Defensive Indifference

This red tailed hawk is quite protective of her beloved Red Sox.

We aren’t in the habit of giving the Yankees (as an organization) a whole lot of credit around these parts. The players are fine, but let’s just say Hank Steinbrenner doesn’t smack of class, tact or intelligence. That said, the Bronx Bombers did something pretty cool today, traveling to Blacksburg, Va. for a game with […]

Disclaimer: Andrew and I are soccer fans, and Nick would be if he could get over his hatred of poor acoustics and bizarre trumpet-drum combos in American soccer stadia. Occasionally there will be soccer-related stories that cry out to be posted, and this is one of them.
Some of you (okay, probably all of […]

It’s pretty hard writing this with my jaw on the floor. Lenny Dykstra, a guy who I think my first memory of (besides owning his baseball card) is him swallowing a big wad of tobacco during an at-bat in an NLCS or World Series game in 1993, is apparently building up quite a reputation as […]

Thanks to ESPN’s free insider trial, I have learned that Tigers slugger Magglio Ordonez is friends with Hugo Chavez, the president of his native Venezuela. From the article:
Some who played winter ball in Venezuela say they saw a lot of Magglio Ordonez on television with President Hugo Chavez. “He is my friend,” says […]

If you haven’t heard by now, the geniuses (yes, I mean that) behind Fire Joe Morgan went public with their identity yesterday, and it didn’t take long for folks to figure out that they are all TV writers from L.A. (um, because they admitted it) and that Ken Tremendous in particular is a writer for […]