NBA Preview: Desipio Scouting Reports – Eastern Conference

You know them, you love them, you can’t start a season without them. We reassembled our flock of crack NBA scouts so that you, the home reader can enjoy insight and antecdotes about your favorite NBA players. These guys know everything. They can give you the 411...

Daily Dose: So long, Steve

The ironic thing about Steve Stone leaving the Cubs is that this is actually Chip Caray’s fault, too. Steve Stone didn’t leave the Cubs because Kent Mercker swore at him on a team flight. You don’t think he pissed off players from time to time during...

St. Loser

Lying to the ump to pretend you fouled off a pitch you couldn’t have hit with a canoe paddle — Two cents Nearly hitless 3-4-5 of your lineup — $34 million Tickets for game five — Worthless For everything else there’s MasterCard. Official...

My face hurts from smiling

There are few things in life that when inflicted upon somebody else make me happy. I’m still a sucker for any America’s Home Video shot of a kid lining a batted ball into the crotch of his father. I love the scene in “Dumb and Dumber” when...

Daily Dose: Fine, you win…

Just so you know, you’re missing out on a week’s worth of hilarity. So I guess those of us who interviewed with John McDonough last week can now retain our anonymity. Though, I will admit that he was very impressed by my home run call. When Matt Morris...