Last Wednesday, I met up with Will Young (no relation to Delmon) in Chicago to see the USA take on Trinidad & Tobago in a qualifier for the 2010 World Cup. The car I was in got to Toyota Park about 15 minutes after the parking lot opened. We were about the 10th car there. [...]
Results of the Roadtrip
At Angels: 2-2
At Mariners: 1-2
At A's: 2-2
At Blue Jays: 0-3
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Total: 5-9, 0.321 WP
Before the road trip, SBG posted a poll asking how we felt the Twins would do. I, like most, chose that 7-8 wins would be alright. After a split with the team with the best record in the [...]
From Fanhouse:
Per my [Will Brinson] conversation with the Broward County Clerk of Superior Court this morning, the name change for "Chad Johnson" that was filed on August 8, 2008 became official on August 28, 2008
The part of me that enjoys sticking it to The Man is elated.
Following my esteemed Drake colleague Yickit's game log, I'll do what I can to give you the very best our fine university has to offer in half-baked analysis.
Eddie's Return to the Minnesota Bullpen
Eddie Guardado pitched a perfect 8th inning last night in his return to the Twins' bullpen. He got Ichiro to fly out to [...]
Joe Posnanski has an announcement to make:
Starting next week, Sportsllustrated.com — si.com, for short — will be reprinting this blog. Don’t even ask how that happened. And, even more thrilling, starting next week I will write one column a week for the Sports Illustrated dot-com — I believe it will appear on Wednesdays.
Like of one [...]
Bob DuPay, MLB's president and chief operating officer, wants to look at the league's broadcast blackout rules. The current rules were written back in the 1960s before cable, satellite, and internet TV. The new rules could be in place as early as the 2009 season. From DuPay:
If a market is underserved and a club is [...]
Andrew visits with Yickit, an expatriate of the great state of ND in our most recent edition of Better Know a Citizen.
Andrew catches up with thisisbeth to talk baseball in our latest installment of Better Know a Citizen.
Andrew chats with cheaptoy in the latest edition of Better Know a Citizen.
Andrew profiles nibbish, who appears to have grown up closest to SBGville of all those profiled to date.
Andrew visits with SBG Nation Citizen FirstTimeLongTime and gives us all a better look at our citizen from the East.
We're back with a new installment of Better Know A Citizen. Today's profilee is one of our new Citizens - meat. For those other new guys out there (or you old timers who haven't done this yet) email sbg-bkac[at]hotmail[dot]com or andrew[at]stickandballguy[dot]com to get signed up.
A retired professor in NYC has a new bat he says won't shatter like maple.
Andrew provides a photo recap of the 2nd Annual SBG Convention.
I bet the keeper is pissed.
As annoying as I find Rachael Ray, people really need to find better things to complain about. This is just asinine.
The best part of waking up, is the WGOM in your cup
The Marlins have acquired the former Twin (and Cub and Tiger). [ESPN]
This is about the funniest thing I've seen in a long while.
This would look awesome over my mantle, if I had a fireplace, that is.
Kenton Keith was arrested outside Cloud 9 last night, which is the same bar Jamaal Tinsley got into a beef with the guys who shot at him and just down the street from the Stephen Jackson shooting. I've got nothing else to add besides *rolls eyes*.
As it turns out, yes, yes you can.
Monkeys, M&M's, and The Monty Hall Problem, all finally together in the same article.
IU has hired Marquette's Tom Crean
Miguel Cabrera inks huge deal with Detroit.
Isn't this, you know, his job to stay informed?
I've heard this one before. Maybe he means it this time.
Fransisco Liriano has been cleared to head to camp.
Yeah, this won't end poorly at all.
