No Reason to Panic
by Bill Baer on Thursday, January 31st, 2008Posted in Media, MLB, Philadelphia Phillies | 2 Comments »
I don't know if any of you out there have heard, but the Mets traded for two-time Cy Young Award-winner Johan Santana. Yeah, I'm as surprised as you are. I could've sworn that the Red Sox and Yankees offered better ...
Krukker on Aqua Teen
by Bill Baer on Tuesday, January 29th, 2008Posted in Media, MLB, Philadelphia Phillies | 1 Comment »
Former Phillies first baseman and proud owner of one of baseball's best mullets, John Kruk, voiced his own character on Cartoon Network/Adult Swim's cartoon Aqua Teen Hunger Force. Part 1 Part 2 Hat tip to the folks at the great Phillies forum Back ...
Phillies sign 3B Pedro Feliz
by Bill Baer on Monday, January 28th, 2008Posted in MLB, Philadelphia Phillies | 3 Comments »
Reasons why you would ever consider signing free agent third baseman Pedro Feliz: You are a bottom-feeding organization like the Tampa Bay Rays or Kansas City Royals. You have never looked at baseball statistics before. You like your hitters reaching base in less ...
Fuck Jesus, Raymond Burke, and Bill Donohue
by Bill Baer on Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008Posted in Media | 43 Comments »
To the four or five loyal readers I have, you know I'm a happy guy when political issues spill over into sports. Imagine my glee when I'm perusing the fabulous blog With Leather and come across these babies: Majerus Has Opinion, ...
The Ryan Howard Situation
by Bill Baer on Monday, January 21st, 2008Posted in MLB, Philadelphia Phillies | 3 Comments »
The Phillies' front office has stated that they are done making major deals until spring training starts, though that doesn't exclude a signing of someone like Kyle Lohse or Kris Benson. The only thing left to complete then is signing ...
On Flags and Speech
by Bill Baer on Sunday, January 20th, 2008Posted in Media | 4 Comments »
I finally got around to catching the re-run of Friday's Real Time with Bill Maher. An excellent quartet -- comedian D.L. Hughley, Wall Street Journal columnist John Fund, country music star Trace Adkins, and pundit Dan Savage -- joined Maher ...
New Layout
by Bill Baer on Friday, January 18th, 2008Posted in MLB | 7 Comments »
This is the layout I've been planning to use. I've still got a few kinks to work out, so just ignore them for now. If you have any feedback, I'd love to hear it. Thanks.
A Real Blend of Sports and Politics
by Bill Baer on Thursday, January 17th, 2008Posted in Media, NFL | 1 Comment »
As if we haven't been submerged in 2008 election news and rumors, the entertainment gods have cast a storm upon us: FOX News is going to be mixed into FOX Sports' Super Bowl coverage. Given Keith Olbermann's sky-high ratings following his ...
STFU, Carlos Delgado
by Bill Baer on Saturday, January 5th, 2008Posted in MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Sabermetrics | 6 Comments »
New York Mets first baseman Carlos Delgado must be getting antsy during the off-season, because he's opening his mouth seemingly just to hear himself talk. Via Yahoo: "It was very disappointing because we know that we had the best team. And I ...
Well, Why Not?
by Bill Baer on Friday, January 4th, 2008Posted in MLB | 1 Comment »
It's the baseball offseason, and that means for me, a lack of interesting topics on which to opine. Nick Swisher got traded to the Chicago White Sox yesterday. In return, the Oakland Athletics got a few good prospects (Ryan Sweeney, Gio ...
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