Suggested Reading SportingNews.com:  Outstanding TSN College Hoops columnist Mike DeCourcy suggests, “Don’t believe all the David-Goliath nonsense.” And you know what?  I agree, Mike.  In fact, not only will I take the Bulldogs and the 7.5 points, but I’ll pick Butler outright.  Just saying, the Monday night National Championship Game is the easiest big-time sports ticket ... Read More »

Suggested Reading WNST.net: “Wigginton has 2 hit, 2 RBI in Orioles win.” Jake Arrieta, who’ll start this season at Triple-A Norfolk, tossed four innings and allowed two runs on five hits while striking out four in the Birds 4-3 win over Tampa today in Port Charlotte.  Tomorrow’s game in Tampa against the Yankees will be shown ... Read More »

The Swinging Bunt Eagles falling apart in Philly.  You know, I guess I can understand the Eagles’ hesitance in trading Donovan McNabb.  Over the last decade the Philadelphia Eagles have been, if nothing else, one of the most consistent franchises in the National Football League.  Coming off a 3-13 record in ‘98, team owner Jeffrey Lurie ... Read More »

The Swinging Bunt Trembley decides O’s rotation.  Big news out of Sarasota today.  Orioles fans, your 2010 Opening Day starting rotation: Kevin Millwood, Jeremy Guthrie, Brian Matusz, Brad Bergesen, and David Hernandez.  Determining the five-man rotation is just one personnel decision Dave Trembley needs to make before coming north.  Before Tampa on April 6th, we’ll also ... Read More »

The Swinging Bunt And then there were Four.  It seems like you can always go back.  The college basketball world will once again have its attention fixated on Indianapolis, IN, the site for next weekend’s Final Four.  The whole thing started 15 days ago in Indy at NCAA Headquarters when Dan Guerrero, Chair of the NCAA ... Read More »

The Swinging Bunt Instant Classic in the West Region.  When Gus Johnson becomes a trending topic on Twitter at 1AM, you know something pretty awesome just happened.  Here’s hoping you had 1/10 the amount of energy the kids at Kansas State and Xavier played with and were able to stay awake for the heart-stopping drama that ... Read More »

The Swinging Bunt Sweet 16 action continues.  Thursday and Friday.  Four games one night, and four the next.  Only the 16 best college basketball teams remain.  How about that?  The 16 best teams, Cornell, Saint Mary’s, and Northern Iowa, all very much included.  One of my favorite play-by-play lines of all-time comes from my man, Gus ... Read More »

The Swinging Bunt Washington Capitals v. Pittsburgh Penguins.  The two most talented hockey players in the world will square off head-to-head for a third time this year in NHL regular season play at the Verizon Center at 7:00pm tonight.  The hockey world’s collective eyes will be squarely focused on the game’s two brightest stars, the Caps’ ... Read More »

The Swinging Bunt Joe Mauer, the $184M Man.  Must be pretty good to be a Minnesota Twins fan right now, like a spoiled rich-kid, I’ll say.  Not since the long distant days of Kirby Puckett and Kent Hrbeck have things been so good on the diamond in the Twin Cities.  As Sports Illustrated’s Tom Verducci points ... Read More »

The Swinging Bunt Terps terminated at the buzzer.  Twenty-four hours later… and still, wow.  Yesterday’s Maryland-Michigan State contest was truly a great game.  It featured two perennially successful programs; the regular season co-ACC Champs against the regular season co-Big Ten Champs, both armed with rabid fan-bases and, oh by the way, national title winning coaches.  Could ... Read More »