Not much movement at the top from our pre-season poll, but Missouri does make a small jump after a nice win over Illinois.
August 2008 Archives
The Dodgers have ruined the excitement of having Manny Ramirez.
I woke up this morning at 8:00 just to watch the LSU v. Appalachian State game on ESPN Classic, and immediately what I didn't want to hear kept being repeated; can App St. do it again?
The Dodgers stranded 37 base runners in the four game series in Philadelphia; 27 of them in the final two games.
The Giants are 14-10 in August.
In 1992 an 11-point victory in the gold medal game would have been a colossal disappointment.
I think I figured out why I haven't liked Bill Simmons' since oh, about 2005.
There seems to be a debate in the Bay Area as to whether or not Bruce Bochy should trot Barry Zito out there if and when he picks up his 19th loss.
Greg Maddux is a Dodger again.
The best news I've heard in at least a month was on the Giants transaction wire yesterday.
After a storm, you need to right the ship immediately or the thing might just capsize.
The Brad Zeigler story is amazing.
It seems the Dodgers are pretty comfortable playing at AT&T Park in San Francisco.
The difference in Clayton Kershaw is night and day.
Once every five days I get excited. That is when the Giants have a pretty damn good chance of winning.
For some reason, the Dodgers stink in St. Louis.
The A's certainly didn't expect to be competitive this year and when they started the year playing well, it was certainly a surprise.
We love baseball
because sometimes it's painful. There is nothing like holding a sizable lead
most of the game and getting relaxed, maybe even turning off the game, only to
see one fielding miscue threaten to take it all away from you. Which brings
about an interesting question. Had I been watching the Angels beat the Orioles
last night, at the conclusion of the game would I have been happy, relieved or
too busy wrapping my bleeding hand to care?
The first ever Walsh-Malley-Smith College Football Top 25 poll was released today and once the season begins, you can expect us to update the poll following every week of action.
When Rafael Furcal woke up with back stiffness in early May, he was only supposed to be out a few days.
Giants fans came into the 2008 season with low expectations. For fans such as myself, this is the fifth year in a row of low expectations. Barring any unforeseen events the Giants will finish the season well out of the divisional and wild card races.
Something really, really strange happened to me. The Angels aren't just good, they are the class of baseball. Watching the team three hit by an ageless Mike Mussina didn't upset me in the slightest. Mark Texiera hasn't done anything yet. Who cares. Pessimistic Angels fan wouldn't click continue because he doesn't want to pontificate the ramifications of assuming anything. You can...
Let me be the first to admit that I have hated on Manny Ramirez as much as anyone in baseball has. I have blasted him to just about everyone I know for his disrespect of the game, his teammates and the Boston fans.
If I was an A's fan, I would finally be wondering what Billy Beane is doing. Trading Dan Haren and Nick Swisher was pretty shocking at first, but after further review, he maximized their value and acquired a lot of young talent.
As the July 31 non-waiver trade deadline came and went, we saw some big names change cities and uniforms as what appeared to be a deadline day heading for a quiet finish turned out to have quite a bit of fireworks at the end.
Before the deadline came and went, players like C.C. Sabathia, Manny Ramirez, Mark Teixeira and Ken Griffey Jr. all had new homes.
Teams did what they thought the needed to do to get better during the month of July, so now it's time to sort through the pieces.
