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I’m walking on sunshine

Coley Ward — Mon, 18 May 2009 22:40:55 +0000

We’re living in a golden age of third basemen! Weeeeeee!

Second base is the new third base! How chic!

Tagged: centerfield, happy, second base, third base, third basemen

Links: The “I Know What’s Wrong With The Mets” Edition

Paul Moro — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 22:20:36 +0000

Fifteen games into the season, I’m already tired of dealing with all the articles/blog posts about what the Mets need to fix. To illustrate my point, here’s just a sampling of what people have written just over the past few days regarding what’s wrong with the New York Mets:

The team is incable of hitting with runners in scoring position (4/20)
The team has no “visit site to read more]
Tagged: Mets

Thursday Reading: Hall of Fame edition

Coley Ward — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 20:22:06 +0000

Earlier this week, Umpbump reminded you about where we stand on the Hall of Fame candidates. Here’s what some other folks on the internets are saying about the eligible players:

Joe Posnanski examines the merits of each and every Hall of Fame inductee in an … [visit site to read more]
Tagged: Hall of Fame, Harold Baines, Mark McGwire, Rickey-Henderson, Tim Raines

Thank God It’s A Comeback Friday Reading

Sarah Green — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 17:00:51 +0000

We may only have another day to enjoy this, Sox fans, since Josh Beckett and his craptastic oblique will be taking the mound for Boston tomorrow and who knows what will happen. To get the maximum enjoyment out of this moment—and I am still doing secret little cha-cha moves … [visit site to read more]

Tagged: ALCS, comebacks, playoffs, Rays, Red Sox

Humpday Reading: Dreadlocks addition

Coley Ward — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:03:59 +0000

The Boston Herald is reporting that Manny will get his haircut “some time this week” at a place called Fantastic Sam’s, in a promotional stunt that will benefit some Dodgers charities. But that won’t stop the Dodgers from selling “Manny … [visit site to read more]

Tagged: bruce springsteen, Dodgers, Humpday reading, Joe Posnanski, Manny Ramirez, Padres

Hump Day Reading: Very Punny

Sarah Green — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 19:45:08 +0000

Hot dag, yo, are we the only sports blog not banned in China? Or are we in fact banned in China and we just don’t know it?

That is visit site to read more]

Tagged: Andre Ethier, C.J.-Wilson, Juan Pierre, playoffs, Red Sox, Ryan Spilborghs, Sarah's metro column, Tigers, Tom Glavine, Yankees

Weekend Reading: Lost Sock Edition

Sarah Green — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 21:12:52 +0000

Step right up, get your Saturday afternoon reading right here!

First, Baseball Prospectus Unfiltered has a must-read interview with Chili Davis on being the only Yankee to get a … [visit site to read more]

Tagged: Angels, ballparks, Brad Ziegler, Buzz Bissinger, Chili Davis, ESPN, Manny Ramirez, Mark Teixeira, Pedro Martinez

Hump Day Reading: Hallucinatory X-Files Edition

Sarah Green — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 18:44:02 +0000

So the X-Files movie comes out on Friday, and I can’t help but wonder: will Mulder and Scully be looking for aliens, or that even more elusive creature…..the Last Eric Gagne … [visit site to read more]

Tagged: David Ortiz, Eric Gagne, free agents, Melky-Cabrera, minor leagues, prospects, Sarah's metro column, triple a, Wendell Kim

Hump Day Reading: All-Star Hangover Edition

Sarah Green — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 13:52:32 +0000

Did you actually stay up and watch all of that? I confess: I didn’t. But at least I can read about it on the ol’ series of tubes, eh?

Babes Love Baseball has your recap, by the numbers.

Walkoff Walk was there, and has a recap by the feelings.

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Hump Day Reading: Mustaches, Kittens, and Sex on the Beach

Sarah Green — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 19:47:32 +0000

Man, this week feels long. How about some good ol’ fashioned midweek reading?

We already knew that Derek Jeter drinks wine coolers. Now, via Sox and Dawgs, we have the lowdown on A-Rod’s beverage of … [visit site to read more]

Tagged: Alex Rodriguez, Barry Zito, Jason Giambi, Jeff Francoeur, John Sterling, kitten, mustache