The 2007 Postseason ("It's A Crapshoot!") has given us another comment to go up in the SBG HOF and Museum (and Gift Shop and Café and Planetarium). Everyone's favorite Russian Literature-studying Marine CarterHayes posted his 1000th comment after Game 4 of the World Series
Today's plaque is from a relative newcomer to the Nation. davidwatts hasn't necessarily been a Citizen as long as some of the other honorees, but for the time he has been here he's been quite prolific. In just over 9 months, dw posted is 1000th quote with this comment during Game 2 of the NLDS between the Phillies and [...]
Whiffers is the genius behind today's showcase comment. This comes from the game thread on August 10th, 2007, of what was a fairly diappointing game on the Twins' part from what I read. Game 115 of the 2007 campaign was not only a 10-1 loss to the Angels, but it was also the return of [...]
Next in our continuing celebration of the half-baked crap that floats around our small portion of the internet, we have brianS and his take on Tejada and Tyner from the August 22nd, 2006 Gamelog.
SBG and I have been talking about creating a sort of SBG Hall of Fame. This is the first entry in what will very likely become a very extensive list - the Comment Club. Here, preserved for all eternity with my mad Photoshop skillz, will be everyone's 1000th comment, 2000th comment, 3000th comment, and so [...]
Or: Andrew's Attempts to Rationalize the Colts' Chances Under the Guise of Analysis
As this year's NFL playoffs approach, I thought I might have a look at the AFC side of things, specifically the Patriots' division and the Colts' division. As the #1 team in the NFL and the #1 contender, one of these two [...]
I've always found statistics lacking when it comes to describing what is happening on the base paths. Consider a single with a man on first as compared to a single with the bases empty. After the hit, the batter gets a tiny bump in is batting average and +1 on his total bases [...]
Name: frightwig
Hometown: Bremerton, WA
Town I Currently Live In: relocating to an undisclosed location in Oregon
Profession: dedicated parental unit
Bats: R
Throws: R
Positions: corner IF/OF
Greatest Career Achievement in Baseball/Softball/T-ball: I was good enough to be a regular starter for my county youth league teams, but I was never an All-Star. I don't recall being the [...]
Name: SoCalTwinsfan
Hometown: Born - Salt Lake City; Raised - All over. If I must pick, I'll go with Nampa, Idaho
Town I Currently Live In: San Bernardino, Cali
Profession: Sports Page Designer. Mainly, I design the national sports pages (Baseball and NBA/NHL) and the agate page (Scoreboard) for the Los Angeles Newspaper Group, which has [...]
Name: Erik Dikken
SBG Moniker: kg2005
Hometown: Renville, MN
Town I Currently Live In: Brookings, SD
Profession: Computer Science student, Software Quality Assurance student at Daktronics, Inc
Bats: With a 9-iron
Throws: Picture Johnny Damon
Positions: 2B, CF
Greatest Career Achievement in Baseball/Softball/T-ball: Last year in softball I had a .700 OBP. Nevermind my OPS [...]
Name: Will Young (pronounced "Will Young")
Hometown: Richfield, MN
Town I Currently Live In: Saint Paul, MN
Profession: Making Events Occur Smoothly
Bats: Both (more power as a righty, better bat control as a lefty)
Throws: Left
Positions: Pitcher and First Base through Little League, Left-Center in Softball
Greatest Career Achievement in Baseball/Softball/T-ball: I threw 3 perfect innings in the Little [...]
Name: Sheenie
Hometown: New Orleans "The Big Easy", LA
Town I Currently Live In: Just up river... St. Paul, MN ... I actually only moved 1 block closer to The River
Profession: I work at a law firm
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Positions: 2nd base and outfield and catching, basically whatever position is needed on a rec. softball team
Greatest [...]
The Inaugural SBG Convention was a smashing success. SBG already wrote his review, so I won't repeat everything he said. I'll simply add the pictures I took. All the pictures can be clicked on for larger views. They're after the jump.
Name: Seth Stohs
Hometown: Perham, MN
Town I Currently Live In: Warroad until Sept. 18th, then Bloomington
Profession: Product Planner
Bats: Right
Throws: Right<