Just a month removed from the Philadelphia Phillies' World Series celebration, the pilot light on the hot stove appears to have flickered out. All of the post-season awards have been announced, the Jake Peavy trade rumors have died down, and none of the major free agents seem to be in a hurry to find new homes. So, unless you're interested in more talk about the Mitchell … [Read more...] about Cooking with Chas: What to Do When the Hot Stove Cools Off
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Cooking with Chas: A Weekly Look at What’s on the MLB Hot Stove
Since it's not easy for even the most dedicated fan of the game to keep track of everything that happens during the off-season, I'm going to try to make it a point to provide a brief update each week of the significant transactions that occurred over the last 7 days. Some of these, of course, you'll certainly have heard about already, while I suspect others will have flown … [Read more...] about Cooking with Chas: A Weekly Look at What’s on the MLB Hot Stove
Tuesdays with Smitty: The NFL Hot Seat
Since we focused last week on the current Studs and Duds in the NFL, I thought we would take this week to focus on the state of the NFL coaching ranks - focusing on who might be joining the NFL Unemployment Line. After all when a team wins, coaches get too much of the praise and when a team loses - they get too much of the blame. Well there are a few coaches who got their share … [Read more...] about Tuesdays with Smitty: The NFL Hot Seat
Cooking with Chas: A Weekly Look at What’s on the MLB Hot Stove
In the second installment of this new weekly series, I'll be looking at some of the off-season decisions facing a couple of teams near and dear to the hearts of Clipboard readers and contributors. Following the Rockies' trade of Matt Holliday to Oakland, the biggest name on the hot stove trading block is, of course, the San Diego Padres' Jake Peavy. With the Padres clearly in … [Read more...] about Cooking with Chas: A Weekly Look at What’s on the MLB Hot Stove
Tuesdays with Smitty: Props and Flops in the NFL
If you had to pick a word to describe the 2008 NFL - predictable wouldn't be in the running. In fact, it probably wouldn't be in the Top 10. The 2008 season as seen superiors teams like the New England Patriots, San Diego Chargers, Indianapolis Colts and Dallas fall to the depths of mediocrity, while watching as teams such as the Tennessee Titans rise to the cream of the crop. … [Read more...] about Tuesdays with Smitty: Props and Flops in the NFL