Sports 4 Dorks

Well, the D’Rays and Yanks met up again following the Cervelli incident and wouldn’t you know, the shi!t hit the fan. Not only did one of our pitchers intentionally hit a D’Rays batter, Shelley Duncan went spikes-high into someone’s leg,…

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My favorite spot on the tour. Stop #23. In a very real way, it’ll be the next stop on my tour of the U.S., since I’m moving (back) there this summer. Please excuse any momentary lapses in objectivity on my part. I love the Indians.
Record: 96-66, 1st in AL Central (Won ALDS 3-1 over Yankees, Lost ALCS 4-3 […]

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Honestly, I don’t even …

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The Yankees didn’t wait until the season started to get into a brawl. Yankees’ Shelley Duncan slid, spikes up, into Rays’ Akinori Iwamuri’s groin during a spring training game and then all hell broke loose as Rays’ outfielder Jonny Gomes rushed in and rammed Duncan. Then the benches emptied. Watch the video down below of […]

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(David Mamet): “…I took the liberal view for many decades, but I believe I have changed my mind. As a child of the ’60s, I accepted as an article of faith that government is corrupt, that business is exploitative,
and that people are generally good at heart.

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Outfielder Johnny Damon is listed as day-to-day after fouling a ball off his right foot. He is listed as day-to-day.
Catcher Francisco Cervelli will undergo surgery on his fractured right wrist after a violent collision at home plate during a Spring Training game against the Tampa Bay Rays (formerly known as the Tampa Bay Devil […]

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I’m thinking this is how the Angel Pagan rumor got s…

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(AP)—Tampa Bay’s Rocco Baldelli will begin the season on the disabled list because of a condition that the oft-injured outfielder says leaves him feeling extremely fatigued after short workouts. What is this world coming to. In the old days, we would just say this guy is out of shape. And what else is […]

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If any of you have the same sort of conversations with yourself that I have with my very own person, I can imagine many of you (and really, at this point, I’m guessing “many” is a relative term more precisely expressed as “three”) saying to yourselves, “Self. What with the lack of activity at Cub […]

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Over the last decade, there has been a significant shift within baseball front offices to evaluate players differently. While OPS was making its way into the general lexicon, teams have been accepting more analytical approaches to things and taking consultation from the statistical community. The concept of probability has become more well received, […]

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