 Mike Brown.....hmmmm....when you think of Mike Brown the memory brings back flashes of brilliance at the safety position. You remember a load of interceptions brought back for touchdowns. You remember game winning defensive touchdowns. You remember a Bears team that was carried by its defense throughout the entire season. You remember Mike Brown as a top safety in the NFL and a Pro Bowl in 200...
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 On Thursday in Atlanta, the Philadelphia Phillies are rolling out their top pitching prospect, and their second overall prospect (according to Baseball America), Carlos Carrasco. The Venezuelan is a right hander, who utilizes his mid-90’s fastball and lively changeup to get through innings. He does mix in a curve as well, but going into this year his third pitch was still a work in progress. Judgi...
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How close? Very close. Consider that Lidge is currently rehabbing in Clearwater while the Phillies are in Tampa playing the Rays. That is how close he is to returning. Then there is also the fact that Charlie Manuel said before Wednesday’s beatdown by the Rays that they would most likely activate Lidge today, Thursday the 25th of June. Get him in your lineup, bec...
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John Smoltz will make his debut for the Boston Red Sox tonight against the Nationals in Washington, D.C. Get him in your lineup, because there is no reason to believe that he will have trouble with the Nationals.
Go here to read a nice piece by MLB.com’s Ian Browne about Smoltzie....
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 So Steve, the top dog around here, has been practically begging me to start up a blog. Apparently my writing is entertaining (This is him saying this, not me, so its not bragging). The thing is, I'm not super into sports. I enjoy them, sure. I was even in them throughout all of high school. Actually, I played a year of college football as well, but, I didn't play much...
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 It is truly unfortunate that really smart people get duped so easily. Take the Minnesota front office for example. They believe Mr 50-50 still has what it takes to lead them to an NFL championship. I believe quantum theory so I do believe all things are possible but I think Favre brings a lot baggage that the Vikings organization and team are not ready for.
Favre certainly represents an immed...
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Put Joey Votto back into your active lineup. Dude is back, and after explaining why he has been away from the game he took the field and went 1 – 4 with a single and two strikeouts. It may take him a game or two to get back into raking mode, but we fully expect him to ignite the Reds’ lineup once more. This is great news for Brandon Phillips and Jerry Hairston, and hopefully...
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 He signed, he didn't sign, his agent denies everything, the Vikings equipment manager has already ordered Favre jerseys, everyone is obsessed with this story......
The national media had completely shut down the initial report from Profootballtalk.com that the Vikings had ordered a number of purple jerseys with the Favre's name and number placed on them. It wasn't just the media that shut do...
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As I thought about the evolution of Jason Campbell I started to see both parallels and differences between him and the Redskins era of Mark Rypien. Mark Rypien was vilified in Washington until he broke out in the 1991 Season. Jason Campbell is just like Mark Rypien in many ways. He is smart, he has a rocket arm and he is not a rah-rah guy. In 1991 then Owner, Jack Kent Cooke called Ma...
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 Caps Lessons Learned 2009
It took me a while to write this outlook because I wanted to see who won the Stanley Cup in order to accurately judge how close the Caps are to their ultimate goal. At their current pace of progress they will earn a Stanley Cup in three seasons. If the Caps want to accelerate their progression I can think of a few things that might help.
1. The p...
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