Archive for the 'Baseball History' Category

Mad Dog - Pud and a Dying Breed

Tuesday, July 29th, 2008

“Too many pitchers, that’s all, there are just too many pitchers. Ten or twelve on a team. Don’t see how any of them get enough work.”
Cy Young
As July winds down and the annual trade winds pick up and the slamming of the teams that have done nothing but disappoint us begins to heat up I […]

Reds History - How’s Wayne Measuring Up? - Not so well I guess

Thursday, April 24th, 2008

The Coach

“Everything is magnified at the beginning of the season,” says Yankees hitting coach Kevin Long. “It’s kind of ridiculous to think David Ortiz is going to hit .100 all year or Jason Giambi is going to hit .100 all year. Nobody pays as much attention if a guy has a similar stretch in the […]

Larry Bowa breaks 122 year old rule and probably a few blood vessels too.

Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008

Somewhere these two men are smiling

“One of the dumbest ejections I’ve ever had,”
Ed Montague, a 31-year veteran whose report to the Commissioner’s Office will also include how Bowa, in full tantrum mode Tuesday night, repeatedly bumped manager Joe Torre into the umpire during the ensuing meltdown.
Larry Bowa… a man born a century too late.

Larry […]