Tag Archives: MLB

The Weekend Hangover: New Jersey Brown Bagger Edition

The Weekly Hangover is a gathering place for all the miscellaneous news, blog posts, and articles that were interesting and sports related, but yet not quite enough so for me to bother clambering down into my mother’s basement to write about. Served with a heaping helping of [...]

Viva La Revolution!

Hey, here’s an interesting moment in life – Bud Selig had an idea that I find myself in agreement with. It’s an oddly peaceful and yet totally frightening moment, like being trapped in the wrong end of a darkened, dead-end alley with a looming shadow coming towards you… and then realizing it’s your grandmother. The [...]

The Weekend Hangover: Clearing Out Two Weeks Of Links Edition

The Weekly Hangover is a gathering place for all the miscellaneous news, blog posts, and articles that were interesting and sports related, but yet not quite enough so for me to bother clambering down into my mother’s basement to write about. Served with a heaping helping of sarcasm, market price. This [...]

Manny Not Being Manny

Quite possibly one of my great regrets in sports, and one that few friends will ever let me live down, is my vociferous defense of Manny Ramirez in Boston. However, one positive thing about living the life that I have is that acknowledging mistakes has become second nature. Call it the burden of being an [...]

The Weekly Hangover: January 22-29, 2010

The Weekly Hangover is a gathering place for all the miscellaneous news, blog posts, and articles that were interesting and sports related, but yet not quite enough so for me to bother clambering down into my mother’s basement to write about. Served with a heaping helping of sarcasm, market price.
- I’ve heard it said that [...]

Family Versus Sports

Hi everyone. My name is Todd and I’m a footballaholic.
Hi Todd!
The ultimate beauty of the NFL season is this: unlike hockey, baseball, and basketball, every game is important (unless you root for the Bills, Raiders, or Lions that is). Losing streaks carry an extra burden unlike any other in professional sports. Lose four in a [...]

Exclusive Behind The Scenes With Paps & Theo

Today, The Sports Dawg has obtained exclusive photos and a transcript from the last minute negotiations between Red Sox GM Theo Epstein and closer Jonathan Papelbon which kept the two sides from going to arbitration Tuesday afternoon, resulting in a one-year $9.35 million deal. See the whole saga as it unfolded after the jump…

Sox Sign Beltre, Fans Begin Stirring The Kool-Aid

My quick analysis of the Adrian Beltre deal for the Red Sox? It’s not a bad move as offseason signings go, but it’s not nearly as good as what fans were expecting coming off last year. Okay, thank you very much – see you tomorrow!
What? You want a little more detail than that? Fine…
Overall, I [...]