Football, netball, a new moron. Same old, same old down under, but come and enjoy the view anyway…

It is redundant to say that the big leagues have produced many baseball stars. Just look at the Hall of Fame, look at the statistical leaderboards. Those players, both current and retired, fit the definition of “star,” in this sense. True too, is the fact that the minor leagues have produced many stars. However, these [...]

With the 2009 NBA Draft completed, now it is time to analyze the GOOD, the BAD, and the UGLY.
The Good
Oklahoma City Thunder- The Thunder took James Harden, a 6′5″  Guard out of Arizona State. Harden is a very complete player and should be able to step in and start at the 2 guard spot as [...]

More morons, cricket’s silly season ends, some football, some rugby, some car racing, some scores… and too much damn opinion. But you know you can’t resist…

More sporting morons, a rant against cricket officials, and Australia’s horrendous lack of freedom of speech. Oh, and there’s some sport thrown in here somewhere as well…

As the resident puck head I figured I should throw some thoughts up about a fantastic game 7.
Just be warned, this probably won’t be too different from any other article you read about game 7.

The moron tally grows, I now have an AFL conspiracy theory and there’s some awesome professional wrestling! You know you want this!

Kobe Bryant, is arguebly the best player in the game right now. He was dissatisfied with the end result of last year’s NBA Finals matchup with the Celtics, as the Boston won the series much in part to the help of their big 3. This time, Kobe is back and is hungry for more.
Going into [...]

Scores, rants… you know the drill. And I introduce a new section. That’s the view!

I’ve done batters and starting pitchers so far in my series of articles on Hall of Fame snubs – but I have yet to do any relief pitchers. Relievers often get shortchanged when it comes to Hall of Fame discussion, because they are often considered less important or less skilled parts of a team. Of [...]

The 2002 draft was a definite step up in talent over the previous 2 drafts.
B.J. Upton was the top prospect coming into the draft. He’s since proven that he’s a pretty good centerfielder, after struggling at his natural shortstop. He was selected second over all by the Rays.
The first pick went to the [...]

A shorter view, with less vitriol and the same amount of scores. Included: my rugby league conspiracy theory! Oh, and watch some Australian/NZ netball. You know you want to…

Ricky Nolasco has been sent to the Minors. Now what?

It’s being reported that the White Sox and Padres have a deal in place to send ace Jake Peavy to the White Sox. Peavy has the right to refuse the trade and both sides are waiting for his approval. Players in the deal won’t be revealed until the deal is approved.
So much for [...]

Jon Heyman of SI.com has listed his 22 players he expects to be in trade rumors at the deadline. I’ll look at each one, give my favorite to land them, and give the odds that they are traded.
Note – the odds are of the them being traded, not to the specific favorite.
1. Jake Peavy, [...]

It’s New Orleans…. Again.

I’ve said enough this week already.
            Or so I thought.
            And yet what should confront me in this morning’s paper? Rugby league’s Willie Mason (Sydney Roosters) was apparently photographed urinating in public. Amateur football club Prahran in Melbourne is in trouble for having a stripper perform for the players 20 minutes before a match.
            I [...]

A rant. I am pissed off about this whole sport scandal thing. Here’s what I think. And I don’t care if you agree or not.

A player with a more shots and a more complicated game usually takes longer to develop than someone who is say, mostly a backcourter. The final guys’ match today in Madrid was a perfect example of this. Del Potro vs Murray. Delpo has a pretty simple game – big groundies, big serve – and [...]

The book Moneyball by Michael Lewis has been revolutionary to the game of baseball. You see OBP used commonly, people knowing what VORP stands for, and defense being as important as offense. Of course, the book did more than just introduce that stuff.
It’s taught baseball fans and thinkers to look for value in [...]