Posts Tagged ‘MLB’

A Blogosphere Q&A… with me? Ballhyped interviews their Sports Blogger of the Year

January 6th, 2012 by Chris Humpherys

BALLHYPED: Chris, first of all, congrats on winning the 2011 Sports Blog of the Year Tournament. How’s that new crown fit? Read the rest of this entry »

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They said what? Another glorious week of sports sound-bites starring Albert Pujols, Bob Stoops, Derek Fisher and Rex Ryan

October 25th, 2011 by Chris Humpherys

Meet Albert Pujols, new master of the understatement.  Read the rest of this entry »

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Bud Selig cares not about baseball fans and I have proof

September 30th, 2011 by Chris Humpherys

I have a beef with the Commissioner.

Not Commissioner Stern.  Not Commissioner Goodell.  This time around it’s the man, the myth, the-soon-to-be-retired-but-it-can’t-come-soon-enough Commissioner Selig. Read the rest of this entry »

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Rays in, Sox out, miracles never cease

September 29th, 2011 by Chris Humpherys

Wednesday afternoon, 161 games into the Major League season with only one remaining, I was psyched at the possibility of attending a one-game playoff between the Boston Red Sox and the Tampa Bay Rays at Tropicana Field. Read the rest of this entry »

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Fair or foul? Reconsidering human behavior when souvenirs fly our way

September 23rd, 2011 by Chris Humpherys

Anyone who’s been watching the Rays chase down the Red Sox for the lone American League wild card spot knows Tampa Bay’s pitching staff (3.59 team ERA, 2nd best in the A.L.) has kept opposing hitters on their heels all season long.

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Fun with baseball surnames: The night Charlie Furbush came to Tampa

August 21st, 2011 by Chris Humpherys

While writing a recap of Saturday night’s Tampa Bay Rays-Seattle Mariners game, most credible media outlets probably tastefully reported the facts with little or no room for imagination.

Fortunately, this is no such website. Read the rest of this entry »

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The case for spell check in Major League Baseball

August 2nd, 2011 by Chris Humpherys

I self-edit, which can be a good thing… and a bad one.

Such are the benefits of running one’s own website.  Maintaining one’s own viral venue with no producers, editors or censors in sight means I am allowed to speak my mind freely.  I answer only to you: the reader… and of course, my own conscience. Read the rest of this entry »

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Hey, now. You’re an All-Star. So What?

July 15th, 2011 by Chris Humpherys

The mid-summer classic came and went last week with the sounds of crickets chirping loudly in the background. Read the rest of this entry »

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SportsChump makes the Majors, contemplates HGH: A hypothetical fairy tale

July 8th, 2011 by Chris Humpherys

I’m about to turn 43.

Roger Clemens is 48.  Mark McGwire is 47.  Barry Bonds and Rafael Palmeiro are both 46.  Sammy Sosa is 42 and Andy Pettitte is 39.

These are the names most commonly associated with Major League Baseball’s steroid era.  Read the rest of this entry »

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Mark Cuban pays it forward

June 17th, 2011 by Chris Humpherys

“These people depend upon tips for a living!”

-Charles Grodin as Jonathan Mardukas in Midnight Run

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