What are You Hearing

What Are You Hearing? June 24, 2007

June 24th, 2007, 7 Comments

Good morning and welcome to the ongoing feature "What are You Hearing," where members of SBG Nation set the agenda of discussion by submitting stories and commentary. If you have a story that you'd like to submit, e-mail me at the address listed on the right. Now, let's get to it.
JeffA [...]

What Are You Hearing? June 20, 2007

June 20th, 2007, 7 Comments

Good morning and welcome to the ongoing feature "What are You Hearing," where members of SBG Nation set the agenda of discussion by submitting stories and commentary. If you have a story that you'd like to submit, e-mail me at the address listed on the right. Now, let's get to it.
Algonad writes: It [...]

What Are You Hearing? June 14, 2007

June 14th, 2007, 41 Comments

Good morning and welcome to the ongoing feature "What are You Hearing," where members of SBG Nation set the agenda of discussion by submitting stories and commentary. If you have a story that you'd like to submit, e-mail me at the address listed on the right. Now, let's get to it.
Big Mak writes: [...]

What Are You Hearing? June 12, 2007

June 12th, 2007, 20 Comments

Good morning and welcome to the ongoing feature "What are You Hearing," where members of SBG Nation set the agenda of discussion by submitting stories and commentary. If you have a story that you'd like to submit, e-mail me at the address listed on the right. Now, let's get to it.
Apple Releasing a [...]

What Are You Hearing? June 11, 2007

June 11th, 2007, 1 Comment

Good morning and welcome to the ongoing feature "What are You Hearing," where members of SBG Nation set the agenda of discussion by submitting stories and commentary. If you have a story that you'd like to submit, e-mail me at the address listed on the right. Now, let's get to it.
Big Mak writes: [...]

What Are You Hearing? June 9, 2007

June 9th, 2007, 2 Comments

Good morning and welcome to the ongoing feature "What are You Hearing," where members of SBG Nation set the agenda of discussion by submitting stories and commentary. If you have a story that you'd like to submit, e-mail me at the address listed on the right. Now, let's get to it.
I've been saving [...]

What Are You Hearing? June 4, 2007

June 4th, 2007, 7 Comments

Good morning and welcome to the ongoing feature "What are You Hearing," where members of SBG Nation set the agenda of discussion by submitting stories and commentary. If you have a story that you'd like to submit, e-mail me at the address listed on the right. Now, let's get to it.
JeffA writes: Author [...]

What Are You Hearing? June 2, 2007

June 2nd, 2007, 1 Comment

Good morning and welcome to the ongoing feature "What are You Hearing," where members of SBG Nation set the agenda of discussion by submitting stories and commentary. If you have a story that you'd like to submit, e-mail me at the address listed on the right. Now, let's get to it.
Carter Hayes writes: [...]

What Are You Hearing? May 26, 2007

May 26th, 2007, No Comments

Good morning and welcome to the ongoing feature "What are You Hearing," where members of SBG Nation set the agenda of discussion by submitting stories and commentary. If you have a story that you'd like to submit, e-mail me at the address listed on the right. Now, let's get to it.
Moss digs up [...]

What Are You Hearing? May 24, 2007

May 24th, 2007, 3 Comments

Good morning and welcome to the ongoing feature "What are You Hearing," where members of SBG Nation set the agenda of discussion by submitting stories and commentary. If you have a story that you'd like to submit, e-mail me at the address listed on the right. Now, let's get to it.
Man that red [...]

What Are You Hearing? May 16, 2007

May 16th, 2007, 3 Comments

Good morning and welcome to the ongoing feature "What are You Hearing," where members of SBG Nation set the agenda of discussion by submitting stories and commentary. If you have a story that you'd like to submit, e-mail me at the address listed on the right. Now, let's get to it.
Big Mak writes: [...]

What Are You Hearing? May 15, 2007

May 15th, 2007, 5 Comments

Good morning and welcome to the ongoing feature "What are You Hearing," where members of SBG Nation set the agenda of discussion by submitting stories and commentary. If you have a story that you'd like to submit, e-mail me at the address listed on the right. Now, let's get to it.
Jeff A writes: [...]

What Are You Hearing? May 14, 2007

May 14th, 2007, No Comments

Good morning and welcome to the ongoing feature "What are You Hearing," where members of SBG Nation set the agenda of discussion by submitting stories and commentary. If you have a story that you'd like to submit, e-mail me at the address listed on the right. Now, let's get to it.
Carter Hayes writes: [...]

