I won't say it's never too early to talk about college football because sometimes (really, very often) it is. But not now. See, there it is: July 27, the first day it's okay to talk about college football ( Read more... )

The Daily News decided to give the Yankees the back page for the off-day after the All-Star Game. I guess they deserve it, seeing as the AL win will give them home field advantage in the World Series and all. But, for some reason, the News didn't want to talk about this year's postseason. Instead the focus on the Official Most Boring Day on the ( Read more... )

I'll post this with the caveat that what I know about poetry is small enough to fit within the margin of error for "zero". It's less than the trace amount of an ingredient that leads manufacturers to guess, "Contains less than 2% of the following:" But still, it's about the Mets, so I'll put on my mayoral sash, sharpen my ceremonial scissors, and ( Read more... )

This quote summarizes why I love Baseball and Jason Varitek, and why I still call Daisuke Matsuzaka, "And-he":

When Matsuzaka was taking a while to read the signs from Sox catcher Jason Varitek, Peña stepped out of the box and called time.

"I'm sorry," Varitek told Peña. "He's got like 40 pitches."

I really want Julio Lugo to be good, for the Red Sox and for fantasy purposes. And he seems like a well-meaning and interesting fellow. But there's little I could possibly say to refute this assessment of not only his 'performance' so far, but also in comparison to the other shortstops the Sox have rejected since their World Series win.But most ( Read more... )

Seeing a former Rainbow on Deadspin is quite a treat. Even if it was just a short clip of him, uh, running through drywall.Honestly, Reagan Mauia wasn't on my radar at all last year, what with my watching only two UH games all season. I only remember Nate Ilaoa; when his backup came in the focus of the game, and the announcers, shifted to Colt ( Read more... )

It's only one game. Plus it was the Mets home opener; so we had to win it, right? Still, it was a seven run 8th inning to turn a frustrating loss into a blow-out 11-5 win. How very charming ( Read more... )

Opening Night was a terrific success. The Mets beat the now-hated Cardinals, Professor Thom's had a surprise mid-evening happy hour, and Brooklyn Sox fan, and Don Zimmer look-alike, Mike apparently survived the winter, though he is just as hard to understand as he was last year.

Then I wake up today (sort of) to read about John Henry sowing the ( Read more... )

Strangely, this news story has already settled back into the infield dirt, so I cite 'Feministing' for the link: Female umpire gets spring training, minor-league tryout.Women officials aren't really a story, I don't think. Even the existence of a debate, aside from the usual tired respect issues, is sort of weird. I mean, we're talking about ( Read more... )

My very own week progresses along the slim intersection of dread and relief but there are still exciting things happening that demand attention. To wit:

Manny comes in peace; J.Lo estimated to own $40M buss.

"Would you like Jennifer Lopez to give you a kiss? Of course Manny wants his option picked up," Tavarez told the Herald. "I'm telling you ( Read more... )