We Need To Talk About Jared Cook
You’re racking up credit card charges that’ll make you wretch in January, you’re drinking to excess and humiliating yourself at holiday parties every weekend, and Jared Cook is about to become fantasy relevant again. It’s December. Think of Cook, a physical specimen at 6-foot-5 and 249 pounds who runs the 40 in an astounding 4.5 seconds, […]
More than Stats and Scores: the Saving Power of Sports
Every morning the final score of the Boston Bruins game was written down on a scrap piece of paper on the kitchen table in my childhood house. I could count on it. It was my own sports page written out in my father’s precise block letters. I was eight years old and only allowed to […]
Nationals Sign Dan Haren, Add to Deep Starting Rotation
The best team in the Majors during the regular season last year is doing what it can to maintain that status going into 2013. Earlier today, the Washington Nationals signed starting pitcher Dan Haren to a one-year, $13-million deal. The Nats are hoping for a bounce-back year from the right-hander after one of the least […]
Mike Napoli Signs with Red Sox, Makes First Splash at Winter Meetings
The MLB Winter Meetings were underway for just a few hours before the Boston Red Sox made the first big move, by signing catcher/first baseman Mike Napoli to a 3-year, $39-million deal. Between the needs he fills and the fact that the team tried to bring him to Boston two years ago, it was no […]
2 Diamonds In The Rough Western Conference
League-wide the debate over who is its best point guard usually involves the names Chris Paul, Deron Williams, at times Rajon Rondo, and when he was around to change lanes faster than Jason Statham, Derrick Rose. When limiting the ranking to the Western Conference, you have CP3, Tony Parker, and Westbrook dominating the conversation. But two […]
Francisco Liriano – Likely Destinations
There’s a famous episode of Seinfeld known as “The Two Face.” Jerry meets a girl who looks absolutely amazing in certain lighting and absolutely hideous in others. Francisco Liriano is baseball’s version of a two face. As a Twins fan, I’ve seen him go from 2006 All-Star, to minor league demotion, to a 14 win, […]
Tommy Hanson, Jordan Walden: Pitchers with Question Marks on the Move
Two quality hurlers are swapping coasts as their new, and former, teams address their pitching needs. The Atlanta Braves sent young starter Tommy Hanson to the Los Angeles Angels for reliever Jordan Walden. Last year, Hanson posted a 13-10 record with a 4.48 ERA and 160 strikeouts. Walden, meanwhile, appeared in 45 games for the […]