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10.04.08

A Legendary At-Bat Asides2 | (0)
A Legendary At-Bat (by Brett Myers)

Tagged: Baseball, brett myers, mlb, Phillies, Philly, Sporting
10.02.08

Phillies’ Sickness Defies Statistics Fancy Tickling, Hot Shit, Philly, Sporting | (0)
Earned Runs Given Up By C.C. Sabathia Month of August: 6 First Two Innings Tonight: 5 Even though I know they're just toying with me, I'm still enjoying the ride. UPDATED (10/3): Here are some more statistics from an article on ESPN.com: Whether he was running on fumes or not, however, this was a night unlike just about any Sabathia had spent on a mound in his career. And he'd been out there 258 times before this, counting the postseason. But here's what made this game such a shocker: • This is a man who gave up six earned runs in the entire month of August. He ...

Tagged: Awesome, Hot Shit, Philadelphia, Phillies, Philly, Sporting
10.01.08

NFC East Dominates ESPN’s Power Rankings Asides2 | (0)
The top nine teams in ESPN's NFL Power Rankings include all four teams from the NFC East - Giants (1), Cowboys (3), Redskins (7), and Birds (9)

Tagged: Birds, Eagles, NFC East, NFL, Philly Sports, Sporting
08.23.08

Top 5 Pep Talks In Sports Movie History Asides2 | (0)
Top 5 Pep Talks In Sports Movie History WITH videos! [via Don Chavez]

Tagged: Movies, Sporting, tight, Videos
08.23.08

Top Female Olympians on Par with 15-Year-Old Boys Fancy Tickling, Life, Sporting | (0)
Or so says Todd Gallagher in his recent study comparing the winning times of female Olympic athletes in track-and-field events to the times of 15-year-old boys in the same events; and the results are (at the sake of losing my "female readership") startling! [via SPORTSbyBROOKS]

Tagged: boys vs. girls, comparisons, olympics, Sporting
08.15.08

“Manny Ramirez Likes Red Sox’s New Blue Uniforms” Fancy Tickling, Funny, Sporting | (0)
If you've never checked it out, The Onion Sports consistently has some great stuff on there (e.g. "Alfonso Soriano Regrets Joining 40-40 Club After Meeting Other Members," "Favre: I've Always Had A Passion For Stopping Things, Then Starting To Do Things Again," "Goalie Clearly Living in Net," etc.), although you might be hard pressed to find an article as good as this one (at least in my opinion, which, as you may recall, is better than yours): LOS ANGELES—Dodgers left-fielder Manny Ramirez, sent to Los Angeles in a three-team trade two weeks ago, said Monday that he "really likes" the Red ...

Tagged: Baseball, Funny, onion, Sporting
08.08.08

Too Freaking Funny Fancy Tickling, Funny, Sporting | (0)
[insert "Cover Curse" joke here]

Tagged: favre, Football, Funny, madden, NFL, Sporting, Weird
06.24.08

Breaking News: Tim Donaghy claims “Hoosiers” was scripted Fancy Tickling, Funny, Movies, Sporting | (0)
This just in from sportspickle: A week after rocking the NBA with charges that the 2002 and 2005 playoffs were rigged, former league referee Tim Donaghy hit basketball fans with another gut shot today by charging that beloved 1986 basketball movie “Hoosiers” was also scripted. “Everyone from Gene Hackman to David Stern might try to deny it,” said Donagy, “but I know the truth. I saw a copy of the script a few years go. A street vendor was selling it in Manhattan.” While Donaghy alleges that NBA referees merely influenced those playoff series in 2002 and 2005 with biased officiating, “Hoosiers,” he ...

Tagged: Basketball, Funny, hoosiers, News, Sporting, Sports, sportspickle
06.15.08

Top 7 Famous Batting Stances Asides2 | (0)
The Top 7 Famous Batting Stances

Tagged: Baseball, lists, Sporting, Sports
06.04.08

The Allure of the Ken Griffey Jr. Rookie Card Fancy Tickling, Hot Shit, Life, Sporting | (0)
An absolutely fantastic article on that one Ken Griffey Jr. card we all remember: the 1989 Upper Deck rookie. Aside from explaining the incredible overproduction of the card, which was something completely unbeknownst to me, the article goes into detail about the beginnings of Upper Deck and that 1989 set in general, and there's some great stuff in there: The Griffey card was the perfect piece of memorabilia at the perfect time. The number the card was given only furthered the prospect of his cardboard IPO. Junior was chosen to be card No. 1 by an Upper Deck employee named ...

Tagged: Baseball, cards, Interesting, Ken Griffey Jr, pulitzer-prize winning, Sporting, Sports
05.19.08

Jon Lester Throws No-Hitter for Red Sox Fancy Tickling, Hot Shit, Sporting | (4)
Jon Lester, who less than a year ago was recovering from cancer, has just thrown a no-hitter for the Boston Red Sox. Watch a video of the last two strikes from the game right here: VIDEO - Jon Lester putting the finishing touches on his no-no This is from the AP story: Jon Lester can now add pitching a no-hitter to his already amazing list of accomplishments. The 24-year-old lefty, who survived cancer to pitch the clincher of Boston's 2007 World Series victory, shut down Kansas City 7-0 Monday night for the first no-hitter in the majors this season. "Really, words can't describe it ...

Tagged: Amazing, Baseball, Boston Red Sox, Hot Shit, Jon Lester, Lester, no-hitter, Red Sox, Sporting, Sports, WordPress
04.19.08

Appreciating Pat Burrell Fancy Tickling, Hot Shit, Learning, Sporting | (0)
Definitely the first time I've ever seen those three words strung together - and by a Philly writer to boot. Already off to a great start Burrell has really been the glue so far holding this injury-plagued Phillies team together. As of right now Burrell ranks 1st in all of baseball in WPA/LI with a 0.98; his 0.98 is a full eighteen percent ahead of closest competitor Mark Reynolds. Burrell also ranks 1st in BRAA and REW, ahead of Joe Crede in both; in BRAA he is a full half-run ahead of Crede. Much of the talk surrounding the Phillies ...

Tagged: Baseball, Chase Utley, Hot Shit, Learning, Pat Burrell, Phillies, Sporting, Statistics

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