Nothing can escape the evil clutches of our recent economic downturn, including major league baseball. Judging at the number of high profile unsigned free agents this winter, and the recent news that Citigroup may rescind their offer for naming rights to the new Mets stadium, the economics of MLB reflect what’s happening in the [...]

Ah, the Los Angeles Clippers. Perpetually LA’s second team, 2008-2009 is proving to be one of the worst seasons ever even for a franchise for which mediocrity is a hallmark.
What particularly hurts for the Clips and their fans this year is that coming into the season, hopes and expectations were unusually high.
The Clippers have been [...]

Happy New Year!
We’ve been awfully quiet for the last two weeks, and I apologize. It was not my intention to slag, but I went to visit my family over the holidays only to discover that they had a miserable internet connection that made it impossible for me to do just about anything. Then I became [...]

Not exactly, but a brief look at the payrolls of the 32 NFL teams reveals some surprising numbers. Two of the lowest salaried teams, the Indianapolis Colts and New England Patriots (29th and 30th, respectively), have, as we all know, been two of the most successful franchises in recent years; the team with the highest payroll, [...]

What does it take to win a Gold Glove these days?  Hard to believe, but the Red Sox’s Kevin Youkilis, who set a record this year for consecutive errorless games at first base with 238, lost out to Tampa Bay’s Carlos Pena.  Pena had a fine year, but really?  Youkilis’s record spans almost two full [...]

If it wasn’t official previously, it is now.  The baseball world has completely turned upside-down.
Last night, as we all know by now, the Philadelphia Phillies won only their second World Series in 126 seasons.  Their victory occurred only one year after the Red Sox won their second Fall Classic in a four-year span, the first [...]