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Posted at 9:59pm on Apr. 30, 2008 It Really Is A Beautiful Game

By Pejman Yousefzadeh

I have been tremendously neglectful in covering the various happenings in the English Premier League and the Champions League as well. But let it be noted that despite a tumultuous season--one that has seen the departure of a legendary club skipper and threats of players departing for other clubs--Chelsea will be playing in the Champions League final.

Wonderful news. Won't it be sweet beyond measure to beat Manchester United in the final now that Liverpool has been disposed of?

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Posted at 8:17am on Apr. 28, 2008 Monday Makes the Play

By Repair Man Jack

It was April of 1976; Rick Monday hadn’t played his first inning yet as an LA Dodger. At the time, he was a Center Fielder for the visiting Chicago Cubs and was in town to do as much damage to the opposing team as possible. He wasn’t planning on being serenaded by the fans in sunny Southern California.

However, two rowdy fans had brought a US flag to the ballpark, and were planning on celebrating the bicentennial in as obnoxious a manner as possible. Monday describes what happened next.

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Posted at 1:19pm on Apr. 22, 2008 Just a quick note....

By Red Wing

I was at the UCSB Gaucho vs. (My beloved SC) Trojan game Saturday in SB.

And no we didn't fair well against a good Gaucho team, admittedly.

There was one kid I thought I'd let you know about at UCSB.

His name is Chuck Huggins, he is a LHP stud! He pitched a shutout and almost a no hitter against us Sunday.

He's a senior and a good prospect to keep your eye on.

Just FYI...

~ Red Wing

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Posted at 12:49pm on Apr. 19, 2008 Free at last free at last free at last

By Alberta

I was going to go with Lassy Shot, but that would have conveyed the wrong tone.

ISIAH HAS BEEN LET GO. MERCIFUL LORD, WE THANK YOU!

You and Donnie Walsh. And whoever destroyed the photos Isiah had of Dolan. That guy, man, that guy rocks.

"I feel like some of the bigger events that happened on the way with Isiah have overshadowed some of the good things he's done for the franchise." Walsh said.

What good things?

"I just believe a new voice, a new coach, is necessary to change the direction of the team," Walsh said. "This is a coveted job. People want to coach here."

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Posted at 8:51am on Apr. 18, 2008 Los Bravos are *keeeeeling* me

By Jeff Emanuel

Seriously. We "finally have a pitching rotation again this year," say those who analyze this sort of thing for a living, and then what happens? Mike Hampton strains his chest warming up for his first game in two years, Tom Glavine pulls his hamstring pitching last week, some guy I've never heard of (with one heck of a strange name -- Jair Jurrjens, is it?) is filling the spot at the back-end of the rotation and losing, and two days ago Tim Hudson gets the old "Posada arm." He was throwing as hard as he could and was inexplicably unable to crack a speed 10mph slower than his usual fastball. They pulled him in the third out of pity.

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Posted at 4:53pm on Apr. 8, 2008 Buckner Returns to Fenway

By lesliecarbone

They asked him whether he'd ever contemplated suicide. They speculated on whether he should leave New England. They reduced a fine baseball career to one brief tarnished moment, the moment when Mookie Wilson's ground ball rolled through his legs. The error wasn't even decisive for that 1986 World Series: It occurred in the sixth game, and only tied the Series 3-3. It was the seventh game that ended the Boston's World Championship hopes, again. But as the media presented it, over and over again, it was the decisive moment of Bill Buckner's career.

Twenty-one and one-half years after that awful moment, Bill Buckner returned once more to Fenway Park, to throw out the ceremonial first pitch at today's home opener, after the team received their 2007 World Series rings. He seemed like he didn't know what to expect, but the crowd loved it, standing and cheering him loudly as he threw a strike to his former teammate Dwight Evans. "It was hard to do, for me," he said later, and he welled up when he spoke about coming to "forgive ... the media for what they put me and my family through".

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Posted at 4:13pm on Mar. 25, 2008 Bonds, meet blackball

By Alberta

This is just silly. The guy can mash. Do you know who the mariners use at DH? Jose 'I havent been good since I was an expo' Vidro. JOSE FREAKING VIDRO!!!!

If you accept the argument that teams are not signing Bonds because he is a cancer in the locker room, he will bring the steriod stink around, the fans will revolt, ect. then I got some beachfront property in Montana to sell you.

