Loading tweets...The Real Baseball Club of Orange County (née the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim) have signed Albert Pujols to a reported 10 year, $260 million contract, complete with a no trade clause. Apparently, the Angels are tired of the Rangers winning the AL West as they are rumored to be the favorite to land Texas’ …
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Nov 07
The Best Mother Effin’ Pre-Game Speech Ever!
So we didn’t win the World Series. Those bastards in St. Louis did, but I doubt their manager could give a speech like this. At least you can’t reduce him to “that’s the way baseball go” anymore…
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Nov 01
Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen
The calendar reads November 1, 2011, which means tonight I should be heading down to the American Airlines Center for opening night of Mavs basketball. While Opening Night in the NBA may not carry the same cachet as Opening Day in Major League Baseball, it’s still a special time on the sports calendar, so much …
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Oct 28
Douche Bags Ruin Everything
When I attended Lon Morris College, dorms bookended the campus, two at each end. On one end you Clark Hall and Brown Hall, which served as the dorms for the baseball and softball teams respectively. On the other end, you had Fair Hall, which housed the other male students, and Craven-Wilson, which housed all other …
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Oct 28
Becoming a Real Baseball Fan
We are less than 30 minutes from first pitch of my first real Game 7 of the World Series. Sure, I’ve watched Game 7′s before, but none of have featured my team, the Texas (Baseball) Rangers. After last night’s wild ass ride, I’m surprisingly calm, but I doubt I’ll remain that way for long. In …
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Jul 27
Flip Flop Fly Ball (The Most Hipster Friendly Baseball Site on the Internet)
If the Washington Post‘s Ezra Klein has taught us anything, it’s that hipsters love graphs and charts. I’ve always wanted to be a hipster, but I love baseball and websites. Imagine if someone had the creativity to make a website combining baseball and graphs & charts. I might actually have a chance of becoming a …
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Jul 12
Baseball in Big D
As someone who has had the opportunity to attend baseball games in some of the most historic parks (Wrigley, Fenway, and the old Yankee Stadium just to name a few), I’ve always dreamed of the day Dallas gets their downtown park and the excitement that comes along with it. Imagine being able to sneak out …
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Jan 13
Beyond Belief
When I sat down to construct my 2011 reading list, I made a point to visit a few older books that I have been meaning to read. In fact, the first five books on my list fall into that category, among them two political pieces–Richard Ben Cramer’s What It Takes and David Brooks’ Bobos* in …
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Oct 17
Do We Really Need Sports Announcers?
Friday night, TBS scored huge numbers for their coverage of the 2010 American League Championship Series between my Texas Rangers and the New York Yankees. TBS did particularly well in the Dallas market earning a 21.9 rating (13.9 rating in NYC), but I have a feeling that given the choice most Rangers would prefer to …
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Oct 15
Why Baseball Needs the Rangers to Win
For nearly fifty years, the Texas Rangers have been mired in baseball futility. Dating back to the 1961 inception of the “new” Washington Senators, and continuing through their relocation to Arlington, the Rangers have pieced together only four post-season appearances (all in the expanded eight team format) and up until Tuesday’s win against Tampa Bay, …
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