists like Mushnick and [...]
From Awful Announcing: Of course the ESPN schedule is only through July, and that could change, but prepare yourself for a good number of NL Central games this coming season. Here’s the team breakdown…. Cubs- 12 Cardinals- 11 Mets, Dodgers, Twins, White Sox, Braves- 10 Angels, Phillies, Yankees, Red Sox- 9 Indians- 8 Astros, Tigers, [...]
If you missed ‘Larry King Live’ yesterday, here’s an edited transcript of Larry King’s conversation with the legendary controversial, Joe Torre.
Kevin Kernan caught up with Chase Wright, who has a hazy future after being DFA’d.
From Ken Rosenthal (FOX Sports): The M’s and Yankees briefly explored a Washburn-for-Hideki Matsui exchange earlier in the offseason, but the discussions never progressed because Matsui at $13 million is even more expensive than Washburn at $10.35 million this season. Glad that never came to be, as it would have been a financial bust in [...]
Joe Torre went on “Larry King Live” and defended his forthcoming book, The Yankee Years, noting that he is proud of it, despite negative reactions from Yankee fans and the baseball community. Torre even went so far as to defend the book while leaving the CNN set, saying that he made the book “without violating [...]
The Yankees locked up Brian Bruney today ($1.25 million), as he was their last arbitration-eligible player. Based on last year’s numbers, Bruney would seem like the best option in the 8th. He posted a superb ERA of 1.83 in 34.1 IP. He walked 16 and struck out 33. But, using my new best friend, it [...]
Create one of these badboys and you will always have an invite to some great SuperBowl party. If you need further inspiration to check out this masterpiece, the recipie starts like this:
To kick off the construction of this pork medley you’ll need to create a 5×5 bacon weave.
You’ll reach pork Nirvana is no time flat!
The RSN turns its lonely eyes to you, Cap’n ‘Tek, thereby creating a hole in their lineup for at least 2009. At least his intangibles mirror those of Jeter. Two aging warhorses, full of fury, signifying only declining productivity.
Yawn.
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