Nov 16, 2005 | Andy
Baseball certainly still has the Midas touch, don’t they? On the day they hand out their most prestigious individual award (well one of two, anyway), they manage to overshadow the news almost immediately by announcing their new steroid penalties. Maybe it was a...
Nov 15, 2005 | Andy
Today the Baseball Writers Association of America will announce the winner of the 2005 National League Most Valuable Player Award. The award will very likely be given by the BBWAA to an AARP member, Albert Pujols. If not Albert, then it’ll be Andruw Jones,...
Nov 14, 2005 | Andy
I will admit to a startling sense of self-satisfaction yesterday when I yelled at the TV for Lovie Smith to put somebody back to return the Niners’ ill-fated end of the first half field goal. That’s not to say that I predicted Nathan Vasher would set a new...
Nov 11, 2005 | Andy
Hi, I’m Steve Phillips. You may know me from my work with the New York Mets where I was GM when we went to the 2000 World Series. That makes me smarter than any of you. I signed Mo Vaughn to a huge contract, one so big, it nearly fit into his huge pants. You...
Nov 10, 2005 | Andy
A few weeks ago I made a vague reference to the fact that soon you’d be able to get all of your favorite quotes from the 2005 Cubs’ season in a more convienient and costly book form. Well, your long wait is over. The newest addition to your Desipio library...
Nov 9, 2005 | Andy
It’s true that Jim Hendry doesn’t have the look of one of those new Saberweenie GMs. You know, of the Theo Epstein, Josh Byrnes, Andrew Friedman ilk. He doesn’t, or maybe can’t, tuck in his shirt. He combs his hair with the Mordecai Brown...
