Entries from November 2008

November 30, 2008

Swagger 101

“Swagger”. What is it? (Here’s a hint, it’s not deodorant) The word seems to pop up everywhere nowadays. If it’s not Old Spice commercials it’s rap songs, it’s something that everyone seems to want but not everyone has. The Urban Dictionary defines “swagger” as “How one presents him or her self [...]

November 29, 2008

Things to be Thankful For.

Just some thoughts as my body recovers from two days of fulling it with food and booze:
We here at the Ballpark have many things to be thankful for this time of year, not the least of which is the health and well being of ourselves and our families (and of course, our readers). We are thankful [...]

November 27, 2008

picky picky… week 13

Yes, i know it’s a little screwie. Just deal with it.
Favorite       Spread        Dog            Done    SMC    ABA
Tenn -11      At Detriot      TEN    TEN    TEN
At Dallas -12.5    Seattle           DAL    DAL    DAL
At Philly -3         Arizona            AZ     AZ     [...]

November 26, 2008

Only 78 Days until Pitchers and Catchers report

The world of American sports has hit a new low on the scale of inventing stories to get through the boring season (also known as Not-Baseball season). Today on ESPN.com, on Mike and Mike and on Sportscenter, the biggest news is not something that happened last night, not something that happened recently, and not even [...]

November 25, 2008

Another reason to hate the winter…

Warm-weather cheerleaders:

November 25, 2008

This is Why I Hate the Winter.

It’s not just the cold. It’s not just the darkness (tonight’s sunset is 4:14 PM) . It is the waiting. Even in these blessed days for Boston sports, when we have three teams worth paying attention to, there are still days like yesterday. Sure, reading about the Pats’ destruction of the Wildcat offense in Miami [...]

November 25, 2008

Nothing cool happened in sports yesterday.

Artificial Turf column coming shortly. Look at this for a while.

November 23, 2008

As soon as Matt Light got ejected…

For holding Channing Crowder’s weave and punching him in the back of the head… I googled Matt Light and this was the first picture that came up:

November 22, 2008

Dominos Falling into Place

The Major League Baseball off season is a long and arduous process. It may be a more exhausting time for the front office teams than the season itself. During the off season, teams have to revamp their rosters to make them stronger while dealing with budget, projections (usually from Bill James’ Handbook) of how players [...]

November 21, 2008

Bobby Orr must have been busy that night…

From the Herald this morning: Bruins big guys Milan Lucic, Phill Kessel, Shawn Thornton, Blake Wheeler and (old friend of the ballpark) Mark Stuart hanging with designer Kenneth Cole at the Boston launch of his new book “AWEARNESS: Inspiring Stories about How To Make A Difference” at his store in [...]