Defensive Indifference

Jamie Mottram, my ex-AOL Sports chum and proprietor of the always outstanding Mister Irrelevant, asked to me send him the 10 sports figures I blogged about most for his list of the Top 40 Sports Figures of 2007. I’m honored. Here was my list. It’s all baseball:
1. Alex Rodriguez. Thanks to the MSM, I had […]

The reigning NL East champions unveiled a new third jersey yesterday that has a very retro look. It hearkens back to the Phillies of the 1940s (back when they were far and away one of the worst teams in baseball). It looks similar to their current uniforms except there are no red pinstripes and the […]

Allow me to write the caption for the above photo, from the mind of Omar Minaya, Esq. (above right). “Hmmm, how can I trade one of the best prospects (Lastings Milledge, 22, left) in baseball for a 29 year-old half-way decent corner outfielder AND an over-the-hill catcher who’s a black hole offensively?”
Well, folks, he […]

As predicted in my column which is running right now on AOL Sports and sizes up the market for Johan Santana in an oh so eloquent way, the Mariners have become players in the Santana derby, according to the Minneapolis Star-Tribune:
Several teams — including the Red Sox, Yankees, Mets, Angels and Dodgers — have expressed […]

I mean check out the moo cow’s ear he’s licking on his hunting trip to Illinois with fellow NL ace Roy Oswalt.

*Author’s Note: Not that I’m one to judge because a. I’m in the midst of quite a drought (I’m a blogger what do you expect) and b. if tubby-faced girls are what it takes […]

Linked above is the glorious footage of Anthony La Russa, Jr.’s arrest and booking on suspicion of DUI back in March. Here you’ll see him passed out at an intersection in his SUV, fail a field sobriety test, and get breathylzed back at the station. Two highlights among many: the very beginning when […]