Headlines for May, 2005

Surviving as the Walking Wounded

Who would ever think that a club missing the ailing services of Nomar Garciaparra, Kerry Wood, and Mark Prior for an extended period of time could achieve a mark anywhere near five hundred, let alone above? Yes, Joe Borowski has been out as well - but I digress.Here the Chicago Cubs stand, just after Memorial Day and sporting a 25-24 [read more...]

Adam Sandler Must Be Stopped

A remake of "The Longest Yard", one of the true classic sports movies of all time, will be released in theaters across the country on Friday. To paraphrase a popular song from R.E.M., it's the end of the world as we know it, and I feel like I'm being beaten over the head with a bag of oranges. Originally released back [read more...]

The Miracle of Mazzone

A few years back, in one of those what-the-hell-were-they-thinking marketing decisions that spawns atrocities like "Nick and Jessica's Tour of Duty," somebody decided that what the world needed was a comic book line featuring sports heroes as superheroes. One of these gems, "Fastball Express," featured four of baseball's greatest pitchers--Randy Johnson, Greg Maddux, Roger Clemens, Chan Ho Park, and Hideo [read more...]

No-Show Sosa No Big Deal

Sammy Sosa decided to make a trip to the disabled list instead of a trip to Chicago, but that doesn't mean that the increased number of people heading to U.S. Cellular Field this weekend should be disappointed. Sammy Sosa isn't a big deal anymore, whether in Chicago or Baltimore. It means that the people that bought the 107,000 additional tickets for the [read more...]

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