The shocking story of one player’s tragic loss
I hadn’t heard the sad story of Greg Norton’s mother’s murder before, but it is told very well by MLB.com’s Braves beat reporter, Mark Bowman.
While enjoying the National League’s 3-1 victory over the American League last night, I found myself thinking back to some of the AL’s dramatic (and sometimes heartbreaking) victories over the past few years and one thing kept coming up: In…
At Notre Dame, there’s a women’s dorm called Lyons Hall which chose as its sports mascot the mighty lion. The Lyons Lions. A high school in Los Gatos, California, calls its sports teams the Wildcats. Translating the town’s name into…
We need to get John Schandler a job at the Mets Team Store. From today’s Uniwatch post: Silver medal (which as you know is much better than a gold medal) for John Schandler, who writes: “I work for a Nike…
It started out so promising. The high draft pick, the lofty prospect status, the build of a pitcher with a powerful right arm. There were comparisons to Tom Seaver, and at three inches taller and 20 pounds heavier, maybe there…
I saw the story — and got the e-mail — yesterday of the Mets’ announcement that they will wear new pinstriped uniforms in 2010. The only real difference is that they’re off-white instead of pure white, a slight shift and…
Ugh. My predictions this year did not turn out well, certainly not nearly as well as Keith Olbermann’s. I’ve nailed some in the past, but this year it just wasn’t there for me. Here’s a quick rundown, then a side-by-side…