During hard times when the real world could not be any harsher, we can rely on sports to be our saving grace. We need that getaway from our work, from our bills, and from the evening news. Some of us look to drugs or alcohol; some of us look to books, movies, or music; longing for that escape to help us forget about our shortcomings. But for some of us, sitting down after a long day and putting on our favorite player’s jersey and cheering for...
12 months ago today, the Philadelphia Phillies were 22 games over .500, 4.5 games up on the rival Atlanta Braves in the NL East race, and well on their way to a comfortable division title as 100-game winners. What a difference a year makes. On Independence Day in 2012, the Philadelphia Phillies have exhibited their own kind of independence from their division rivals, sitting alone in last place in the NL East with a 36-46 mark and in the midst of a six-game losing...
It’s too early to panic, Cubs fans.
Because, really, you're looking at two or three years down the road.
Forget about 2012.
Those of you who had high hopes when Beantown wunderkind Theo Epstein came to the Windy City might have noticed that the roster for the 2012 Cubs looks a lot worse than the roster for the 2011 Cubs -- and the 2011 Cubs were awful.
When I saw the video of this kid crying after Josh Beckett gave him a baseball, he earned another notch of respect in my scorebook.
Superstar pitchers, at least on the day they’re pitching, rarely interact with fans and instead focus on the task at hand. But on this day, Beckett wrapped up his pregame bullpen, walked right up to a kid who was taking his photograph, and handed him a baseball.
The play hit home for a lot of baseball fans, particularly the lucky ones...
Way to go, Pirates — you blew my plans to look cool.
Losers.
You see, I had this idea. I was going to get one of those old school, retro, vintage baseball hats, right? But I also wanted to be unique about it. Because, like, that’s where the cool part comes in. If you’re one of, say, a million guys wearing a Yankees hat, that doesn’t show coolness. There’s no rebel streak there.
But if you’ve got your own thing going on, well, then you’ve got it...
Well, the Cubs suck again. I mean, that’s no surprise from a team that hasn’t won a World Series in, what — a century or whatever. But this year they’re posed to epically suck. Like they did in the 70s, back when you’d see loads of empty seats at Wrigley Field. That’s right. There used to be empty seats at Wrigley. Every game. You’d look at the stands, and it was like a modern day Marlins game, with thousands of lonely, unoccupied seats. It...
Well, that went by fast, didn’t it? It seems like only a little bit ago we were talking about how bad Manny sucks and how terrible the pitching staff has been. Oh, right, that was just a little bit ago. On the plus side it’s only about 20 weeks until pitchers and catchers report, so at least we’ve got that. And really, this was a great, great year for baseball. Unless you were a Dodger fan, of course. Better times are ahead for the...
Editor’s Note: This is part of a series of posts from WCBias.com guest contributors. Interested in writing a guest post for WCBias.com? Contact us. By Erick Smith Maybe low expectations can be a great thing. Just think of those times when you’re set-up on a blind date and all you’ve been told is “Well she has a great personality.” That’s the dating kiss of death. Definitely don’t expect a looker. As time slowly creeps toward that 6:30 deadline when it’s time to pick her...
Did I tell you guys I bought a new TV a while ago? I was one of the last people around to finally upgrade and get a flat screen, blah blah blah TV with blah blah blah resolution and blah blah blah hertz. Sounds awesome, right? Right. Anywayz, getting a new TV is nice and all but the big problem is you’re still stuck with the same old crappy programming, right? Of course you are. You could upgrade to digital cable but that would...
