major league baseball Stories - Stanley Cup of Chowder
Can the NHL benefit from the NFL and NBA lockouts?
Hockey fans usually fit into one of two groups: Group A fans are generally provincial thinkers who define themselves as traditionalists. They have little regard for any teams or cities outside of the homes of the vaunted Original 6. Group B fans love hockey in almost any form and can be...
Informal workouts show the season is closer than you think
With the start of spring training - that February rite of passage in Major League Baseball that should be quite familiar to residents of the Tampa Bay area - it gives the image of warmth and light and the promise the long cold days of winter will soon relent. The rebirth of the sport, the...
Off Topic: In defense of Jim Joyce and the fallibility of on-field officials
About a year ago, I wrote a piece expressing disdain at NHL referees and linesmen, as well as their boss at the time. I labeled them Club Two-Minutes and slammed the pomposity, arrogance, and the lack of accountability among them. Yesterday in Major League Baseball, there was a little event in...
"East vs. West" is not the best -- NHL Re-Alignment
In 1967, with the expansion of the National Hockey League from the fabled Original Six to 12 teams, the league had to split divisions... And the resulting alignment was in an east-west format. That split was done in the most thoughtless manner as the powers-that-be refused to break up the...
your American League Champions
Congratulations to the 2008 Tampa Bay Rays. From out of no where, having never won more than 70's games, to League Champions... That is a huge hill to climb. And it ain't over yet! The blogosphere is teeming with posts about the Rays win, but I'll just link to a select few threads: Sticks of...
William A. Shea Stadium's drawn out end
Very much off topic... I grew up a Mets fan, living in a small village on Long Island in New York. I can remember, as a young kid, how everyone was going nutso for the Amazin's of 1986. I didn't truly grasp it, but in the following years I grew to love and cherish baseball -- in general and New...
fans can't organize
(yes, it's been forever since I posted, this isn't hockey talk alone though, so....) How come, every time there is expressed outrage in the sports world, the fans cannot take it upon themselves to organize and petition or organize in one form or another for or against some tactic or move that has...
MLB taking it's jerseys and going home
Apparently Major League Baseball has threatened to sue a youth baseball league in the Chicago area over the unauthorized use of major league team names. MLB stated that they would let the youth league use the MLB team names only if the league purchased the uniforms from MLB's official supplier at a...
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