Have you ever watched the movie Fever Pitch? You know, the one where Jimmy Fallon plays a die hard Boston Red Sox fan. Well, there’s a time in the movie where it talks about the team playing with a fan’s heart and emotions. Right now, the Chicago Cubs are doing just that. The Cubs are riding high after Sunday’s no-hitter by Carlos Zambrano and near no-hitter by Ted Lilly.
But we all know, this is the Cubs we are talking about (billy goat, black cat, Steve Bartman…). So, when will they implode? Sure, the Cubs …read more

Hey Scott! Quit bullying all of the MLB owners and general managers with these ridiculous contracts!Photo: Newscom

Here we go again. Super-agent Scott Boras is making news in Major League Baseball. This time, Boras has informed the Pittsburgh Pirates that his client, Pedro Alvarez, will not be signing the contract they agreed to on August 15.
Alvarez was the Pirates’ first-round pick in the June MLB First-Year Player Draft. However, the MLB Players Association is filing a grievance on behalf of Alvarez, stating that the two parties agreed to the contract after the midnight deadline on Aug. 15.
I’m …read more

Last night’s Rockies – Padres game was exactly what October baseball is supposed to be like. I’ll admit, I was skeptical at first. I mean, it was a Rockies – Padres game, after all. Nothing against those teams in particular, but the home team had black sleeveless jerseys while the away team wore sandstone. All of this airing on TBS in between House of Payne reruns just didn’t make me think epic playoff baseball at first. But as the Monday Night Football game became increasingly unbearably boring, the Padres and the Rockies churned out one of those baseball games that …read more