If your into sabermetrics: 10 runs roughly equal 1 win. How many more wins would seattle have with Bonds at DH instead of Vidro? Answer: THEY WOULDA MADE THE PLAYOFFS

Im not a mariners fan, but I am a fan of organizations doing all they can do to win games. Bonds for 10 million is a no brainer. Could you imagine this guy with Tampa? Him and Pena and Crawford together and you have a lineup all of a sudden.

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Posted at 12:37am on Mar. 18, 2008 Flat ASCII 80x66 2008 NCAA tournament bracket

By Finrod

Here you go:

            1st Round  2nd Round   Regionals         Final Four
                March 20-23       March 27-30        April 5, 7
 1. North Carolina \_________
16. * -------------/      (5)|_________
 8. Indiana -------\_________|         |
 9. Arkansas ------/                   |_________
 5. Notre Dame ----\_________          |         |
12. George Mason --/      (1)|_________|         |
 4. Washington State_________|            /      |
13. Winthrop ------/                    (East)   |_________
 6. Oklahoma ------\_________         Charlotte  |         |
11. St. Joseph's --/      (6)|_________          |         |
 3. Louisville ----\_________|         |         |         |
14. Boise State ---/                   |_________|         |
 7. Butler --------\_________          |                   |
10. South Alabama -/      (6)|_________|                   |
 2. Tennessee -----\_________|                             |
15. American ------/                                       |_________
 1. Kansas --------\_________                              |         |
16. Portland State /      (2)|_________                    |         |
 8. U Nevada-Las Vegas_______|         |                   |         |
 9. Kent State ----/                   |_________          |         |
 5. Clemson -------\_________          |         |         |         |
12. Villanova -----/      (7)|_________|         |         |         |
 4. Vanderbilt ----\_________|             /     |         |         |
13. Siena ---------/                   (Midwest) |_________|         |
 6. U Southern Cal \_________           Detroit  |                   |
11. Kansas State --/      (2)|_________          |  Thu/Sat          |
 3. Wisconsin -----\_________|         |         | (1) Denver        |
14. Cal State-Fullerton                |_________| (2) Omaha         |
 7. Gonazga -------\_________          |           (3) Anaheim       |
10. Davidson ------/      (5)|_________|           (4) Washington DC |
 2. Georgetown ----\_________|                                       |
15. UMBC ----------/    Mar 18*/Mount St. Mary's        San Antonio  |_________
 1. Memphis -------\_________  \Coppin State                         |   2008
16. Texas-Arlington/      (8)|_________             Fri/Sun          | Champion
 8. Mississippi State________|         |           (5) Raleigh       |
 9. Oregon --------/                   |_________  (6) Birmingham    |
 5. Michigan State \_________          |         | (7) Tampa         |
12. Temple --------/      (1)|_________|         | (8) Little Rock   |
 4. Pittsburgh ----\_________|            /      |                   |
13. Oral Roberts --/                   (South)   |_________          |
 6. Marquette -----\_________          Houston   |         |         |
11. Kentucky ------/      (3)|_________          |         |         |
 3. Stanford ------\_________|         |         |         |         |
14. Cornell -------/                   |_________|         |         |
 7. Miami ---------\_________          |                   |         |
10. St. Mary's ----/      (8)|_________|                   |         |
 2. Texas ---------\_________|                             |         |
15. Austin Peay ---/                                       |_________|
 1. UCLA ----------\_________                              |
16. Mississippi Valley St.(3)|_________                    |
 8. Brigham Young -\_________|         |                   |
 9. Texas A&M -----/                   |_________          |
 5. Drake ---------\_________          |         |         |
12. Western Kentucky      (7)|_________|         |         |
 4. Connecticut ---\_________|            /      |         |
13. San Diego -----/                    (West)   |_________|
 6. Purdue --------\_________          Phoenix   |
11. Baylor --------/      (4)|_________          |
 3. Xavier --------\_________|         |         |
14. Georgia -------/                   |_________|
 7. West Virginia -\_________          |
10. Arizona -------/      (4)|_________|
 2. Duke ----------\_________|
15. Belmont -------/

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Posted at 9:39pm on Mar. 17, 2008 RedStateSports Tourney Challenge

By hoyasaxa

RedStateSports Tourney Challenge

Group Number - 130122
Password - McCain

Sign up and test your wits (or rather, your luck) against your fellow RedState members.

