Category Archives: Baseball

“I’ve been traded to……NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!”

By Adam Lambert | Published: November 9, 2010
One of the other Dirty Hippies posed the following question yesterday: Here’s the scenario. You’re a pro athlete. One day the coach calls you in and says “son, you’ve been traded to ___________.” What the worst team you can fill in the blank with? Four leagues, and feel free to elaborate on why if you feel [...]
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Is Halladay already a Hall of Famer?

By Adam Lambert | Published: October 7, 2010
Yes, he’s only played for 13 seasons so far, and yes, I’m a self-described “tough grader” when it comes to who gets my vote. But on the other hand, I’ve always put a highly subjective “does he FEEL like a Hall of Famer when I’m watching his career unfold” test on players – rightfully [...]
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Derek Jeter, a man of honor and integrity. After the game, anyway.

By Sam Smith | Published: September 16, 2010
So Jete admitted, in a post-game interview, what everybody in the world knew except the ump – the pitch hit the bat instead of him. Nonetheless, he hammed it up like an Argentinian striker taking fire from the Grassy Knoll. Fakes his way [...]
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The complex legacy of George Steinbrenner

By Sam Smith | Published: July 13, 2010
George Steinbrenner is dead. Let me begin by saying that I’m a Red Sox fan and a lifelong Yankee-hater who loathed Steinbrenner from shortly after I first heard his name. Let me further note that for the better part of the last three decades I have argued, passionately and to anyone who’d listen, that there were [...]
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I Despise Interleague Play

By Richard Allen Smith | Published: June 24, 2010
For many years, my seasons half been on a different timeline than most of the rest of the world. While others break the year up with firm divisions based on planting seasons, school schedules or celestial positioning, my schedule coincides with America’s pastime. The first day of Spring is the day pitchers and catchers report. [...]
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(Don’t?) Believe the Hype….

By Adam Lambert | Published: June 23, 2010
I’m a sucker for hyped rookie talent in baseball. Have been for years – since a hot September by a young player led to a great Strat-o-Matic card the following year. Hell, one of my oldest and closest friends bought a batch of Dave Valle rookie cards based on his [...]
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