August 06, 2008 |
I have been really bothered by the coverage of the Brett Favre saga with the Green Bay Packers for a while, but now it’s taken on a while new level. The incessant media obsession over this story — especially on the part of ESPN — has become really, really annoying. The sports media has treated [...]
July 25, 2008 |
For those of you who have been keeping score, or still care — it looks like beleaguered slugger Jay Gibbons has found himself back in professional baseball. In a country that prides itself on giving people — or should I say, selected people — a second chance, Gibbons is getting his; however, lest we forget, [...]
June 30, 2008 |
Despite the Orioles taking the Cubs series at Wrigley Field & almost doing the same this weekend in Washington, the Baltimore team to repeat again and again has been a pleasant surprise. With the loss yesterday in Washington, they are currently 41-39, two games over .500 and are 7.5 games out of the AL East [...]
June 23, 2008 |
At this point last year, Dave Trembley became manager of the Baltimore Orioles. Needless to say at that juncture, although the Orioles had played well when he came to the helm, they were still a sub .500 team with little hope of getting better. We still had Erik Bedard and Miguel Tejada as our “stars”, [...]
June 19, 2008 |
For fans who came into the Inner Harbor on their lunch hour, or a day in the city, that ventured into the ESPN Zone on Tuesday got to see the newest Oriole, George Sherrill participate in a Q&A for about 20-25 minutes. After the Q&A session, he signed autographs and posed for pictures in an [...]