Posted by Hank Baron on June 15, 2010 · Leave a Comment
The other day a friend of mine, while congratulating me for finally getting into the world’s favorite substitute for war, wondered why the hell North America calls it “soccer” as opposed to football, which is what everyone else calls it. “What is a soccer anyway?” Well, friend, I have looked into this one. Apart from … Read more
Category Boston, Commentary, FIFA, NBA, Venuing · Tagged with basketball, Boston, Boston Celtics, Celtics, Celtics + Lakers, Doc Rivers, Game 7, Kevin Garnett, Kobe Bryant, LA, LA Lakers, Lakers, Los Angeles Lakers, NBA, NBA Finals, NBA playoffs, Paul Gasol, Phil Jackson, Rajon Rondo, Ray Allen, Ron Artest, Team England, Team USA, USA + England, World, World Cup, World Cup + USA, World Cup 2010
Posted by venuist on June 14, 2010 · Leave a Comment
In each political cycle, one of the mainstream (see also: fatally flawed; dumb; malaise-d) media’s favorite straw polls is to ask prospective voters which of the major candidate’s in any particular election that they would prefer to have a “beer with.” Bah. As much as it might be cool to catch up with the world’s … Read more
Category Boston, Fantasy, Football, Hockey, NBA, New York, Red Sox, Venuing · Tagged with Al Davis, Barry Melrose, Belichick, Bill Belichick, Bobby + Valentine, Davis+ Raiders, Francona, Gregg Popovich, Guillen + White + Sox, Jeff + Van + Gundy, Jim Leyland, Jon Gruden, Leyland + Tigers, Marc Cuban, Melrose + mullet, Mike Singleton, Mikhail Prokhorov, Ozzie + Guillen, Peyton Manning, Popovich + Spurs, Prokhorov, Rex Ryan, Terry Francona, Tito + Francona Valentine, Van Gundy
Posted by Hank Baron on June 11, 2010 · Leave a Comment
September 9th. It’s more than just the anniversary of California being admitted into the Union or the date Washington D.C. was formally named that, after our first president George. It’s also the day the fantasy football season begins. Drew Brees and his high powered New Orleans Saints offense will take the field against Adrian Peterson, … Read more
Category Boston, Commentary, Fantasy, Fantasy Football, Football, New York, NFL, Philadelphia, Venuing · Tagged with anquan, Anquan Boldin, anquan+boldin, barber, benson, boldin, brandon, Brandon Marshall, brandon+marshall, brett, Brett Favre, brett+favre, cedric, cedric benson, cedric+benson, choice, Favre, felix, felix jones, felix+jones, flacco, hasselbeck, houshmandzadeh, joe, Joe Flacco, joe+flaco, jones, kellen, kellen winslow, kellen+winslow, leon, leon washington, leon+washington, marion, marion barber, marion+barber, marshall, matt, matt hasselbeck, matt+hasselbeck, miller, ray, Ray Rice, ray+rice, Rice, tashard, tashard choice, tashard+choice, Washington, winslow, zach, zach miller, zach+miller
Posted by YT Crooks on June 9, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Yesterday was an historic day for Tim Wakefield who passed Roger Clemens as the pitcher with the most innings pitched as a Red Sock. [Is that the correct spelling? I'm unsure about the singular form of "Sox".] Wakefield pitched has now pitched one more inning than Clemens as a member of the Red Sox with … Read more
Category Boston, MLB, Red Sox, Venuing · Tagged with 2777 innings pitched, Adrian Beltre, baseball, Boston + Red Sox, Cleveland Indians, collision, Indians, Injury, Jacoby Ellsbury, MLB, Red Sox, Roger Clemens, Tim Wakefield
Posted by Hank Baron on June 8, 2010 · Leave a Comment
BOSTON — The NBA Finals began right under my nose. I completely missed Game 1, which probably worked out for the best. I would have been riding a high of excessive hometown pride and may have made a few stupid bets. Owing more money to unsavory con-men isn’t something I need—I already owe Verizon a … Read more
Category Boston, Commentary, NBA, Playoffs · Tagged with Adam Sandler, Boston, Boston Celtics, Celtics + Lakers, Celtics + Orlando, Dwyane Wade, Kevin Garnett, Kobe Bryant, LA, LA Lakers, NBA, NBA Finals, NBA playoffs, Paul Gasol, Rajon Rondo, Ray Allen, Ron Artest
Posted by Hank Baron on June 7, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Earlier today I got my left knee meniscus removed. While this all but ends my dreams of starting next to Lebron next season in the World’s Most Famous Arena, I did have a pain killer aided epiphany. Rookies are starting to get called up, way more than I expected and a few different ones than … Read more
Category Baseball Playoffs, Boston, Commentary, Fantasy, Fantasy Baseball, Mets, MLB, New York, Philadelphia, Phillies, Red Sox, Venuing, Yankees · Tagged with brad, brad lincoln, brad+lincoln, garcia, jaime, jaime garcia, jaime+garcia, leake, lincoln, lou marson, luke hochevar, mike, mike leake, mike redmond, mike stanton, mike+leake, mike+stanton, stanton, stephen, stephen strasburg, stephen+strasburg, strasburg
