Apr 19, 2006 | Andy
During the Royals-Phillies World Series more than two decades ago, George Brett made headlines for his battle with ‘roids. You didn’t know that, did you? That’s right, the Hall of Famer himself, the guy who hilariously hides knives in...
Apr 17, 2006 | Andy
The last 15 times the Cubs have played at PNC Park in Pissburgh, they have come away with 13 wins. This includes a loss on Saturday night when they apparently thought that Zach Duke was Sandy Koufax. Or, perhaps they were afraid Duke would convince his lacrosse team...
Apr 13, 2006 | Andy
Pitching matchup: Reds: Eric Milton, 1-0, 2.57 ERA Cubs: The Lawnmower, 0-0, 4.22 ERA Lineups Reds (5-3) Ryan Freel, cf Felipe Lopez, pg E-7, lf Rich “Andy won’t make fun of me batting cleanup this time” Aurilia, ss Scott “If I had tagged...
Apr 13, 2006 | Andy
Every time a great player reaches the end of his career you start to hear the “you’ll never see his like again” stuff dripping out of the mouths of broadcasters. In the smallest, most specific of ways, they’re right. There’ll never be...
Apr 12, 2006 | Andy
Pitching matchup: Reds: Pickles Claussen, 0-0, 5.40 ERA Cubs: Greggie, 1-0, 1.42 ERA Lineups Reds (5-2) Tony Woeful, 2b Felipe Lopez, pg Griffey the Younger, cf E-7, lf Granny Encarnacion, 3b Scott Don’t Hatteberg Me Because I’m Beautiful, 1b Austin...
Apr 12, 2006 | Andy
The good news, of course, is that if the Cubs continue on their pace of only losing when Glendon Rusch starts, that even if he makes 30 starts this year, they’ll go 132-30 and that should be enough to hold off the Brewers in the Central. There’s nothing...