What Are You Hearing? May 10, 2007

May 10th, 2007, 15 Comments

Good morning and welcome to the ongoing feature "What are You Hearing," where members of SBG Nation set the agenda of discussion by submitting stories and commentary. If you have a story that you'd like to submit, e-mail me at the address listed on the right. Now, let's get to it.
brianS writes: [...]

What Are You Hearing? May 9, 2007

May 9th, 2007, 7 Comments

Good morning and welcome to the ongoing feature "What are You Hearing," where members of SBG Nation set the agenda of discussion by submitting stories and commentary. If you have a story that you'd like to submit, e-mail me at the address listed on the right. Now, let's get to it.
ubelmann writes: Sometimes [...]

What Are You Hearing? March 24, 2007

April 24th, 2007, 4 Comments

Good morning and welcome to the ongoing feature "What are You Hearing," where members of SBG Nation set the agenda of discussion by submitting stories and commentary. If you have a story that you'd like to submit, e-mail me at the address listed on the right. Now, let's get to it.
algonad writes: [...]

What Are You Hearing? April 23, 2007

April 23rd, 2007, 4 Comments

Good morning and welcome to the ongoing feature "What are You Hearing," where members of SBG Nation set the agenda of discussion by submitting stories and commentary. If you have a story that you'd like to submit, e-mail me at the address listed on the right. Now, let's get to it.
SBG writes: [...]

What Are You Hearing? April 18, 2007

April 18th, 2007, 3 Comments

Good morning and welcome to the ongoing feature "What are You Hearing," where members of SBG Nation set the agenda of discussion by submitting stories and commentary. If you have a story that you'd like to submit, e-mail me at the address listed on the right. Now, let's get to it.
Twayn writes: I [...]

What Are You Hearing? April 17, 2007

April 17th, 2007, 2 Comments

Good morning and welcome to the ongoing feature "What are You Hearing," where members of SBG Nation set the agenda of discussion by submitting stories and commentary. If you have a story that you'd like to submit, e-mail me at the address listed on the right. Now, let's get to it.
brianS writes: [...]

What Are You Hearing? April 16, 2007

April 16th, 2007, 27 Comments

Good morning and welcome to the ongoing feature "What are You Hearing," where members of SBG Nation set the agenda of discussion by submitting stories and commentary. If you have a story that you'd like to submit, e-mail me at the address listed on the right. Now, let's get to it.
Moss writes: Interesting [...]

What Are You Hearing? April 13, 2007

April 13th, 2007, 20 Comments

Good morning and welcome to the ongoing feature "What are You Hearing," where members of SBG Nation set the agenda of discussion by submitting stories and commentary. If you have a story that you'd like to submit, e-mail me at the address listed on the right. Now, let's get to it.
brianS writes: [...]

What Are You Hearing? April 12, 2007

April 12th, 2007, 28 Comments

Good morning and welcome to the ongoing feature "What are You Hearing," where members of SBG Nation set the agenda of discussion by submitting stories and commentary. If you have a story that you'd like to submit, e-mail me at the address listed on the right. Now, let's get to it.
brianS says: This [...]

What are You Hearing? April 10, 2007

April 10th, 2007, 6 Comments

Good morning and welcome to the ongoing feature "What are You Hearing," where members of SBG Nation set the agenda of discussion by submitting stories and commentary. If you have a story that you'd like to submit, e-mail me at the address listed on the right. Now, let's get to it.
Big Mak writes: [...]

What Are You Hearing? April 7, 2007

April 7th, 2007, 2 Comments

Good morning and welcome to the ongoing feature "What are You Hearing," where members of SBG Nation set the agenda of discussion by submitting stories and commentary. If you have a story that you'd like to submit, e-mail me at the address listed on the right. Now, let's get to it.
SBG writes: [...]

Notes from the Ditch, April 6, 2007

April 6th, 2007, 9 Comments

I had to fight all my life to survive. They were all against me... but I beat the bastards and left them in the ditch. --Ty Cobb
1. After starting the season with a nice sweep, the Twins begin their first of 24 series against AL Central opponents when they open up a three two [...]

What Are You Hearing? April 5, 2007

April 5th, 2007, 18 Comments

Good morning and welcome to the ongoing feature "What are You Hearing," where members of SBG Nation set the agenda of discussion by submitting stories and commentary. If you have a story that you'd like to submit, e-mail me at the address listed on the right. Now, let's get to it.
Algonad writes: Be [...]

