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College: Let's Bring In The Steroids Guy!
Baseball Musings points out a story we hadn't noticed (though it's still early in the morning): Jason Giambi's trainer is the new strength coach for alls ports at the University of Cal-Santa Barbara. Baseball Musings finds this worriesome, to say the least:...
Today In MLB Blogs
We've figured out where all the Tampa Bay Devil Rays fans are: England! Yep, today's hot MLB Blog is Rays From Across The Pond, a site devoted to the least-exciting baseball team, which, after all is still better than cricket. Best post:...
Tom Brady Masturbates Just Like The Rest Of Us
Life's tough for Patriots quarterback Tom Brady. The number of women who jump in front of traffic for him his cumbersome, $50 bills don't burn nearly as well as $100 ones and, hey, those rings are heavy. And now he's sick of being known as a golden boy. In an interview in the upcoming GQ, Brady ...
In Other News, Mel Gibson Will Be Negotiating The Gaza Resettlement
We know this was a few days ago, but we just can't help ourselves: Rush Limbaugh wants to help Eagles combatants Donovan McNabb and Terrell Owens get together....
Today In MLB Blogs
MLB.com's Casey Stern has no peer behind a microphone, unless you count Carson Daly. Actually he's more of a cross between Pauly Shore and Christopher Knight — one day he's going to startle a guest when his voice changes right on the air. Stern — remember, he was a loser on the ESPN reality show ...
Today In MLB Blogs
Having just spent the morning removing about a dozen rolls of toilet paper from the roof and the trees in the front yard, we think it's great when kids get involved with a constructive activity. Witness Look Who I Just Interviewed, written by a 13-year-old named Michael who chats with various majo...
Today In MLB Blogs
Most of the blogs here are harmless drivel, but occasionally we trip over one that scares us, quite frankly. In reading Down the Left Field Line; Life, Baseball and Eric Byrnes, we felt kind of the same way we did when seeing Fatal Attractionfor the first time. A little sorry for the rabbit and u...
The Sound Of MLB Blogs Silence
If you're looking for insight from Orioles fans on the Rafael Palmeiro steroid situation, what better place than MLB Blogs? Um, yeah. Hello? Anyone? (Sound of crickets). Either there are no O's fans at MLB Blogs — a distinct possibility — or they're laying low, waiting for this to blow over. Th...
Today In MLB Blogs
Remember Sniffles, the naive, fast talking mouse from the old Warner Brothers cartoons? Sniffles hung out with a bookworm and always had a million questions, which gave us painful headaches even as a kid....
Today In MLB Blogs
In 2005 Summer Baseball Odyssey, an Australian named Alex takes a tour of U.S. ballparks. How is this different than if, say, you or I did it? Well, Alex uses terms such as "Bloody American Airlines," "centre field" and "winners of three games on the trot." And then there's this report from Busch...
Today In MLB Blogs
A few things you should know about MLB Blogs.com: · They like to call their site "The Area." · All the blogs are most likely written by no more than two people, tops, down in the MLB.com basement (one on weekends). · They claim that their bloggers "Get down to the nitty-gritty." If by that they me...
Today In MLB Blogs
We've been following this site for some time now, and to put it plainly, MLB Blogs is in trouble. They are Woodward & Bernstein before Watergate. Drudge before Monica. MLB Blogs needs a big story — a scoop, a defining moment. Also a spell-check function wouldn't hurt....
Today In MLB Blogs
Casting a wide net, MLB Blogs.com has recruited Alter Bridge guitarist Mark Tremonti to its stable of writers. We weren't quite sure what Alter Bridge was, so had to Google it (they used to be Creed). For those of you now looking up Creed, just skip this item entirely, OK? Attempting to mix profe...
Today In MLB Blogs
One thing about Tommy Lasorda: He's not afraid to tackle the tough issues. Have steroids tainted the record book? Should Pete Rose be in the Hall of Fame? What of the Kenny Rogers incident? These are issues that will, um, have to be addressed at another time. Right now Tommy wants to remind us that...
Today In MLB Blogs
Zack Hample, author of The Baseball Collector, is somewhat of a legend in the sports memorabilia world. His claim to fame: He's caught at least one ball in 404 consecutive Major League games. But now the ugly, horrible truth. As we learn in his latest entry, Hample's pursuit is not all that glamo...
Tommy Lasorda Returns To Action
Attention Mr. and Mrs. America and all the ships at sea. Tommy Lasorda has updated his blog! Everyone please turn on your computers! Every month or so, perhaps simply to justify the free laptop computer, our man Tommy does his duty for MLB Blogs.com. This time he pecks out a loving tribute to the A...
Today In MLB Blogs
Oh, MLB Blogs, you're so cute. Noting the controversy over the final fan voting for the All-Star Game, the site points out that some of its bloggers don't agree on the winners. Inside the White Sox believes that Scott Podsednik is deserving. But over at Bleeding Pinstripes, there's a difference o...
Today In MLB Blogs
Is there controversy in MLB Blogs Land? Disharmony among the celebrity bloggers? Brian Kamenetzky writes for ESPN the Magazine. He lives in Los Angeles and writes screenplays (or so it says in his bio). And he has a blog on MLB Blogs, where he writes about such topics as venison, monkeys and All-...
Today In MLB Blogs
Today's quiz: Which has more long-range potential — any recent Jason Alexander sitcom pilot, or The Roid Room, the latest entry over at MLB Blogs? The young Republicans over at MLB Blogs must love their latest tenant. While Tommy Lasorda is saluting himself over on their flagship blog, Roid Room ...
Today In MLB Blogs
Occasionally we like to take a scenic carriage ride through MLB Blogs to soak in the landscape:...