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Posted at 10:05pm on Mar. 15, 2008 Tigers thump Duke, target Tar Heels for first ever ACC tourney title

By gamecock

The Clemson Tigers tamed tornado warnings in the semi-finals of the ACC tournament at Bobcats Arena in Charlotte, North Carolina today, before taming Duke's Blue Devils after 22 straight losses to the Coach K.

Now can they tame what Sandlappers (South Carolinians) call, the "North Carolina Conference" for the first time?

Trevor Booker scored 18 points, Cliff Hammonds added 17 and Clemson, the perennial pushover in the Atlantic Coast Conference, stunned No. 7 Duke 78-74 on Saturday to reach the tournament title game for the first time in 46 years.

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Posted at 9:55am on Mar. 15, 2008 Trent Dilfer's playing career is OVER.

By Mark Kilmer

Lost in the recent noise about Obama spiritual guru Jeremiah Wright and his hateful invective concerning our nation and some of its citizens, obscured by the pus-filled lesion on baseball who is the craven and singularly untalented "baseball player" named Johnny Gomes, is news that would elsewise shatter the earth: the San Francisco 49'ers have cut Trent Dilfer last Thursday. On his 36th birthday.

He'd been around the NFL for fourteen years and in 2000, he let the dogs out, QB'ing the Baltimore Ravens to a Super Bowl. (He blazed a trail of mediocrity in that game, and indeed throughout his career.)

Before I got on about what a scrub Dilfer was, I'd better point out that I couldn't play a down in the NFL anywhere near the line of scrimmage, let alone the ball. Dilfer did it, and he did so at the highest level. (No Ryan Leaf, he.)

So Dilfer's career is over. He's not bound for Canton, but he'll get a decent job as a network analyst somewhere.

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Posted at 1:46pm on Mar. 10, 2008 Fantasy Baseball, Anyone?

By Dan McLaughlin

The second annual RedState fantasy baseball league is gearing up. Its a Yahoo autodraft league. Email me if interested and I can send you an invite and/or a writeup on the league rules.

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Posted at 1:09am on Mar. 6, 2008 And Not A Moment Too Soon

By Pejman Yousefzadeh

Once the paeans have been offered--and let us admit, paeans are deserved--let there be no doubt that this article is right on the money and that the Chicago Bears and their fans will not miss Brett Favre. Sure, my beloved Bears did quite well against the Favre-led Packers over the past few years, but for most of Favre's career, he dominated the Bears like few other football players ever did.

Now he is gone and the worst we have to fear is Aaron Rodgers. And as the article rightly points out, the balance of power in the NFC North may have shifted enough to give the Bears a chance at being competitive again. Yes, I know, this all depends on what the Bears' front office does and yes, I know, Rex Grossman may well set us up for yet another season of heartbreak. But I will take my chances with this situation rather than face the Packers with Favre at the helm for yet another season.

Again, Brett Favre was a great quarterback and even Bears fans will pay him the proper degree of respect. Then, we'll make sure that he doesn't get to keep any of his equipment or jerseys so that he doesn't even think about making a comeback.

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Posted at 6:52pm on Feb. 28, 2008 It happens every spring (and winter)

By gamecock

Below is the first Box Score that matters. People, this is what life is about, i.e. daily box scores.

Baseball will be played in Heaven for eternity. Why? No time clock. One must get 27 outs, at least. (No rainouts in Paradise, hence one must always get 27 outs.) No runing out the clock like in those other "sports." One must have hand and eye coordination. Brute force and speed alone won't cut it in Baseball.

The Grapefruit League outcome could have been better at Vero Beach, Florida, but life has begun again and it's an exhibition anyway!

http://stats.ajc.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=ajc&page=mlb/scores/final/preboxscore.aspx?GAMEID=23786

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Posted at 8:41pm on Feb. 26, 2008 Commodores need to beat Volunteers

By gamecock

I admit some prejudice toward the team from Obnoxville. My DeVine relatives are from Northern Alabama, one cousin of which is my best friend. Of course, they hate Tennessee more than the Gray ever hated the blue.

Secondly, a Vanderbilt victory would help to enhance the SEC's reputation in a very down year.

Thirdly, it would be yet another victory for the geek school that combined its athletic program with intramurals several years ago. That move brought a lot of ridicule, yet the overall quality of Commodore sports has greatly improved, even in the MAIN sport as religion, i.e. Football.

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