This morning I read a great piece by Willam Hazell in which he takes a quick lookk at the numbers you will find if going through the baseball standings over the past two weeks. As Hazell puts it, “take a look at the Major League Baseball standings in any newspaper today. The numbers you’ll find, [...]

Following up on my last post about why your league should have a minor league draft, I thought it would be pertinent to discuss why I chose to take Daisuke Matsuzaka in the second round of my Fantasy Baseball league’s minor league draft this year.
While it is true that the World Baseball Classic MVP will [...]

In the wake of their most recent pedestrian loss, I’ve decided to pose a question that nobody north of the Florida-Georgia border seems to be asking: is Byron Leftwich good?
Leftwich came out of Marshall in 2003, a 1st round (7th overall) pick of the Jags. He’s huge at 6′5, 245, and he’s got either [...]

Of all the scouting reports, of all the players on the Internet, you had to pop into this one. To me, that’s like going to a psychic to see if the new IPOD’s going to check your heart-rate and blood-pressure. Sure it is. And Delmon, well, how many home runs do you want?
The name that [...]

The question has started to be raised quietly as Mario Lemieux sits out of the lineup with heart issues and people start to realize that there will be a need for a new captain in Pittsburgh sooner than later. So here’s the thing, is Sidney Crosby ready, or will he be ready to be their [...]

It was 1996 and Mike Keenan had just walked off the ice after Team Canada’s first orientation camp practice. He shuffled into the coaches’ room and closed the door.
“Holy s*** that kid’s good.”
That kid was 23 year old Eric Lindros. Since being taken #1 overall in the ‘91 entry draft Lindros has had [...]

When Roberto Luongo was taken 4th overall in the 1997 entry draft no one batted an eyelash. Here was an 18 year-old kid from Montreal who’d put up a 3.12 GAA with a .910 Save % for Val D’Or of the QMJHL in the ‘96/’97 season. That might not seem too impressive on the surface, [...]

Believe me, this is a temporary change. Kelly Holcomb, the 32 year old vet, with one good game under his belt is going to take the field for the Bills this weekend. I used to think he was an underrated QB, but at 32 you’ve got to wonder why no one else in the league [...]

It’s a testament to the strength of Brett Favre’s character that he’s still playing for the Green Bay Packers. No, trades hardly ever happen in the NFL. But there are certain special circumstances that require athletes to shift from team-to-team every so often.
In almost every other professional sport you’ll hear the line “I just [...]

A good kicker is worth at least 3 wins/season. Now a bad kicker on a good team can sometimes hide himself in wins or losses. If the Chiefs score 30 points and win by 10 no one cares whether Lawrence Tynes missed 2,3 or 5 FGs. But on a team like the Chicago Bears [...]

It was April and LaTroy Hawkins was still a Cub. Ryan Dempster was coming off Tommy John surgery and trying to make the club as a fifth starter. His command was borderline at best, but you could see that his stuff (91-95 mph 2-seam fastball, plus slider, average change) was coming back.
What were the Cubs [...]