April 2013
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Has Moneyball Ruined Baseball?
A lot of noise has been made in the past decade or so about the Oakland A’s, Moneyball, and the statistical revolution in baseball. Everything can be meticulously tracked, from player value to pitch types, you name it, some nerd somewhere can break it down into it’s most basic parts: numbers. Technology and math have come together in the name of “progress.” But what has happened to the beauty and...
March 2013
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PEDs and You Part Two: Electric Boogaloo
Since it’s been a couple of months since I wrote my original article about taking PEDs for six months, I figured it was time for an explanation of what I was trying to accomplish with it and give some sort of update on my overall health since coming off of the supplement. The response to it was overwhelming and despite the fact that immediately after the article was published DMAA products...
November 2012
2 posts
Dadboner: The Movie casting
After discussing with twitter users @buttbbutt, @tsmoney69, @jh_moore, and myself, we have compiled the ultimate cast for Dadboner: The Movie. This is not debatable.
Karl Welzein: John Goodman
Dave: Steve Buschemi
Ann: Patricia Heaton
Vernon: Idris Elba
Al Welzein: Bill Murray
Nosey Lady: Linda Hunt (the Principal from Kindergarden Cop)
Ken: Simon Baker
Ken’s Wife: Christina Hendricks...
PEDs and You: The Benefits of Cheating
Clearly the biggest controversy in the history of baseball, and professional sports in general, has been that of the dreaded Performance Enhancing Drug. Stars have dimmed, records and championships overturned, and fans disillusioned due to simple pharmaceutical chemicals. The magic of modern science has been a blessing and a cure to athletes as while formerly catastrophic and career ending...
March 2012
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The March of Jersey
One of the more shameful facets of my existence (and there are many, to be perfectly fair) is that I haven’t really seen many concerts. I’ve been to a handful — Raffi when I was a wee lad, the obligatory and in-retrospect somewhat embarrassing Warped Tour appearance during my teenage years, Ani DiFranco in a hilarious failed attempt to impress a girl with my euridite taste...
February 2012
2 posts
Sports radio is one of my guiltiest pleasures. I know that deep down the absolutely moronic callers and equally dim witted hosts serve no real purpose other than raise my blood pressure but god damn if it’s not at the very least entertaining. Driving around the mean streets of suburban New Jersey, blasting the dulcet tones of Mike Francesa has been a tried and true tradition for as long as...
I cannot escape Linsanity. Everywhere I turn, everywhere I look, everything I read is about Jeremy Lin. It’s a cool story, young kid from Harvard who was previously best known for embarrassing John Wall in a summer league game becoming a NBA superstar. The World Wide Leader has certainly embraced it, filling the gaps between Tebowmania and the start of baseball season. The connections...
December 2011
4 posts
It's Time for Dodgers Baseball
I couldn’t think of anything to write today and New Years plans will kill any sober writing ability so for the next day or so I’m going to repost a couple things I wrote this year that I liked. I have a special article planned for next month so stay tuned
So, I get paid to watch baseball all day. It’s a pretty sweet gig, sure (and it’s probably better than whatever menial job you...
Albert Pujols is an American Hero
Albert Pujols is pretty clearly the second best player of the last decade (number one is of course our lord and savior Sir Barrold of Bonds) and his legacy is well cemented in St. Louis. With two World Series titles with the Cardinals, multiple awards and All-Star game appearances, it’s clear that the next decade in Busch Stadium will be a successful one for him.
Oh wait, he signed with...
The Deep End of the Pool
Toward the end of 2010, I interned with Major League Soccer and picked up an interest in the beautiful game. For whatever reason, I chose to support Newcastle United because I was told by a colleague that they were the most Metsian of all the Premier League teams. I was saddened to see that a few weeks ago former NUFC player Gary Speed committed suicide. Speed wasn’t the first sports suicide...
The BBWAA and the Hall of Fame Failure
It’s Hall of Fame time so naturally it’s time for sportswriters across the country to feign moral superiority about things they don’t understand. PED use and cheating in general in professional sports has been a proud and true tradition since the inception of these games. The nature of cheating in sports is understandable as everyone attempts to get an edge over the competition no matter the cost...
