coalcracker.net

I know I’m biased, but Jimmy Rollins HAS to be the NL MVP this year.  If his performance in yesterday’s final, playoff-clinching game was not enough…  a single, an RBI triple, 2 steals, 2 runs…  consider this.  Rollins is only the fourth player in MLB history to join the 20-20-20-20 club, meaning he has eclipsed 20 doubles, 20 [...]

Dear Charlie Manuel,
Can we please just admit that Tom Gordon is washed up?  Can we stop putting him into games in the 8th inning and letting him blow huge leads?  I mean, I realize the bullpen is hurting for talent right now, but come on…  Gordon is bringing them all down.  Put him into the game [...]

The Phillies completed a four game sweep of the Mets yesterday in exciting fashion, shortening the Mets lead in the NL East to just 2 games.  That’s a good place for the Phillies to be sitting as we roll into September, especially with the wild card race being as tight as it is.
Of course, if [...]

Every year my aunt sends out this flowchart on how to be a Notre Dame fan, to poke fun at my dad and I.  This year I decided to flip it back around on her, so I give you:

It seems that Brett Myers has a temper… anybody surprised?  After giving up two homeruns in the ninth inning during Saturday night’s game, surrendering the lead and the series to the Padres, Myers had a few choice words for a reporter.  The reporter, Sam Carchidi from the Inquirer seemed to just encourage Myers, trying to provoke him [...]

After a great season last year, my fantasy football league seems to have fallen apart.  We’ve only got five managers so far with the draft fast approaching, so I’m putting out an APB – Anyone interested in participating in my league, please post a comment below and I’ll email you the league information (be sure to include [...]