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The Hardball Times: Bit dramatic, ain’t it?
Bugs & Cranks: Red Sox respond to Yankees WS win by… trading for Jeremy Hermida
NESW Sports, Sports Videos: Eight Random Videos #1: Spanking Orange Horses, Saving Eagles
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See ya! RT @meechone: Say it ain't so, Chalk! RT @dichalk: Yes, I'm Really Retiring http://bit.ly/Yfuse 16 days ago |
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#sblog #mlb Yes, I’m Really Retiring http://bit.ly/Yfuse 16 days ago |
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RT it was great while it lasted @WFNYScott RT @dichalk: Yes, I’m Really Retiring http://bit.ly/Yfuse #sblog #mlb 16 days ago |
Bit dramatic, ain’t it?
The Hardball Times —
Thursday, November 05, 2009 Bit dramatic, ain’t it? I'd like to think that the announcement by Bugs & Cranks' Dave Chalk that he is quitting the baseball blogging business is dry humor, and that his leaving B is occasioned by another offer or a lack of free time or something as opposed to truly being disgusted with the sport. If not, it's simply baffling. He's been blogging about baseball for less than three years. None of the factors he cites -- high payroll teams having advantages, steroids -- came onto the scene anew during that period. If he is being ...
Red Sox respond to Yankees WS win by… trading for Jeremy Hermida
Bugs & Cranks —
... So yes, it sucks that the Yankees won and everything (because Yankees suck!) but I’m not going to “quit the site” over it. Especially not when the Red Sox have traded for Jeremy Hermida! Who is apparently some kind of ballplayer, it seems. I guess the Marlins are used to having a fire sale every six years after winning the World Series, but since they didn’t actually win this year, their hearts are only half in it. So anyway, the Sox have officially kicked off the hot stove season with, if not a bang, a b-. It’s a start, and maybe the -ang is still ...
Chalk As Favre: or Yes, I’m really UNretiring four days later
Bugs & Cranks —
Favre-like, I rise up from the ashes of my literary self-immolation.
(Predictably, some might say.) Before I get into why I’ve changed my mind and decided to unretire, I feel like I should further explain why I retired last Thursday.
And for at least a few hours there, I really did think it might be a real and permanent retirement. I was seriously ready to shift my B&C focus to college baseball and write stories about the LSU Tigers going to the White House and getting dumped off on Joe ...
Eight Random Videos #1: Spanking Orange Horses, Saving Eagles
NESW Sports, Sports Videos —
... What a disappointing week for Philly sports. I’ve said all I’m gonna say about one group of chokers, but how do the Eagles lose at home to freakin’ Dallas? Well it might help if they bench that overrated good-for-nothing quarterback of theirs and put in one of the greatest, most electrifying players to ever grace the college or pro game: ...
Chalk on the NBA, NFL, NHL, Horse Racing and more
Bugs & Cranks —
... So if you’ve been following the saga of my heartfelt retirement from professional baseball writing last Thursday and ...
Chasing My Nemesis: Dave Chalk
Bugs & Cranks —
... and in the 5, 7 and 10 spots? My nemesis, this Dave Lee Chalk — who has been retired for 18 freakin’ years! Whereas other than my brief retirement, I’ve been very active the past three years. ...
Derek Jeter Will Be Your 2009 SI Sportsman Of The Year
Bugs & Cranks —
Sports Illustrated isn’t announcing their Sportsman Of The Year on December 1st, but I’ll save you the wondering.
Last year I spilled a lot of digital ink telling you who should have won (Joe Maddon, not that drug addict swimmer). This year I could do the same (Ben Zobrist), but could it be any more obvious who’ll they’ll give it to?
Fifth “world title.” Broke (a minor) Lou Gehrig record. Won the Gold Glove and the Silver Slugger (just like Ryan Zimmerman!). Even won the ...