Posted by venuist on June 2, 2010 · Leave a Comment
What a Memorial Day weekend. You can tell it was a helluva Memorial Day, because I’m writing my Memorial Day themed column on Wednesday night. In between supporting our troops by drinking copious amounts and gorging ourselves on giant meals, there were some pretty significant fantasy happenings. Every one of them has a serious impact … Read more
Category Baseball Playoffs, Boston, Commentary, Fantasy, Fantasy Baseball, Fantasy Football, Mets, MLB, New York, Philadelphia, Phillies, Red Sox, Uncategorized, Venuing, Yankees · Tagged with andre, andre ethier, andre+ethier, bengie molina, buster, buster posey, buster+posey, curtis, Curtis Granderson, curtis+granderson, ethier, evan longoria, Granderson, jeff, jeff mathis, jeff+mathis, justin morneau, ken griffey jr, kendry, Kendry Morales, kendry+morales, mathis, mike, mike napoli, mike+napoli, morales, napoli, nolan ryan, posey, Ryan Braun, stephen, stephen strasburg, stephen+strasburg, strasburg
Posted by Hank Baron on June 1, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Bah. This laziness must be overcome. It’s not like there isn’t anything to write about. For one thing, the Celtics pulled off a 4-2 series win over the Magic. The win is impressive if you were actually nervous the Magic stood a chance to catch up. All the same, Boston did have reason to be anxious. While difficult to pull off, these against the wall rallies have happened, once by Boston (the Sox-Yanks 2004 playoffs, which led to the biggest choke in baseball history) and another to Boston (the Bruins being the Bruins).
Category Boston, Commentary, NBA, Playoffs, Red Sox, Venuing · Tagged with Boston, Boston + Red Sox, Boston Bruins, Boston Celtics, Celtics + Orlando, Dan + Shaughnessy, NBA, NBA playoffs, Red Sox, World Series
Posted by venuist on May 21, 2010 · Leave a Comment
This week at The Committee For Who Wins, we’re hosting a clash of true titans!. In one corner, Boston Celtics captain and all-timer, Paul Pierce. In the other, social networking leviathan, TWITTER! Round 1 – Paul Pierce’s chief vocation is that of a star performer for the storied Boston Celtics franchise of the National Basketball … Read more
Category Bizarre Sports, Boston, Commentary, NBA, Venuing · Tagged with Boston + Pierce + Twitter, Boston Celtics, Celtics, Celtics + LeBron, Celtics + Orlando, Celtics + Pierce, Paul Pierce, Pierce + captain, Pierce + Finals + MVP, Pierce + LeBron, Pierce + Twitter, Twitter, Twitter + Pierce
Posted by Hank Baron on May 21, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Yesterday was a joyous day in the world of Backwards K, I made my first trade of the season. Trades are, without a doubt, my favorite thing about fantasy sports. They’re what make the game fun, interesting, and competitive throughout the season. Anybody can pick someone up from the waiver wire, but not everyone can … Read more
Category Baseball Playoffs, Boston, Commentary, Fantasy, Fantasy Baseball, Mets, MLB, New York, Philadelphia, Phillies, Red Sox, Venuing, Yankees · Tagged with abraham lincoln, AJ Burnett, aj+burnett, anderson, andre, andre ethier, andre+ethier, bourn, brett, brett anderson, brett+anderson, Bud Selig, Burnett, carlos, carlos pena, carlos+pena, castro, curtis, Curtis Granderson, curtis+granderson, dan, dan haren, dan+haren, derek, Derek Jeter, derek+jeter, ethier, gallardo, Granderson, haren, Jeter, Johnson, josh, josh johnson, josh+johnson, kevin, kevin youkilis, kevin+youkilis, michael, michael bourn, michael+bourn, miguel, miguel montero, miguel+montero, mike maroth, montero, pena, starlin, starlin castro, starlin+castro, youkilis, yovani, yovani gallardo, yovani+gallardo
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Posted by Hank Baron on June 15, 2010 · Leave a Comment
The other day a friend of mine, while congratulating me for finally getting into the world’s favorite substitute for war, wondered why the hell North America calls it “soccer” as opposed to football, which is what everyone else calls it. “What is a soccer anyway?” Well, friend, I have looked into this one. Apart from … Read more
Category Boston, Commentary, FIFA, NBA, Venuing · Tagged with basketball, Boston, Boston Celtics, Celtics, Celtics + Lakers, Doc Rivers, Game 7, Kevin Garnett, Kobe Bryant, LA, LA Lakers, Lakers, Los Angeles Lakers, NBA, NBA Finals, NBA playoffs, Paul Gasol, Phil Jackson, Rajon Rondo, Ray Allen, Ron Artest, Team England, Team USA, USA + England, World, World Cup, World Cup + USA, World Cup 2010