Entries from Geeky Baldisms tagged with 'Sports'

The Rites of Fall

College football has sadly become quite boring and predictable. Let me give you the rundown on how this season will go: The (insert SEC team here) will have their adoring local sportswriters announce that the (insert fractional Louisiana team here)...

Four Annoying Things about Sports

I was a baseball fanatic when I was nine years old. And lately, my forty-year-old love for the St. Louis Cardinals has outweighed my contempt for the rest of the sport, although I must confess to actually watching my first...

Bad Sportswriting

[rant on] You know, nobody likes a whiner/complainer. That's why I'm really reluctant to make postings like this, because it's basically whining/complaining on my part. But sometimes I get good and mad and have to vent. Where I live, there...

Let's All Weep for Barry Bonds

Barry Bonds can't get a job. A recent Sports Illustrated article outlined the steroid user's travails in that no team wants him. His agent (who would apparently deal with the devil himself) is talking about investigating the possibility of collusion....

All Bow to the Mighty Southeast Conference

The BCS stunk worse this year than normal. There was no clear-cut faceoff between #1 and #2. Instead, we had Ohio State (a good choice) and LSU (WHAT???). LSU was there largely because of their status as champion of the...

Yankee and Clemens Fan Interviews Clemens

Mike Wallace can inspire deep-seated terror when he strolls into a corporate office with a camera crew. But he was the WRONG choice to let accused steroid-pumper Roger Clemens have his say on 60 Minutes. Note these observations from the...

Why I Hate Baseball

I didn't take to sports right away. I grew up listening to the St. Louis Cardinals on the radio. My dad was a diehard fan. But it wasn't until the "ripe old age" of nine that I finally got bitten...