Archive for 'Baseball'

LeBron Redux and the All-Star Game

July 20th, 2010 – 10:00 am Posted by Ronald A. Rowe

Mea culpa. Mea culpa. Due to my travel schedule last week, I wrote my LeBron James article several days before it was due to be posted. So, yes, I know that King James had already announced his intentions to move to Miami long before my story posted. Maybe I should have tweeted all of you [...]

How About a Little Effort?

June 29th, 2010 – 10:00 am Posted by Ronald A. Rowe
Tagged as: Baseball,MLB

During the Tampa Bay Rays’ loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks on Sunday, Rays’ center fielder B.J. Upton caused quite a commotion on the field and in the dugout.  He got the attention of the fans, his teammates, and team management.  Unfortunately for Upton, it was for all the wrong reasons. When chasing down a fly [...]

Summer Means Baseball

June 21st, 2010 – 10:00 am Posted by Ronald A. Rowe

It’s official now – baseball is the only game in town. First, the Black Hawks closed the books on the NHL season and ended their 49-year championship drought. Next, the Lakers brought an end to the NBA season with a dramatic, climactic, exciting come-from-behind finish to claim the championship. For most NBA fans, choosing between [...]

Instant Replay in Baseball

June 7th, 2010 – 10:00 am Posted by Ronald A. Rowe
Tagged as: Baseball,MLB

Funny how one call can change everything. One blown call ruined one perfect game and caused cracks in the purists’ previously impenetrable wall surrounding the human element in Baseball.  There are various types of baseball fans.  One group, known collectively as “The Purists” want for nothing more than to reverse time and freeze baseball back [...]

Sports Roundup

May 10th, 2010 – 11:56 am Posted by Ronald A. Rowe

So many little nuggets to cover this week that I can’t narrow it down to just one. Not even just one sport. So here we go – #1 Dallas Braden.  Who?  You may know him as the pitcher who threw a hissy-fit at ARod earlier this year.  Or you may not know him at all. [...]