The name of Sammy Sosa has been a hot topic this off-season. He has been rumored to be on the way to the Mets and even the Nationals. Here are some reasons why Sammy should remain in Cubbie Blue.
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The Mets Go China Shopping
This past summer at a family reunion, I engaged in a friendly sports conversation with two of my New York cousins. The Mets are religion to these guys.
When I dared to ask about their favorite team’s fading playoff hopes and the seeming failure of the Amazins’ major acquisitions following the 2003 season, what followed was pure gold.
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Wade Boggs: Crazy- but Great
By Ryan McGowan
Memo to Red Sox Nation: You can now breathe a sweet sigh of relief. Wade Boggs will be wearing a Boston cap on his Hall of Fame plaque.
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Mets Need More Than Just Beltran
After a steady diet of Mike and the Mad Dog this week, I’ve heard a plethora of Mets fans calling in saying how much they need Carlos Beltran and what an impact he will have on them next season. There’s no doubt about it, Beltran would improve the lowly Mets outfield. Then again, Mookie Wilson would probably be an upgrade over what the Metropolitans had last year.
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Fountain of Youth
Brian Sabean is a busy man these days. This week alone, he’s managed to add All-Star Moises Alou to the San Francisco outfield, and is on the verge of signing a deal with the Rolling Stones that would allow the Giants to coordinate their road trips with the Stones’ U.S. summer tour. Rumors are swirling that the Giants are also prepared to offer a bullpen spot to Pat Summerall, but neither side has confirmed the talks. The San Francisco Giants have been an old team for years and continue to get older, made to look downright geriatric when compared to the daycare center now being housed in the Oakland Coliseum. But the Giants also represent the Bay Area’s best hope for a playoff team in 2005, in any sport. This is crucial for me, because I’m running out of creative ways to say that my teams suck (there’s a limit to the number of times you can write things like, “for the 11th consecutive year, the Western Conference playoffs will narrowly elude the grasp of the Golden State Warriors”).
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Hudson the Brave
The A’s traded ace Tim Hudson last week. You can either read “Moneyball” again, or just read this column. That’s what I thought.
Every once in a while, being a sports fan comes back to punch you in the gut. There are a few times in your life when your team makes a move you hate so strongly, you realize how hopeless you are as a fan. Your team will sign and trade players, select players in the draft, win or lose games, with or without you. You have no control over anything that happens with your team. And 99% of the time, you go along with that without even noticing. But there are those rare instances when the goings-on in the sports world become something more than white noise, and your body tries to reject it. You can’t help but sit back with a look on your face like Matt Damon, after losing his entire bankroll to Teddy KGB in “Rounders”. I went through one of these moments a few months ago, when the Warriors signed Derek Fisher. And then came today’s bombshell: Tim Hudson has pitched his last game for the Oakland A’s.
by Trevor Freeman
He used to be one of my favorite baseball players. The king of the three-run Jimmy Jack. Leader of the Oakland clubhouse.
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Upsets?!? Not in the World Series!
The last 8 champions of baseball’s World Series were the best team in baseball.
Write that down; cement it.
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Relief: a Red Sox story
I was sitting when they won the World Series. Not standing, not kneeling — sitting.
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Is it a sign- Chicagoans?
Whether it’s the Red Sox’s or the Cardinals’, one relatively lengthy World Series title drought is sure to end. This gives up to us in Chicago. And if not, there’s always college football.