Articles By: Matt Strobl

Seattle Mariners Fan Thrills Audience, Outshines Team With Slick Moves

With the exception of a couple of arms (Felix Hernandez, Michael Pineda), and a couple of young bats (Justin Smoak, Dustin Ackley), this pint-sized fan showcased the most talent that Safeco Field has seen in quite some time. Face it Mariners.  You can’t compete with this.

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Albert Pujols: Amazing Recovery Raises PED Questions

I’ll admit that I’m not a doctor.  I know precious little about platelet counts, metabolic rates or white blood cells.  Left to my own devices, I probably couldn’t diagnose an injury or provide a very accurate prognosis.  But when a player suddenly cuts more than half the time off of his recovery period following a [...]

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Derek Lowe Gets a DUI: Major League Stupidity

This spring, Tigers first baseman Miggy Cabrera earned a DUI and got belligerent with officers at the scene.  A few weeks ago, Cincinnati’s Mike Leake shoplifted $60 worth of T-shirts from a local Macy’s.  Now Atlanta’s Derek Lowe is the one making headlines. The 37 year old sinkerball pitcher was pulled over around 10pm Thursday night in Atlanta.  According to [...]

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Atlanta Braves: Roger McDowell Proves Bigotry is Alive and Well

In case you missed it, Atlanta Braves’ pitching coach Roger McDowell insulted and threatened San Francisco Giants fans at a game back on April 23rd.  I would say “allegedly”, but McDowell has since apologized which puts to bed the notion that he might have been falsely accused.  And frankly (as my buddy John put it) [...]

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Debunking Rick Reilly’s Bogus Sob Story

With a lockout in place, and the threat of a missed season on the horizon, many NFL fans are worried.  And there is widespread debate over who bears responsibility for this mess.  Are the players merely (for the most part) a group of greedy millionaires?  Or is it the billionaire owners who are to blame?  With so [...]

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UConn Championship Proves Cheaters Do Prosper

It’s not all that surprising to see the UConn Huskies raise a trophy, cut down the nets, and win a national title.  The odd part was that there weren’t more ponytails.  Or perhaps some make-up. At the start of the 2010-2011 season, all signs pointed to the UConn women’s team being a likely title-winner.  The men?  They [...]

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Yankees GM Cashman On a Roll with Embarrassing Comments

Suspect the Yankees of cheating?  You’re a “psychotic”.  Give your best pitcher the ball as much as possible?  You’re an “abuser”.  It seems as though the New York Yankees general manager has labels suited to any and all situations this weekend, and isn’t afraid to dish out the criticism. Brian Cashman has been in the [...]

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Auburn Program Under Mounting Suspicion

Allow me to drop the superficial objectivity for a moment.  It’s dishonest anyway, and I’d prefer to say what many of us are thinking. The Auburn football program is dirty.  This is about more than harping on the Newton issue, though that certainly plays a big role in having created the current storm of controversy [...]

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