Chick's Perspective
Live Blogs Are Badass
In case you missed me live-blogging Game 1 of the ALCS between the reigning champ Boston Red Sox and the newly-awesome Tampa Bay Rays over at Walkoff Walk (best baseball blog not written by women) you’ll get another chance to play along on Monday night…
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Winner, Winner Fantasy Dinner
So back before the 2008 season began, we asked our awesome readers to join our fantasy baseball league. With an overwhelming response, we had to create three leagues.Here are the lucky winners, who get a sweet Babes Love Baseball t-shirt (printed by me…
9Oct2008 | Babes Love Baseball | 0 comments | Continued
Cubs Love Their Harden
The Chicago Cubs exercised Rich Harden’s $7 million option Wednesday, keeping the right-hander around for 2009.Harden, acquired by the Cubbies in early July from the Oakland Athletics, lost Game 3 of the NLDS against the Los Angeles Dodgers Saturday ni…
8Oct2008 | Babes Love Baseball | 0 comments | Continued
The Slow Demise of Tiger Stadium
Tiger Stadium has sat decaying at the corner of Michigan Avenue and Trumbull Boulevard since relief pitcher Todd Jones threw the last pitch on September 27, 1999. Going on nearly a decade of vacancy since the Tigers moved to Comerica Park in 2000, it l…
8Oct2008 | Babes Love Baseball | 0 comments | Continued
Mo Finally Fixes His Shoulder
At 38 years old with recurring arm issues and graying hair, New York Yankees closer Mariano Rivera had surgery on his right shoulder Tuesday.Rivera, who just finished up his 14th season with the Bronx Bombers (his one and only team) had 39 saves this y…
7Oct2008 | Babes Love Baseball | 0 comments | Continued
There’s Always Next Year…
So once again, the Boston Red Sox are off to the American League Championship Series. Another year, another pennant, yada, yada, yada.Instead of going on and on about how fricking awesome the Sawx are, we’re gonna go ahead and make fun of the Los Angel…
7Oct2008 | Babes Love Baseball | 0 comments | Continued
And Then There Were Four
The Tampa Bay Rays need to update their math. They began the season with 9=8, Manager Joe Madden’s philosophy that nine players playing consistently good baseball for nine innings every game will get them to be one of the eight teams in the playoffs. …
7Oct2008 | Babes Love Baseball | 0 comments | Continued
There’s Always Next Year…
The Chicago White Sox won four straight elimination games this weekend, only to blow it on a 6-2 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays in Game 4 of their AL Division Series Monday night. Gavin Floyd had seen better days, after a breakout season which ended with a…
6Oct2008 | Babes Love Baseball | 0 comments | Continued
There’s Always Next Year…
Was there anyone who didn’t want the Milwaukee Brewers to do well this post-season?We could wax poetic about how the baseball world was pretty excited to see the Beer Makers playing baseball in October after 26 looooong years, how CC totally kicked ass…
6Oct2008 | Babes Love Baseball | 0 comments | Continued
Some Of Us Have To Get Up Early In the Morning!
My sleep timer shut my TV off twice last night during the 12 inning nail-biter between the Angels and the Red Sox. It was worth the wait and the extra coffee today…Luckily, we have another day of ALDS action today. Well, not entirely lucky, since the…
6Oct2008 | Babes Love Baseball | 0 comments | Continued
Ozzie Strokes Cubbies, Fans with Kindness
The thoughtful Ozzie Guillen, Chicago White Sox skipper, had nothing but a string of pleasantries to help soothe the utterly deflated egos of the Cubs organization and the fans.”I think they went out and played their heart out. They just got beat,” sai…
6Oct2008 | Babes Love Baseball | 0 comments | Continued
Alyssa Milano Hearts the Dodgers
Super Mario Bros. 3 is released in Japan.Paul’s Boutique is being recorded at Mario G’s in LA.The nation falls in love with Kevin Arnold and Winnie Cooper when The Wonder Years debuts in March.The year was 1988 and it was the Dodgers’ world. The first …
5Oct2008 | Babes Love Baseball | 0 comments | Continued
It’s Going to Be a Long Winter in Chicago
In the spirit of the Chicago Cubs’ epic collapse into oblivion, I’d like to recommend some awesome reading material.Crazy ‘08 by Cait Murphy is a fun and informative look at the Cubbies’ long road to the 1908 World Series Championship, and seriously on…
5Oct2008 | Babes Love Baseball | 0 comments | Continued
There’s Always Next Year…
Oh, the Cubs. This was their year, right? Sweet Lou had a commercial for bottled water….Kosuke Fukudome was going to blow our minds with his mad skills….Kerry Wood was back, baby!…all those millions of dollars were spent and finally, all the piec…
4Oct2008 | Babes Love Baseball | 0 comments | Continued
Someday, We’ll Go All The Way
This blows.The Cubs were supposed to win it all this year.What good is a $120M payroll, the 2nd best home record in the majors and an obsessive fan base if you can’t even win one goddamn playoff game EVER?I was going to live-blog this game. But, it’s t…
4Oct2008 | Babes Love Baseball | 0 comments | Continued
Great post- the mets minor leagues are so much stronger then anyone gave them credit for- you guys called it ...
