Articles By: Rich Stowe

Rich’s Rants – Volume IX

Another Tuesday is upon us and that means another edition of Rich’s Rants.  This week I’ll cover the Expansion Era HOF Veteran’s Committee vote, UCONN and the BCS, and the New York Yankees’ options now that Cliff Lee is going back to Philly.  I know, I know, a couple of these topics are a week [...]

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Rest in Peace Ron Santo

Thursday, December 2nd is a sad day for not only Cubs fans but for all baseball fans.  Ron Santo, the great third baseman and announcer for the Chicago Cubs passed away at the age of 70 from complications from bladder cancer.  According to his family, he slipped into a coma Wednesday and died Thursday night.  [...]

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Rich’s Rants – Volume VIII

It’s Tuesday, which means it’s time for another Rich’s Rants.  This week’s topics include fighting in the NFL, QBs laughing on the sideline during a blowout and TCU moving to the Big East.  My regular readers will be surprised that this is the first Rich’s Rants without one single baseball topic, so if you expected [...]

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How much is that closer in the bullpen?

The great Mariano Rivera is a free agent.  He is asking for a two year contract worth 18 million dollars a year.  The Yankees are balking at this for several reasons; mainly Mo’s age and the money (in regards to how much other closers get).

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Rich’s Rants: Volume VII

Well, it’s Tuesday and that means another edition of Rich’s Rants.  This week there are several topics on my mind (and I apologize in advance for them being all MLB related), so let’s get started. The first topic this week is about the MLB’s Awards (I could page after page on this topic, but will [...]

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Rich’s Rants: Volume VI

Welcome to another edition of Rich’s Rants.  This week there are three topics to cover, so let’s get started. The Major League Baseball Hall of Fame Veteran’s Committee Ballot has been announced and there are several players and others on the list to be voted on.  There is one name in particular I want to [...]

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Rich’s Rants: Volume V

Welcome to another edition of Rich’s Rants; where each Tuesday I discuss several topics that are on my mind from the previous week in sports.  This week there are three topics I’ll cover, so let’s get started. First off, congratulations to the San Francisco Giants in winning the 2010 World Series, 4 games to 1 [...]

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Why the Girardi Hate?

With the Yankees and Joe Girardi in talks for a new contract (reported to be 3 years for 3 million per), a lot of Yankee fans and some sports writers have questioned why the Yankees are going to resign him.  This is mind boggling to me.  Keith Law of ESPN on Twitter yesterday in a [...]

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