In the spirit of Paul’s recent Harry Potter post, what happens when you skip a game or two? As this week’s Metro column explains, guilt. Frustration. Feelings of hopelessness and despair. Especially when your team only wins when you’re not watching, damn it.
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November 8, 2009 - 12:25 pm
Here we go again. Time for another edition of our semi-annual “What They Need” series, where we play GM for all 30 teams. As usual, we’ll be suggesting subtle tweaks for some squads, and major overhalls for others. There’s already movement going on in the Hot Stove front, so there’s no time to waste!
Here’s a [...]
September 3, 2009 - 11:20 am
The 2003 Los Angeles Dodgers had one of the greatest pitching staffs the game of baseball has ever known. At the height of the steroids era, in a season when 104 players would test positive for performance enhancing drugs, the Dodgers hurlers posted a 3.16 ERA, good enough for an insane 128 team ERA+, and [...]
August 31, 2009 - 11:19 am
Okay, so at a time when most people are debating whether or not the Washington Nationals can even break .500 next season, this is going to sound more than a little crazy, but I think the Nats have an outside chance at contending next season.
I’m not saying it’s going to happen, but I am saying [...]
June 29, 2009 - 9:30 pm
We here at Umpbump have done quite a few all-time teams. We’ve also cataloged quite a series of Hot Baseball Wives. In this post, I will attempt the acrobatic feat of bridging the twain. Yes, reader: The All-Hot Team.
For reasons of attention span, or specifically, the lack of it, I am focusing on current major [...]
July 20th, 2007 at 10:08 am
Hrabosky’s looks like it’s alive. I’m faily convinced that it can actually, coherently, communicate with people.
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July 20th, 2007 at 11:26 am
Ooh, Paul, I didn’t think of that. But now it all makes sense! It’s not a moustache…it’s a parasite! And Hrabosky is just the willing host. After all, if you could trade some facial real estate for a hairy little friend who would add some MPH to your fastball, wouldn’t you do it? Steroids, schmeroids!
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July 24th, 2007 at 3:39 pm
Sal Fasano looks remarkably like Dan Marino in profile. (Spectacular facial hair aside, of course.)
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July 27th, 2007 at 1:05 pm
Not if my team sucks ass!
I have so much free time now, it’s actually a pleasant surprise when I check “the bottom line” on ESPN and find out they swept a double-header.
So nice…
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