What Are You Hearing? April 4, 2007

April 4th, 2007, 1 Comment

Good morning and welcome to the ongoing feature "What are You Hearing," where members of SBG Nation set the agenda of discussion by submitting stories and commentary. If you have a story that you'd like to submit, e-mail me at the address listed on the right. Now, let's get to it.
SBG writes: [...]

What Are You Hearing? April 3, 2007

April 3rd, 2007, No Comments

Good morning and welcome to the ongoing feature "What are You Hearing," where members of SBG Nation set the agenda of discussion by submitting stories and commentary. If you have a story that you'd like to submit, e-mail me at the address listed on the right. Now, let's get to it.
bjhess sends [...]

What Are You Hearing? March 31, 2007

March 31st, 2007, 5 Comments

Good morning and welcome to the ongoing feature "What are You Hearing," where members of SBG Nation set the agenda of discussion by submitting stories and commentary. If you have a story that you'd like to submit, e-mail me at the address listed on the right. Now, let's get to it.
ubelmann writes: [...]

What Are You Hearing? March 29, 2007

March 29th, 2007, 17 Comments

The Nation is deaf.

What Are You Hearing? March 28, 2007

March 28th, 2007, 3 Comments

SBG writes: My apologies to Jeff A. I forgot that this entry was in the queue.
Jeff A. writes: This has nothing to do with anything, but how can you not be intrigued by a headline that says “Woman Stopped Wearing Girdle of Live Crocodiles”?

What Are You Hearing? March 27, 2007

March 27th, 2007, 12 Comments

bjhess writes: In case anyone missed Winona State's miraculous loss in the DII Championship.
twayn writes: LIFE magazine, once the country's premier weekly periodical, will cease publication (it is currently published as a weekend newspaper supplement) after its April 20th issue, according to Time, Inc. The publication will live on, however, in an online form that [...]

What Are You Hearing? March 26, 2007

March 26th, 2007, 11 Comments

ubelmann writes: Over at TrueHoop (an independent NBA blog that's been picked up by espn.com), there was an interesting exercise in what the Timberwolves could get for Kevin Garnett. They asked some bloggers from other teams what they would be willing to give up for KG, and here were the two notable offers (in [...]

What Are You Hearing? March 22, 2007

March 22nd, 2007, 46 Comments

brianS writes: Future baseball stars and current gustatory stars at Raley Field!
"New salads, sandwiches join Raley Field lineup"
"More than the sod will be new at Raley Field when the Sacramento River Cats entertain their parent club, the Oakland A's, in the park's season-opener March 29.
"A Philly cheesesteak sandwich, a Sicilian po' boy sandwich, a couple [...]

What Are You Hearing? March 21, 2007

March 21st, 2007, 2 Comments

Jeff A. writes: As someone who is fascinated by the stories of players who only make the majors for a short time, I was touched by this story about Gomer Hodge.

What Are You Hearing? March 20, 2007

March 20th, 2007, 8 Comments

AMR writes: The Dugout: Spring Training preview of the Twins:
Jeff A writes: Tributes to three longtime baseball men, recently deceased: Marty Martinez, John Vukovich, and Bowie Kuhn.
CarterHayes writes: Decided I'll probably be keeping up on Friars news this season, per your admonition of SBG Nation to follow other teams. They're [...]

What Are You Hearing? March 17, 2007

March 17th, 2007, 28 Comments

ubelmann writes: In a notes column from Mariners Spring Training, USSM's
Dave Cameron notes:
The Royals sent their F team to Peoria for todays games. Ross Gload hit third. At least I got to see Billy Butler swing the bat, but man, that was a bad squad they put on the field. The game itself was pretty [...]

What Are You Hearing? March 16, 2007

March 16th, 2007, 44 Comments

You've aren't hearing anything today.
I'm hearing that there's a basketball tournament going on and that I'm not posting any new content today. So, talk basketball. Go Duke! And don't come back until next year!

What Are You Hearing? March 15, 2007

March 15th, 2007, 2 Comments

I was caught up in some stuff and missed posting this yesterday and this morning. Also, no Notes from the Ditch today. Life intervenes in my production of Half-Baked Crap.
For yesterday:
algonad writes: Apparently Torii Hunter's contract is up at the end of the year. I hadn't heard.
algonad writes: Commentary on the stadium [...]

What Are You Hearing? March 13, 2007

March 13th, 2007, 19 Comments

Both E-6 and Moss pointed to the Gammons blog entry on Torii Hunter. The article is not accessible to those who don't have an Insider subscription. Basically, Gammons was talking about how Hunter had a hard life as a youth (member of Crips... really?) and that he was mentored by David Ortiz and [...]

