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Big picture, little picture
I’m not sure if the world is made up of either big picture people or little picture viewers, but I know different fans choose one camp over the other. I’m also not exactly sure when small sample size became part of sports jargon. I figure the past decade of political polling had something to do…
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College football and life..
Heading into Championship weekend, if you follow college football you’ve probably heard some of the pundits hoping for chaos. Ultimately what it means in sports is lots of upsets. As far as college football goes, it’s all about teams looking in on the college playoffs (still only four teams) and hoping the undefeated teams (somehow)…
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Fact and fiction..
If you follow professional sports at all, you’ll note the fine line between fact and fiction. It’s great to speculate about what teams and players are likely to do, but to posit it as truth is irresponsible at best. I’d argue that columnists, experts and beat writers that float baseless stories do more to ruin…
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Life is funny…
Remember when Jim Harbaugh and Michigan couldn’t beat Ohio State? Note the omission of the famous article. If you think the outcome of this match is a certainty then you haven’t followed the hype of the Big Ten. I can count on three hands the number of times Ohio State has been tapped for hoops…
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Black Friday
For better or worse, the Friday after Thanksgiving is as much a national holiday as Thanksgiving. And even though most people have gone online for their shopping, there are signs that people still like to get out and shop. They may make their bigger purchases online, but a story I read in the local paper…
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Happy Thanksgiving!
Everyone is sharing their list of what they are grateful for today, so I thought I’d share some sports related items. First and foremost, I’d like to thank the folks at ESPN (and 2) for airing the Battle 4 Atlantis. Over the holiday it’s nice to find some sporting event that I actually care about…
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Why shop anywhere else?
This time of year rumors in baseball abound like plates of heaping side dishes at Thanksgiving feasts. One has to be careful or you’ll get burned believing every Tom, Dick and Bruce. It’s easy to blame source less writers seeking clicks, but in some cases the stories don’t unfold the way we all expect. Take…
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Who knew it was 40 years ago
At the time, nobody in Philadelphia was crediting Von Hayes with pushing the Phillies to the World Series in 1983, and honestly, I never associated the two. Yet earlier this week when the White Sox made a five for one trade with the Braves, the Hayes trade came up. Nobody ever believes the Braves get…
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Change is tough
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. Manager for a smaller market team with an eternally small payroll, goes to a larger market team where he’ll presumably be managing a better team. Back in 2014, the Cubs poached Joe Maddon from the Rays due to a loophole in his contract. Coincidentally, the Rays GM…
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The wild west
At $40 million for 5 years, Craig Counsell of the Cubs is the highest paid manager in ML history. Let that sink in for a moment. I like Counsell and have always felt he was a better manager than the guy he replaced. This deal will benefit future managers. It’s hard to believe that the…
I'd rather be sitting in a ballpark. 