Posted in Baseball, Family, Sports, tagged Houston Astros, Nolan Ryan, texas rangers on March 26, 2008 | No Comments »
In addition to my 2008 MLB Preview, I’ve decided to do an in-depth look at the Houston Astros. But before I get to that preview (which will likely be posted Friday or this weekend), I thought it would be nice to explain my history with the Astros and baseball in general to you. Some of [...]
Posted in Baseball, Sports, tagged alex rodriguez, jose canseco on March 26, 2008 | 2 Comments »
If a mythical list detailing the top scumbags in pro sports actually existed, Jose Canseco would likely rank somewhere in the top five. I never read Juiced, but even if the majority of his allegations ended up being true, it doesn’t mean the book deserved a sequel. As Phil Taylor says in his excellent column [...]
Posted in Baseball, tagged 2008 mlb preview, mlb 2008 predictions on March 26, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Welcome to my 2008 MLB Preview. I’ve been making predictions on baseball for the past few years, but have never taken the time to write an actual in-depth preview. This is not an in-depth preview, but it’s a lot more substantial than me just tossing some predictions up.
By the way, this is the first of [...]
Posted in Sports, tagged Dallas Mavericks, Mark Cuban, mark cuban bans bloggers on March 24, 2008 | No Comments »
Henry Abbott of TrueHoop has a great post today about the ongoing war between Mark Cuban and the bloggers he recently banned from his locker room.
The world’s suspicion is that we bloggers might be raving lunatics. By being professional journalists, and reasonable people who not only do not drool on ourselves, but also shower, smile, [...]
Posted in Baseball, Fantasy, tagged fantasy baseball, fantasy baseball 2008 mock draft, ryan braun on March 19, 2008 | No Comments »
All my mock drafts are done on ESPN, which uses the standard roto rules (25 man roster). I’ve done several mock drafts, but today I tried a different strategy: I went young. For the most part, I tried to draft guys who can provide long-term value, since my main league is a roto keeper league [...]
Posted in Sports, UFC, tagged March UFC rankings, ufc rankings on March 3, 2008 | No Comments »
These rankings are based on a plethora of factors: win-loss record, method of victory, competition the fighter is facing, and the push given to them by the UFC matchmakers.
POUND FOR POUND
1. Anderson Silva (Middleweight Champion)
2. Quinton Jackson (Light Heavyweight Champion)
3. Georges St. Pierre (Interim Welterweight Champion)
4. Antonio Rodrigo Noguiera (Interim Heavyweight Champion)
5. B.J. Penn (Lightweight [...]
