Just a quick note to George Steinbrenner: let Joe Torre do what he’s best at: managing. And do what you’re best at: giving the team money.
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Why A.J. Pierzynski is ALCS MVP
Each offseason, Major League Baseball general managers spend a considerable amount of time looking for the right players to complete their rosters. Big offseason acquisitions can inspire loads of excitement amongst a fan base. But sometimes it’s the low profile signings that can propel a team to October success. Case in point is the Chicago White Sox catcher A.J. Pierzynski. His signing filled out a gritty roster filled with enough character to get the White Sox to their first pennant since 1959.
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Angels will crash and burn
As I thought about ideas for what would be my debut column I thought to myself the worst thing I could do is write about something that every other wannabe and legit sports writer has been writing about over the last few days. I thought long and hard about this and decided to write about it anyway. Mainly because it’s the most talked about topic in sports and because I believe this will be the demise of the Angels (I’ll eat crow here if the Angels pull it out).
A preview of the 2005 MLB playoffs.
Prep Star Assignment: Search Webster’s Dictionary for the word “Team” and you’ll find a new reference to the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.
Mark Buehrle pitched an absolute gem for the White Sox on Wednesday night, going 9 innings and giving up only 1 run. Unfortunately, that’s the last thing that anyone will remember about game 2 of the 2005 ALCS.
The Astros! The Angels! The Cardinals! The White Sox! It’s going to be the best postseason ever!
No, seriously. There’ll be no overwrought, over-hyped, overly-annoying New York vs. Boston drama. No A-rod, no Papi. No Sheffield, no Manny. No constant droning about Bucky Dent or the Curse of the Bambino. No announcers going on and on about “the idiots” or “the boss” or whatever. And no teams that are only here because they had the bucks to buy their way in. All that stuff is so 2004 (and before).
So keep your 86 years. Keep your 26-going-on-27 championships. This year, there’s an entirely different set of numbers that matter.
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Nitty-gritty fundamentals
I didn’t think they could do it.
I bet you didn’t think they could do it.
But they did it.
What the Chicago White Sox pulled off is unfathomable, to say the least.
But, you know what, they did it.
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For the Love of the Game
This was written after my trip to Fenway Park where I was at the July 31st game where Manny Ramirez got a pinch-hit game winning single against the Twins.
The Brooklyn Dodgers were perhaps the most beloved team in all of sports. Their fans were passionate about their “Bums.” To this day the players are recalled by their first names as if they were members of the family. And in a way, they were. What if the great villain Walter O’Malley never brought the team out west?