Sports
Sports Psychology
Speaking of sports, though, I had a great insight today from a colleague: people who like sports are distinguished from people who don’t like sports based on their relative comfort level with ambiguous rules. See, as we grow and develop,… Continue Reading
There’s Always Next Season
I’d just as soon not talk about it. I can’t make myself care all that much about a Phillies-Yankees World Series.
Jimmy Rollins Wasn’t Supposed To Double Like That
Crap. Now we’ll just have to win three in a row. Broxton didn’t have control at all. He blew the save, bottom of the ninth, with two outs. Nothing for it any more. Gotta win out now.
Sports Sunday
Green Bay has a bye week, but as it turns out, there’s plenty of sports to provide my Sunday diversions. To be sure, I’m pleased about the Dodgers sweeping the favored Cardinals in the NLDS. The Phillies-Rockies series yesterday was… Continue Reading
Win With The Hand You’re Dealt
The big knock against the Dodgers’ chances in the playoffs is that they don’t have an ace starting pitcher, and St. Louis has two aces in Carpenter and Wainwright. And I’d agree that Broxton, Wolf, and Kershaw are each about… Continue Reading
Rush Limbaugh Presents The St. Louis Rams
While I would regret the inherent politicization of football that it would represent, the fact of the matter is, if Rush Limbaugh is successful in his bid to purchase a majority interest in the St. Louis Rams, he would be… Continue Reading
Well See That’s Your Problem Right There
A loss by seven points is actually not as bad a thing as it could have been, because damn did Minnesota look like they had all the pieces of the puzzle — except, amazingly, for a running game. In case… Continue Reading
Olympic Hyperpartisanism
Top headlines today on Memeorandum: Barack Obama’s lobbying in Copenhagen wasn’t enough; Chicago’s bid for the 2016 summer Olympics was rejected on the first ballot and the Olympics are going to Rio instead. The headlines? Joe Scarborough on the Huffington… Continue Reading
Must Sweep (UPDATE: Didn’t Happen)
Just over a month ago, I predicted that the trends in the NL West would give us this result: Colorado 98 64 Los Angeles 93 69 San Francisco 92 70 In fact, where we’re at now is: Los Angeles 93… Continue Reading