Sports 4 Dorks

How do we deal with those who knew, and didn’t tell? And with Sammy Sosa?

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Steve’s tour of the dealin’ days of December completes the circuit, from “Five for One” Hayes to Cabrera, Tejada and Haren

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Lou Piniella’s crew was coming off their best month of the season, despite all of the changes and drama that surrounded the club….but it would only get better in July. The Cubs played their best ball of the season over those 31 days, in large part due to a tremendous month by Carlos Zambrano. Ted […]

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With the Cardinal offseason not providing much fuel for the hot stove, Cardinal Nation is getting warm with thoughts of the Next Big Thing, Colby Rasmus.
Derrick Goold had the piece in the Post-Dispatch earlier in the week and has amplified that with more stats in his blog.
He tops all the prospect lists over at Future […]

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Want to catch a glimpse of New York baseball history? Head on over this weekend to the Museum of the City of New York for their exhibit The Glory Days: New York Baseball 1947-1957. I went on Thursday, and it’s a fantastic exhibit. I’ll have pictures and a full post later, but I wanted to […]

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Darin Erstad will have a new home in 2008, the Houston Astros signing the former California/Anaheim/Los Angeles Angels favourite to a one-year, one million dollar deal under which general manager Ed Wade sees Erstad as a bench and role player whose upside may be far more psychological than physical or statistical.
He’ll be a left-handed bat […]

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At the end of summer, Ian Mahinmi knew that he would probably play for the Austin Toros at some point. Darius Washington, however, never expected to be in this position.
Sitting in a small locker room on the second floor of the Austin Convention Center, Washington’s ankles and knees receive attention from team doctors. After going […]

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An influential Republican on the House Committee on Sending Swell Messages to Kids (oops, Mr. Will, that’s the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform) thinks it wouldn’t be such a grand idea to invite players to testify during next month’s hearings on actual or alleged performance-enhancing substances viz a viz baseball.
That, says Rep. Christopher […]

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 **VOTE IGUODALA FOR ALL-STAR**
Welcome back to Passion and Pride!  I hope you all are enjoying the holiday season.  In case you haven’t noticed, the Sixers are tied for eighth place in the Eastern Conference.  They are 7-3 in their last 10 games, while the New Jersey Nets are 3-7 in their last 10.  Both teams […]

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The very odd simulcast
The first thing that came to my mind when I heard that the NFL would be simulcasting Saturday night’s game between the Patriots and Giants was…huh? Apparently, the NFL finally realized that big cable isn’t going to budge and Joe Consumer won’t spend the extra 10 bucks a month to get the […]

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