http://www.sportswriter.net Pull up a chair and chew the fat Mon, 07 Jul 2008 04:58:48 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Catch the latest Tour de France 2008 coverage over at bicycle.net http://www.sportswriter.net/2008/tour-de-france-2008/ I was a little sad to hear that Mike Piazza retired this week, unsigned and out of uniform. For Barry Bonds to fade out of baseball and disappear unclaimed and unwanted makes sense. It is unfortunate to see the greatest offensive catcher ever ride off into the ... http://www.sportswriter.net/2008/dodgers-piazza/ Leave it to the illiterates at USA Today to title a story Ex-Yankee catcher's memorabilia goes to auction. Ex-Yankee catcher? Ex?!? Made me think of some x-rated expletives! Thurman Munson never played for any other team. When he died in an airplane crash he was the captain of ... http://www.sportswriter.net/2008/thurman-munson-auction/ I have never seen an article like Rob Neyer's Thurman Munson and Carlton Fisk today about a football or basketball story. Baseball box scores never die. Neyer does a spectacular forensic study in his new book "Rob Neyer's Big Book of Baseball Legends" of a story I read years ... http://www.sportswriter.net/2008/munson-fisk/ OK, I was impressed with today's one-pitch win by Joe Beimel, but troyfromwestvirginia is a Beimel-lovin' freak. He's recorded at least 5 YouTube videos about his icon and has this lovely animated Joe Beimel bobblehead as the background of his YouTube page. Way to go, Troy. You put fanatic ... http://www.sportswriter.net/2008/the-legend-of-joe-beimel/ I was greeted at the office today with a trivia question... what is the fewest number of pitches needed to win a MLB game? The trap I fell into was thinking of starting pitchers and began thinking of 15, one pitch per batter for 5 innings in a rained-out ... http://www.sportswriter.net/2008/baseball-no-pitcher/ I'm conflicted. My brain tells me there is no such thing as a jinx. My heart tells me otherwise. The haunted expression of the construction worker who dug up the jersey of the Red Sox's David Ortiz in the concrete of the Yankee Stadium-to-be tells me that more than ... http://www.sportswriter.net/2008/baseball-jinxes/ Women's NCAA Tournament automatic bids Link to the original article http://www.sportswriter.net/2008/womens-ncaa-tournament-automatic-bids-45/ All times ET Link to the original article http://www.sportswriter.net/2008/mens-ncaa-tournament-schedule-tv-times-40/ Women's NCAA Tournament automatic bids Link to the original article http://www.sportswriter.net/2008/womens-ncaa-tournament-automatic-bids-43/