Just saw Bobby Valentine say (see it on the ESPN Motion on the espn home page) , when asked if they left Pedro in too long, that “The Red Sox had a great season and Whatever Grady Little did was the right thing to do”……WHAT? OK, let’s all be nice. Bull. It reminds me of the scene in Bull Durham Continue Reading
Cubs and Red Sox; don’t bother wasting energy on ’em. I did. What a total bummer. I don’t mind the Marlins so much as the freakin’ Yankees. The Red Sox manager blew it as badly as Baker did for the Cubs. Stayed WAY too long with Martinez; Baker did it twice, with Pryor and Wood. I can’t say I’ll be Continue Reading
When the Cubs suffered that horrifying 8th inning and loss last night, in the manner they did, my thoughts went back to the wild game 6 of the ’75 series, and how I felt as a Reds fan as Carlton Fisk completed a comeback that began in the 8th inning as well, whern Bernie Carbo erased a 3-run deficit with Continue Reading
Boy, did the Cubs ever win a wild one last night (I suppose it returned the favor to the Marlins for game 1). I woke up my wife with a “Oh No!” when Ramirez let the ball get behind him on that last play. Seems to me Castilla was not thinking too well on that one. If the ball was Continue Reading
As I began to say before I was so rudely interrupted (see previous post), I have been doing hardly any mention or reflection on any Sports lately , having been busy trying to do “Work related” stuff (like trying to find a source of income to supplement what OSG has been scraping together for me as I work on our Continue Reading
After my post of dismay about Fox Sports NOT having the Cubs game on Saturday, I did see that they did a lot of switching over to the Astros and the Cubs games. I just wonder, still, why wasn’t the Cubs game the POINT game? What OTHER story was there on Saturday? I could see a coverage of the Astros as Continue Reading
I turn on the TV to watch the ONLY REMAINING baseball with any meaning today, the Cubs, and I see the Atlanta Braves and Phillies? Get a clue Fox! And don’t give me any scheduling crap. Yeah, it’s a double header, but it is THE GAME today. Nobody cares about anybody else compared to this, if they are baseball fans. Continue Reading
From Reds Coverage at the Cincinati Enquirer Website Most of this season, I’ve avoided writing anythking about the Reds. One is, at least earlier, they didn’t provide much to “write home” about. Bad pitching, bad defense, and for a while, bad hitting. The first two remain a problem, but the hitting has finally reached a level that Reds fans had Continue Reading
Fans in Cincinnati have been absolutely horrible to Ken Griffey , Jr, and today, more morons were yelling and criticizing him as he lay in the outfield with a dislocation of the shoulder after diving for a ball to try and prevent a bases-clearing double. For me, I’m not mad at Griffey. I am pretty much out of any real hope Continue Reading
After doubling in his season opening at-bat, Griffey strikes out on a pitch head high with the bases loaded and one out, thus starting the fans grumbling. If he can stay healthy, this won’t be the norm. But I sure was frustrated that he couldn’t capitalize on that great opportunity to begin some fan PR by getting a big slam Continue Reading
This sports page will remain Blue in honor of the Kentucky Wildcats of 2003, and the Tennessee Titans, who just fell short of another SuperBowl Birth. Both teams overcame discouraging starts to end the season on amazing streaks (Titans went 11-1 until losing to Oakland in the AFC championship, and Kentucky won 26 in a row after starting 6-3, before Continue Reading
Used to be the Reds made a good showing opening day, even in not so hot years. I was about to say, “Maybe the Reds offense can come alive and make a game of it yet, just before Adam Dunn grounded out to the pitcher after jumping ahead 3 balls and no strikes. I thought that was usually a hitter’s Continue Reading
2003 starts off just great for the Reds. Haynes gives up a 2-run homer ro ex-Red Reggie Sanders, then after issuing a 2-out walk to opposing pitcher Benson, gives up a 3-run homerun to Kenny Lofton? The pathetic pitching already killing us. Before I can get another sentence complete, Jason Kendall jacks another for back-to-back homeruns, the third in the Continue Reading
Being a Kentucky Basketball fan, I’m a bit deflated tonight (sports wise — otherwise it was a pretty good day —- see the post later today) . Actually, the gloomy outlook for the Cats began Thursday night in the first half when Keith Bogans went down, and then finding out later that he had a high ankle sprain. They outlasted Continue Reading
My Pro Football Team (Tennessee Titans) and College Basketball Team (Kentucky Wildcats) overcame slow starts to finish extremely strong (Titans from 1-4 to 11-5 and AFC Championship Game) and Kentucky from 6-3 and a sound thrashing by Louisville to 29-3 and a perfect 16-0 SEC record and an SEC Tournament victory (even the ’96 team didn’t win the tourney, being Continue Reading