What Are You Hearing? March 12, 2007

March 12th, 2007, 3 Comments

Moss writes: Lead singer from Boston Brad Delp has died.
SBG writes: Posting on the Big Deal posting is now closed. I was waiting for a package that hasn't yet arrived (was supposed to be here by now). Anyway, if you look around, you probably can figure out what the Big Deal [...]

What Are You Hearing? March 9, 2007

March 9th, 2007, 6 Comments

twayn writes: I came across this via a link from the Good Morning Silicon Valley newsletter. Watch the video clip first, then if you want you can read a PDF version of the presentation.
Big Mak writes: Came across this through James Mirtle's hockey blog . The AP story was on SI.com but here [...]

What Are You Hearing? March 8, 2007

March 8th, 2007, 15 Comments

Jeff A writes: Here is an article about Adam Vinatieri possibly getting into trouble for violating South Dakota hunting laws. I found it interesting, but partly that’s because South Dakota so rarely has anything to do with the national sports scene. [SBG note: Does SD really want to prosecute this case?]
CarterHayes [...]

What Are You Hearing? March 7, 2007

March 7th, 2007, 28 Comments

Good morning!
algonad writes: Here's one for you. This is about Gary Matthews Jr. and the HGH scandal. Apparently, nobody saw this coming. A 32-year old outfielder has his best season in his contract year and no one saw this coming! My favorite quote is from Papa Sarge when he says [...]

What Are You Hearing? March 6, 2007

March 6th, 2007, 4 Comments

You've got nuthin'.

What Are You Hearing? March 5, 2007

March 5th, 2007, No Comments

Welcome to a Monday Morning edition of What Are You Hearing?
Rhubarb_Runner writes: Nice little nod to Joe Nathan in point #5 of Buster Olney's interview with Huston Street:
(And SBG adds the snippet: Which closer has the nastiest pure stuff?
HS: Joe Nathan. His fastball tops out at 100, and crosses home plate with so much tilt [...]

What Are You Hearing? March 2, 2007

March 2nd, 2007, 24 Comments

Friday Morning at WGOM. The nested comments are still being tested... Damned recursive loop, I haven't had to deal with one of those in about 20 years.
First time WAYH Citizen Big Mak writes: Deadspin is doing a series where they preview every MLB team by having a hometown blogger write a piece on [...]

What Are You Hearing? March 1, 2007

March 1st, 2007, 36 Comments

Light day of news houndin' at the WGOM. Hey, did you hear that the Twins played a little ball last night?
ubelmann says: Not really news, but this made me chuckle.
SBG says: Packers interested in Moss. Jacksonville and New England, too. It wasn't that long ago when I seem to remember national [...]

What Are You Hearing? February 28, 2007

February 28th, 2007, 7 Comments

Your articles for today:
CarterHayes writes: This morning I came across a pretty interesting essay on the position of skyscrapers in the post-9/11 world, and particularly the boom of construction in the Middle East and China. And interesting read for anyone with an interest in architecture. The mile-tall Frank Lloyd Wright building mentioned [...]

What Are You Hearing? February 27, 2007

February 27th, 2007, 19 Comments

What to do? I'm caught in the horns of a dilemma.
I've got one article, but it's Moss referring to me being referred to in a story by Joe Christenson in his blog. If I link to it, this comment will appear at the blog. So, sorry, no link. But, I will [...]

What Are You Hearing? February 24-25, 2007

February 24th, 2007, 21 Comments

Welcome to the weekend edition of What are You Hearing? Following my lead, twayn picks up a nice little tidbit from a White Sox blog. Hopefully, as we get closer to the start of the season, you can pick a "favorite" team, blog, or news source and watch them for the SBG Nation. [...]

What are You Hearing? February 23, 2007

February 23rd, 2007, 10 Comments

Welcome to another edition of What are You Hearing? May I suggest that as the season news, a couple of you bird dog MLB.COM or local newspapers for the news from other teams in the AL Central.
brianS writes: What every mother probably should pay attention to.
Women who take a daily multivitamin before and [...]

What are You Hearing? February 22, 2007

February 22nd, 2007, 32 Comments

Welcome to another edition of What are You Hearing? where the readers of SBG Nation set the agenda.
CarterHayes writes: Just pre-ordered my copy of these puppies last night (they're due out 26 March). Wanted to pass the good word on to the anyone in SBG Nation who hasn't heard about them yet.
Andrew [...]

