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General Sports

Athletes Say The Darndest Things

By now, we all realize that athletes aren’t always the most intelligent people.  In part, this is what scares me about Governor Jesse the Body Ventura.  But that’s another matter.  More than often, athletes say the most ridiculous things, making the rest of us ask each other, “Did they really just say that?”.  I feel like this has been one of those weeks where the stuff coming out of the mouths of professional athletes is nothing short of ludicrous.  Maybe it’s happening because Randy Moss is bored and doesn’t have anybody to offend during the off-season.  Maybe it’s because Kobe’s lawsuit is coming to an end and he’s worried he’ll lose all the positive publicity he’s been getting lately.  Well you tell me then?  

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General Sports

MLB Predictions 2K5: AL East Style (Part 1 of 6)

     With the first game of Spring Training in the books, I am here to offer my completely useless, yet hopefully thought-provoking predictions for the 2005 season.  Because I am lazy to say the least (and long-winded), these will be brought to you by the wonderful people in my head through various installments during the next week or so.  Deal with it.  For now, let’s start with the AL East.

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MLB General

Red Sox – Yankees in ’05: Who’s Got the Edge?

Even though there is more than a foot of snow outside my door, it is once again time to start talkin’ baseball.  And what better way to start off the spring, than to compare the Sox and Yankees?  Both teams certainly made headlines this winter and there are a lot of new faces to be accounted for.  Let’s start with a position by position analysis.