Archive for June, 2009
Tuesday, June 30th, 2009
Living halfway between Pittsburgh and Cleveland can really suck sometimes. The Pirates have been down and out for so many year that there are no expectaions anymore. The Indians recently threw in the towel by trading Mark DeRosa. The Pirates can't be accused of throwing in the towel, but have ...
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Tuesday, June 30th, 2009
Manny Ramirez is getting his timing back quickly in Albuquerque and is supposed to rejoin the Dodgers Friday. In his four rehab games between High-A Inland Empire and AAA Albuquerque, Ramirez is 3-8 with a home run.
In Manny's first rehab game, I got nervous because he went 0-2 against Manny ...
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Monday, June 29th, 2009
The Mahoning Valley Scrappers won the first game in Williamsport against the State College Spikes, 5-4, on Sunday. The win puts the Scrappers at 7-3. There are two more games to be played against the Spikes before the Scrappers come home to host the Williamsport Crosscutters on Wednesday.
Jordan Henry started ...
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Monday, June 29th, 2009
Those crazy, crazy Browns. Braylon Edwards steps forward and says he's ok with almost being traded. Nice humility Brayon, your 17 dropped passes prevented you from being traded, not the overwhelming demands of the Browns. Here are some great stories from other sites:
The Fifth Corner has the recap of Team ...
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Sunday, June 28th, 2009
Ah.. The Mark Price Bar. Worst piece of candy I ever sunk my teeth into. I still remember spitting it everywhere after I tried it. Here are some good things to sink your teeth into:
Zoner Sports posted a cool video of a soccer ball facial.
PSAMP reports that Santonio Holmes wants you to ...
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Sunday, June 28th, 2009
In a move that can only signify forfeiture of a season, the Indians traded away Mark DeRosa to St. Louis for a player to be named later. Anytime a player is traded away to a contender for a player to be named later, it usually signifies the team getting the player ...
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Sunday, June 28th, 2009
My heart goes out to Coach Chris MacKeown, his staff, and the players for Mahoning Valley. If there were a betting line on this game in Vegas, Wilkes-Barre would have probably been 30 point favorites. Mahoning Valley played a great game against a great team and came up short in ...
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Saturday, June 27th, 2009
Eric Wedge relied on one of his battered bullpen converts to perhaps save his job. Speculation that Wedge will be canned soon barring a miracle turnaround took a backseat to one of the Indians best all-around showings this season as the Tribe rolled past Cincinnati, 9-2.
Cleveland scored all 9 runs ...
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