Apr 7, 2003 | Andy
A young Darryl Hall once crooned, “So close, yet so far away.” Since he quickly followed that up with, “John shave that cheezy moustache and buy some hair relaxant”, it?s doubtful he was talking about or predicting a 2003 National Championship...
Apr 7, 2003 | Andy
As far as four inches of snow on opening day goes, it has to be right up there with walking under a ladder, breaking a mirror or going on a “date” with Shawn Kemp. It can’t lead to good things, can it? Alas, that’s what the Cubs face today. A...
Apr 4, 2003 | Andy
On Wednesday night, I was about halfway through the Desipio Baseball League draft and I thought, “Oops! It’s Wednesday, I missed Survivor!” Then, it dawned on me. The NCAA Tournament isn’t over, but the Thursday-Friday games are. Whew. Survivor...
Apr 2, 2003 | Andy
I know people in North Carolina are pretty excited about basketball. They’re also fired up about NASCAR, something called chitlins and the literal incestuous meaning of the word pumpkin. But excited enough to whack Matt Doherty after three seasons? One of which...
Apr 1, 2003 | Andy
Fifteen runs. Sixteen hits. Twelve walks. Are these really the Cubs? The Chicago Cubs? Sure it was only one day. But when you pants the F@#$ing Mets on opening day on national TV, it’s a pretty damn good one day. What was better, the sight of Roger Cedeno...
Mar 31, 2003 | Andy
Welcome to yet another in our world-famous series of gamecasts. If you’ve forgotten how this works. Allow me to explain. 1) We watch the game and make fun of it. 2) Uh…that’s it. Our early technical difficulties are behind us, and the lineups are in,...