Big game from the Big O tonight–go home sick, take a half-day, do whatever you’ve got to do to catch Georgia take on Fres-YES at 4:00 today (ESPN). Last night’s game saw a redonkulous amount of metal-bat-powered offense including a total of 29 runs, 35 hits but shockingly only two home runs. That’s a lot of action on the bases. In the Bigs, Lowe got roughed up by the White Sox and the Dodgers remain 4 games behind Arizona. Check out WCBias.com daily for...
To recap some of our items from yesterday: The Fresno State-Georgia game was nothing short of amazing as Gordon Beckham, the 8th overall pick of the Amateur Draft (White Sox), hit a two run bomb in the bottom of the eighth, keying a four-run rally and giving Georgia a 8-7 win. Gordon also made a terrific play in the top-half of the inning to kill Fresno State’s rally by snagging a line shot and applying a diving tag on some fool who’d wandered too...
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Here are a few updates to get your Monday started right, if there is such a thing: First off, big game in Omaha tonight as Fresno State takes on Georgia in the Battle of the Bulldogs as the Championship round kicks off in the CWS (ESPN2 at 4:00 PST). Omaha may well be somewhere in the middle of America but outside of Bright Eyes and Saddle Creek Records in general, this is about the best that they have to offer so enjoy it before...
Every sports blogger seems to fall madly madly in love with the precocious Erin Andrews, and with good reason. For my money though, it’s all about Lindsay Soto. Erin gets the big boost by appearing to a national audience on ESPN throughout the year but it’s Soto appearing on the much less ballyhooed Fox Sports Net and often finds herself in the unenviable position of finding something exciting to say about the least-exciting-good-team-in-sports, the Angels. I was watching her post-game show yesterday and I...
Since I’m purposely taking myself out of the sports loop this week (sort of) I thought it would be cool to do something different and I decided to write a season-preview of the WNBA. Imagine my shock when I went to wnba.com and found that the season started about three weeks ago. So much for that idea. Apparently there is a team called the Atlanta Dream. They are 0-11 so far, here’s hoping they can get off the schneid soon. Did you know this...
I gave up on the Dodgers yesterday. Well, “gave up” isn’t quite right but I’m not interested in their wins and losses so much at the moment (they did win today, by the way). The Lakers are done. The Angels have the second best record in the AL but play the most boring brand of baseball I’ve ever seen and their run differential suggests they’re closer to a .500 ball club, so I’m expecting a regression. I’ve decided to take a rest this week...
According to Dos Equis’ “Most Interesting Man in the World” it’s never too early to start thinking about your obituary. With that in mind, I’m going to write about the demise of the 2008 Dodgers, even though it’s only mid-June. After being swept by the Tigers and dropping their last 5 straight, the woeful Dodgers have fallen 5.5 behind the stunningly mediocre Diamondbacks and look absolutely dead in the water. There’s no real mystery to the team’s struggles either—they’re currently 22nd in the league...
By my math the Dodgers have scored either 0 or 1 run in 12 of their last 22 games. No positive way you can put a spin on that, my friends. I watched most of the game at a sports bar downtown in hopes of taking a drink every time they scored a run off of Detroit’s Armando Galarraga. And I stayed sober just like the old nun. On the heels of this current slide comes word that the Dodgers may be looking to...
I spent the better part of today thinking of Dodger Drinking Games. Why? Because I was at work, that’s why. The following are the best that I could come up with, along with pictures of how you will probably look if you play. 1. Every time Matt Kemp strikes out, drink. 2. Every time you think about packing in the season and becoming an Angels fan, take a drink. 3. Every time a runner is left in scoring position, drink. 4. Every time you...