What are You Hearing? February 21, 2007

February 21st, 2007, 27 Comments

Welcome to another edition of What are You Hearing?, your chance to set the conversation by sending in stories to the WGOM.
brianS writes: uh oh.
I'm all in favor of Congress being able to alter the courts' statutory jurisdictions. They are statutory, after all. but screwing with habeas corpus rights is a different issue entirely. [...]

What Are You Hearing? February 20, 2007

February 20th, 2007, 36 Comments

Welcome to another edition of What are You Hearing?
brianS writes:
Satellite radio rivals XM and Sirius agree to merge. Yeah, but how is it gonna affect access to MLB broadcasts?
brianS writes:
Here's some interesting stuff from the Right side of the fence.
The first is a graph of Gini coefficients for income inequality in the U.S. over [...]

What Are You Hearing? February 19, 2007

February 19th, 2007, 6 Comments

Welcome to a Monday edition of What are You Hearing?
ubelmann writes:
This is a pretty good run-down of the rule changes [in baseball]. It's basically all minor stuff, but it seems that on many days about half the discussion surrounding any given game revolves around minor rules and their interpretations. Knowing is half the [...]

What Are You Hearing? February 16-17, 2007

February 17th, 2007, 6 Comments

This thing is kind of fun. I enjoy seeing what you guys dig up. As spring training gets fired up, I'm positive that there'll be a lot of sources for good baseball knowledge, but of course, pretty much any topic is fair game.
algonad writes:
Good article on an economist that does statistical analysis on [...]

What Are You Hearing? February 16, 2007

February 16th, 2007, 15 Comments

Some more strong offerings from the Nation.
CarterHayes writes:
Excellent post by Chad Finn over at Baseball Analysts on Strat-O-Matic, one that is a good trip down memory lane for any Strat addict. One thing that hit a chord with me was Finn mentioning why he drifted away from the game:

Dad and I retired unceremoniously from [...]

What Are You Hearing? February 15, 2007

February 15th, 2007, No Comments

Welcome to another edition of What are You Hearing? We've got several articles to look at today.
amr writes:
Today's dugout features the two Twins with the big postseason awards.
ubelmann writes:
I found this through a link on Christina Kahrl's latest Transactions Analysis. It's probably the most value I've gotten from her column in [...]

What Are You Hearing? February 14, 2007

February 14th, 2007, No Comments

We have an early leader in the clubhouse for best contributions. Come on, people! You can't let brianS just run away and hide with the "Best Contributor" honor?
brianS writes:
Scientists show the way to easing McHale into retirement.
Smoked Cannabis Reduces Foot Pain
Okay, so the full title has to do with HIV research. But maybe [...]

What Are You Hearing? February 13, 2007

February 13th, 2007, 24 Comments

We're still crawling along here, and I'm sure as the season gets nearer, the links will come flowing in!
Citizen brianS writes:
Via the Freakonomics blog: Lenny Dykstra
is now an investment advisor.
I bet Nails is bullish on Home Depot.

What Are You Hearing? February 10, 2007

February 10th, 2007, No Comments

We are still working on this feature. Let me make some suggestions for you as the readers. This project will work best if you as a reader follow a particular outlet and contribute to that. For example, Baseball Prospectus has a new blog called Unfiltered. It's not part of their premium [...]

What are You Hearing? February 9, 2007

February 9th, 2007, No Comments

Welcome to the newly reformulated feature here at SBG, What are You Hearing? This new feature allows you the reader to set the agenda at the WGOM. It's pretty simple. If you read an article that you think is interesting, send me a link to sbgnews@hotmail.com. Include a little text and [...]

What are You Hearing? February 8, 2007

February 8th, 2007, 3 Comments

I'm going to start this out today with the first link that I have received. I'll check again at lunchtime to see if there are any links added.
If you are not sure what I'm doing here, scroll down to read my "What are you Hearing" post from last night. My goal, briefly, is [...]

What Are You Hearing?

February 7th, 2007, 10 Comments

I'm going to try something new. Well, it's not actually new, but I'm going to use a new format.
A while back, I had a "What are you Hearing" post on the top of the page. I invited people to add stories to it, but it suffered a couple of problems. One, I [...]

Bo Schembechler Dead

November 17th, 2006, 3 Comments

What could possibly be a bigger story in college football than Michigan/Ohio State this weekend? Well, how about this: longtime Michigan head football coach Bo Schembechler has died today.