By Aaron M Smith We are officially done with football until April. Pitcher and Catchers are starting to report to Spring Training - and I really didn't have a topic for this weekend. So I decided to see if I could conjure up some discussion on the board and throw out observations on some recent topics in sports. Here we go: 1. I know we have avoided the "S" question … [Read more...] about Tuesdays with Smitty: Odds and Ends
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Cooking with Chas: My All-Lifetime Team, Part 1
With just a week to go until pitchers and catchers report for spring training, and discussions of the economic state of Major League Baseball and its impact on the free agent market growing rather old, it's time to turn our hot stove focus away from the present and do a little reminiscing. To that end, I thought it would be interesting to name my all-lifetime team. That is, the … [Read more...] about Cooking with Chas: My All-Lifetime Team, Part 1
Cooking with Chas: On the Unemployment Line
Lacking the time to write a proper Cooking with Chas this week, I thought I'd take a slightly different approach. This will be sort of an Open Thread Thursday style post, I suppose, except I do have something specific to introduce as a conversation point. … [Read more...] about Cooking with Chas: On the Unemployment Line
Cooking with Chas: Rating the 2009 Hall of Fame Class (Part 2)
In the second part of this analysis, I'm going to look at the Hall of Fame resumes of a handful of borderline candidates. … [Read more...] about Cooking with Chas: Rating the 2009 Hall of Fame Class (Part 2)
Cooking with Chas: Rating the 2009 Hall of Fame Class (Part 1)
With the latest Hall of Fame vote coming up on Monday, I thought that this week it would be appropriate to take a look at this year's class. I'm going to discuss not only who I think deserves induction and why, but also try to predict who I believe will get in. … [Read more...] about Cooking with Chas: Rating the 2009 Hall of Fame Class (Part 1)