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2009 NLCS: Phillies vs. Dodgers (Part II)
The 2009 NLCS starts tonight in what will be a rematch of last year’s NLCS. After quickly disposing of the team that many considered the NL favorites, the St. Louis Cardinals, the Los Angeles Dodgers will look to dispose of last year’s demons by avenging their 2008 playoff series loss to the Philadelphia Phillies. [...]
Continue reading...MLB Playoff Predictions
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Writing The Pine’s Inaugural MLB Playoff Predictions A panel of 11 self-proclaimed baseball experts (and non-experts) made up of WTP writers and friends cast their predictions for the upcoming 2009 MLB playoffs. Let’s introduce the starting lineup: PineTimePlayer – Owns a pink “Derek Jeter” jersey. HomeTownHero – Middle name is “Steinbrenner.” ‘Nuff said. WritingIllini - Roots for all things [...]
Continue reading...Weekend Sports Musings
Monday, September 28, 2009
• Obama to Denmark to pitch Olympics bid President Barack Obama is headed to Denmark to go ice fishing and plead the case for Chicago as the host city for the 2016 Olympics. “We need this Olympic bid badly,” said Obama to press reporters over the weekend. From WTP, here’s to better luck than he has had pleading [...]
Continue reading...Asian Guy Power Rankings – Midseason Special Edition
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
After seeing three Asian players selected to the Major League Baseball All-Star Game in 2006 and two in 2007, I was disappointed to see that Ichiro was the only Asian player selected to the All-Star game. The last few reserve selections – especially in the outfield – are usually toss-ups, but I felt that Shin-Soo [...]
Continue reading...Weekend Sports Musings – 7/4/2009
Saturday, July 4, 2009
Tiger Woods and Anthony Kim battle it out at the AT&T National. Tiger, host of the tournament implements new rule stating, “Only Tiger Woods can win.” Serena and Venus Williams faced each other at Wimbledon today. Serena won, but Venus gave her a really bad “Indian rug burn” after the match. Reports out of Orlando and [...]
Continue reading...In the Dugout with: Ross Ohlendorf
Thursday, July 2, 2009
Catching up with Ross Ohlendorf of the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Continue reading...Asian Guy Power Rankings: 06/15/2009
Monday, June 15, 2009
Welcome to the second edition of the Asian Guy Power Rankings, headlined by a brand spanking new banner, courtesy of FiveToolPlayer’s artistically talented brother. I have made a few minor tweaks to the AGPR format. AGPR will now be released every other Monday morning and feature the top five performers (thanks to reader Warrior13 for [...]
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