With Prince Fielder and King Albert moving to the American League, the junior circuit is primed to retake its long-held position as the superior half of baseball. After 13 seasons without an all-star game victory, the National League has won the last two All-Star Games and the last two World Series. Pretty impressive, I’ll admit, but … Continue reading
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Prince Fielder Paid Like Royalty in Nine-Year $214 Million Deal With Detroit Tigers
In one of the biggest surprise splashes of the off-season, the Detroit Tigers came to agreement with one of the best power hitters in baseball. Largely as a response to C/DH Victor Martinez’s potentially season-ending knee injury, the Detroit Tigers ponied up and gave former Milwaukee Brewers first baseman, Prince Fielder, a $200+ million dollar … Continue reading
Why Yu Darvish Will Be The Best Japanese Pitcher Yet
We’ve seen quite a few pitchers make the move from the Japanese league to the MLB with varying success. Kei Igawa, the total flop for the Yankees comes to mind. Hiroki Kuroda, a solid success now joining the Yankees is another. This offseason the Texas Rangers compensated for losing starting pitcher CJ Wilson (and Cliff … Continue reading
Hiroki Kuroda and Michael Pineda To Don Pinstripes
It appears that Yankee GM, Brian Cashman, was just taking his time. Yankee fans watched the Angels sign Albert Pujols and CJ Wilson. They watched Mark Buehrle sign with the revamped Miami Marlins and the Rangers win exclusive rights to negotiate with Japanese pitcher, Yu Darvish. Rumors surfaced that the Yankees would add Jair Jurrjens to … Continue reading
My Guest Blog Post On The Traveling Sports Fan: Sun Life Stadium
After my trip down to Sun Life Stadium in Miami for the 2012 Discover Orange Bowl, I put together two blog posts. The first suggested where the Clemson football program may go after the big loss. The other was a guest blog post on The Traveling Sports Fan, a blog dedicated to discussing sports venues around … Continue reading
How Will Clemson Respond To Orange Bowl Shame?
Since the ACC began determining their champion with a conference championship game in 2005, Clemson fans have longed for the title. Elusive to the tigers since 1991, winning the conference championship became the overriding goal for the program. Only the Clemson Tigers we know and love could manage to sour a season in which they … Continue reading
I Attempt To Solve Every Problem With The BCS and The Bowl Season In One Fell Swoop
The vast expanses of empty seats in these college bowl games really demonstrate how the process is becoming watered down. There are now 35 bowl games, yet ESPN ran a story about how a 7-5 Western Kentucky team got robbed. With their two marquee wins coming against Florida International and Louisiana-Lafayette, can we please refrain … Continue reading
Kevin Garnett Chokes Twice In One Game: Exemplifies A Big NBA Problem
After Kevin Garnett missed a big, game tying shot in a Christmas Day showdown with the New York Knicks, he really showed his character and exemplified the big perception problem the NBA faces by physically choking an opposing player. The NBA has long had a PR problem and it’s awfully hard to fix perception when … Continue reading
Merry Christmas To All My Blog Subscibers
Merry Christmas to all my blog subscribers, and thank you for reading this year. Christmas is a day to remember the birth of Jesus Christ, fully God and fully human. Today we thank God for his gift of the Christ child, spend time with family, and maybe watch some basketball, as the NBA finally started … Continue reading
Why Tim Tebow Haters Probably Kick Small Bunnies Too
Sitting at 1-3 and trailing AFC West rival San Diego, the Broncos made the move to put Tim Tebow behind center for the second half. Tebow ran for a TD and threw for another after replacing Kyle Orton, nearly overcoming a 16-point fourth quarter deficit to lead the Broncos to a come from behind victory. … Continue reading
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