vicksdogs.com - 8/6/2007
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Just last week, Cal Ripken Jr. was officially inducted into the baseball Hall of Fame. There has never been a player on the ballot for the first time voted into the Hall unanimously, but Ripken appeared on 98.53% of the ballots in January.
Put me in there with the 1.47% who didn’t want him in. I assume those guys didn’t vote for Cal because they have something against voting in first-year ...
How Can Glavine Be The Last 300-game Winner?
thesportsculture.com 8/7/2007 — That’s it? Pitchers just stop winning games because of a five-man rotation and deeper bullpens? Obviously, the game has evolved, as the Yahoo! story bases its theory on. The days when pitchers hurled complete games for breakfast are blue moons away. However, shouldn’t that enable a longer career for the rotator cuff?
Barry Does It
thefeed.blogs.com 8/8/2007 —
And you thought Mike Bacsik would only be remembered as a spare part in the trade that brought Roberto Alomar to the Mets. Bonds connected in the bottom of the fifth and the game stopped for about 10 minutes of celebration. They played a taped ...
New 'King' in Town
epiccarnival.com 8/8/2007 — Well, it finally happened last night. Most of us were asleep in the rest of the country but there looked to be quite a bit of partying at Pac Bell Ballpark. Good for those people, a good party never hurt anyone (much). Hank Aaron showed up (kind of), Bud Selig did ...