Clint Hurdle: Conversatin' with Satan

Is reporting on TV ratings hurting sports?

Richie Rich posted 10/15/2007 from sportsmediawatch.blogspot.com

The ratings for sporting events live and die with the casual fan. But, one of the worst habits the media has in reporting sports television ratings is making the assumption that because an event sets a record low, nobody is watching.

Time Tripping With Billy Pilgrim: About Last Night

Melt Your Face Off found this 10/15/2007 on deadspin.com

What you missed while bravely striking out against Halloween and all it represents ... • NFL: Reggie is Mr. October ... Saints finally get a win , 28-17 over Schmohawks. • MLB: Rockies' 20-1 run have them one win from World Series . The ...

The Joy of the Steamroll

Richie Rich posted 10/15/2007 from fairandfoul.blogs.nytimes.com

We are in the midst of a stretch of, frankly, rather dull World Series. The losing team over the last four years has won a total of three games — two for the Yankees in 2003 and one for the Tigers last year — and the outcomes never seemed remotely in doubt.

Throw back to Clint Hurdle on cover of SI 1977

adeo posted 10/16/2007 from vivaneverland.blogspot.com

Rockies team is the 1st since the 1977 Kansas City Royals to win at least 19 of 20 this late in the season ...

Holliday's blast pumps Rockies to World Series after sweeping D-backs

Richie Rich posted 10/16/2007 from sports.espn.go.com

Series MVP Matt Holliday's three-run, 452-foot shot into the pine-filled rock pile in center field capped a six-run outburst in the fourth inning, and the wild-card Rockies -- a team that debuted in 1993 -- were on their way.