Archive for May, 2008

TK’s MLB Power Pack – Week of 5/24

May 25th, 2008 – 5:06 am Posted by TK

MLB Power Pack has only one change this week with New England’s Boston Red Sox returning to the mix. The 5 best teams in the MLB, as determined by me, follow:
Week 7 – 5/24/08:
5. Tampa Bay Rays – I just had to leave them on the list for a second week.
4. Los Angeles Angels – [...]

TK’s MLB Power Pack – Week of 5/18/2008

May 17th, 2008 – 4:59 am Posted by TK
Tagged as: Baseball, MLB

MLB Power Pack has had some dramatic shifts! It is amazing how a week really can change the power structure of the league, with lots of new additions and deletions this week. The 5 best teams in the MLB, as determined by me, follow:
Week 6 – 5/17/08:
5. Tampa Bay Rays – It is hard [...]

Hockey Hijinx

May 14th, 2008 – 4:59 pm Posted by LJ Dovichi
Tagged as: Hockey

I love how avid fans think to jinx opposing teams with their favored team’s jerseys. I thought it was hilarious that Gino Gastignoli buried a Boston Red Sox jersey in the concrete of the new Yankee stadium in hopes that it would jinx the Yankees, mostly because I don’t believe in sport superstitions and also [...]

TK’s MLB Power Pack – Week of 5/10/08

May 11th, 2008 – 5:41 pm Posted by TK
Tagged as: Baseball, MLB

MLB Power Pack is beginning to see a real trend. The same 5 teams have been in the rankings for weeks, and I don’t see any reason for that to change. The 5 best teams in the MLB, as determined by me, follow:
Week 5 – 5/10/08:
5. Boston Red Sox – This run scoring [...]

Sports and Pizza

May 8th, 2008 – 5:14 pm Posted by LJ Dovichi
Tagged as: Basketball, NBA

I wished I lived in Cleveland, Ohio for no other reason than $0.23 large one topping pizzas on Thursday, May 8th.
Apparently, Papa John’s, a popular pizza chain, distributed T-shirts that featured the number 23 and the word crybaby under it. The dig was towards LeBron James of the Cleveland Cavaliers. It seems that James [...]

TK’s MLB Power Pack – Week of 5/3/08

May 3rd, 2008 – 1:10 pm Posted by TK
Tagged as: Baseball, MLB

Not a lot of change in this week’s MLB Power Pack. The West and the National League still seem to be the cream and completely rising above the usually dominant teams in the East. The one eastern selection is the Red Sox who may have all of the pieces again this year. The 5 [...]

Highest Paid Relief Pitcher

May 2nd, 2008 – 6:44 am Posted by LJ Dovichi
Tagged as: Baseball, MLB

Barry Zito, the starting pitcher who signed a $126 million, seven-year contract with the San Francisco Giants, has been taken out of rotation and demoted to working as a relief pitcher. This means he is paid $18 million a year to warm a bench in the bullpen, making him the highest paid relief pitcher in [...]