By Paul Casey Gotham Chasing Yaz While the Cincinnati Reds and St. Louis Cardinals are battling it out in the NL Central, their leading hitters are vying for a place in history. Albert Pujols and Joey Votto are running neck and neck for the prestigious Triple Crown. Votto leads the NL hitting .323. Pujols sits in third batting .319 (Atlanta's Marting Prado is second at … [Read more...] about MLB Splinters | 8/24/10
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We’re All Going to Live! Brett’s Playing!
another rant from the couch, by Bill Ribas It'd be interesting to have been a fly on the wall when Favre was confronted by a few teammates and questioned on his career, and would he be coming back, or was this going to get ugly. I wonder though, just how did Favre get so important that his pals in purple had to stage an intervention to get him back on the field? Or … [Read more...] about We’re All Going to Live! Brett’s Playing!
Duct Tape Can Fix It: Indians Learn From iPhone Debacle
by Patrick 'Rey' Reynell SATIRE - The Setting: A Cleveland Indians publicist welcomes the sparsely scattered media to an Indians' press conference. The club's owner Larry Dolan walks out and addresses them. "Good afternoon everybody. I called this press conference today to address the faithful fans of the Cleveland Indians. We are currently in the midst of another … [Read more...] about Duct Tape Can Fix It: Indians Learn From iPhone Debacle
MLB Splinters | July 3, 2010
By Paul Casey Gotham Anatomy of a big inning Monday night saw Washington Nationals' rookie-phenom, Stephen Strasburg, face his biggest test to date: the NL East leading Atlanta Braves. During and after the game commentators and analysts described Strasbgurg's performance as being less than his usual outstanding level. They used descriptions such us "laboring," "not having … [Read more...] about MLB Splinters | July 3, 2010
Replay This
Another Rant from the Couch by Bill Ribas If you have a pulse and you consider yourself even the mildest fan of sports, then you know what the buzz is all about right now, it's about a perfect game, a blown call, and more opinions than you can shake several sticks at. In case you've been in a cryogenic vault, here's the skinny - umpire Jim Joyce made a wrong call that … [Read more...] about Replay This