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Review of "Faith Rewarded"

Post author By weaver99
Post date February 22, 2005
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“One of the greatest comebacks you’ll ever see” You might think this quote is referring to the historic 2004 ALCS comeback by the Boston Red Sox, well in the NESN Faith Rewarded DVD this little quote is from Charlie Steiner the Yankees color man referring to that blackest of games in 2003. That’s right; the NESN DVD starts us off with the Aaron effin Boone homer and how Grady Little went to the mound in the 8th and forgot to bring a certain someone with him back to the dugout. Faith Rewarded does a great job of doing just that, taking us from the lowest of the low and then rewarding us with the highest of the high.

Boston Red Sox

Red Sox 2005 Preview

Ahhh; 2004. I have a feeling sox fans will be clinging to that number for quite awhile. I’m not saying Boston will not win another championship for a long time, I’m simply putting it out there that many fans still have not come to grips with what the hell happened that magical October in 2004, and just how amazing it was. For me it hit me when I picked up the “Faith Rewarded” DVD and just sat back with a few beers. I had this smirk on my face the whole way through, you know like the one George Bush uses right after he say’s something completely serious but then throws that inappropriate smirk at you.

MLB General

Wins and Needles

Let me just get this out of the way right now: I’m a big juice fan. Always have been. It started with apple juice when I was younger, then I later moved on to orange juice, and finally to cranberry. So when I found out that my favorite baseball player of all-time was writing a book titled “Juiced”, I was thrilled. I innocently assumed that Jose Canseco was joining the juice/health/low-carb/tofu/styrofoam craze that’s been sweeping the nation, coming at it from the creepy Jack LaLanne juice-and-smoothie angle. Jose had always been careful about what he put in his body, so this book idea only made sense. At least that’s what passed for my defense of him until recently.

MLB General

Steroids: A Look Beyond the Crucible

Post author By mhsdawgs
Post date February 14, 2005
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For most, the implications of steroids in professional sports are a simple issue. They’re bad, those who use them are bad, those who produce them are bad, and it’s just that simple. They don’t know of any complications and, more importantly, they don’t want to; they’d rather just assume the worst. Unfortunately, in the world of sports (and incidentally, the world of drugs) there are no clear-cut issues.

MLB General

The game I’ll never forget

As sports fans, we all have that memory of that one game we went to when we were kids. We’ll tell the story a million times, and each time we’ll rememeber it as if it were yesterday

Oakland A's

Start of a New Dynasty in Oakland?

Post author By SlugTalk
Post date February 5, 2005
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It wasn’t a long time ago that the Oakland Athletics had three young starting pitchers with little or no major league experience. They were predicted to be at or near the bottom of the American west division by “professional” baseball analysts. These three starters were relatively unknown to baseball fans but became known as the big three: Tim Hudson, Mark Mulder, and Barry Zito. These three pitchers became the cornerstones of success in Oakland leading to four straight playoff appearances; their ages were 24, 22, and 22 respectively.

MLB General

Sosa an Oriole?

ESPN has been reporting for the past couple days that Sammy Sosa, the Chicago Cubs slugger, is on the verge of being traded to the Baltimore Orioles, pending Bud Selig’s approval and Sosa passing a physical. There was also mention that Sosa has a no-trade clause in his contract, but he was expected to waive that. One other condition was that the Cubs would have to pay $10 million of Sosa’s contract this season. A big reason why the O’s jumped on this trade.

New York Yankees

Randy Johnson over Carlos Beltran: Any Place- Any Time

Post author By alexferguson60
Post date January 28, 2005
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Some naysayers in the city of not-so brotherly love (aka New York), have been saying that maybe George Steinbrunner made a mistake getting the Big Unit instead of Big Carlos.
Sportscolumn’s Alex Ferguson argues his case for the mulleted one…

MLB General

Wherefore Art Thou Salary Cap?

Post author By jp8williams
Post date January 27, 2005
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Baseball, football, and basketball all have their similarities. They are all team sports pitting one fierce rival against another. The main objective in each of the sports is to outscore your opponents. All three of the sports offers a chance for world class athletes to make their living playing the sport that they love and live for.

MLB General

A Fool’s Paradise: Sidney Ponson Leaves Aruba

Post author By Aaron Miller
Post date January 20, 2005
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I can’t think of too many things that would be sweeter than being a professional baseball player, but one of them would definitely be being a professional baseball player and living in the Caribbean paradise of Aruba.

Then again, if you believe Baltimore Orioles pitcher Sidney Ponson, maybe it’s not so sweet at all.