FOX Sports gives you their top 10 of worst franchises in pro sports:
1. Pittsburgh Pirates
2. Kansas City Royals
3. Arizona Cardinals
4. Tampa Bay Rays
5. Detroit Lions
6. Boston Bruins
7. Minnesota Twins
8. Atlanta Hawks
9. Memphis Grizzlies
10. Los Angeles Clippers
Did you see Rick Ankiel nail two runners at third base last night? If you missed it, you can see the highlights here. Wow.
Oh, and he also homered in the game. Not a bad night.
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Get a load of this from Giants broadcaster Mike Krukow. He had a little trouble with the word “shot.”
Warning: Adult language (albeit by accident). Don’t watch it if you’re easily offended.
Hat tip: Awful Announcing
It’s Opening Day. ‘Nuff said.
I may have made predictions before, but here are my predictions for this season.
NL East: NY Mets
NL Central: Chicago Cubs
NL West: Arizona Diamondbacks
NL Wildcard: Atlanta Braves
AL East: Boston Red Sox
AL Central: Detroit Tigers
AL West: Seattle Mariners
AL Wildcard: Cleveland Indians
NLDS: Mets over Cubs, D’backs over Braves
NLCS: Mets over D’backs
ALDS: Tigers over Mariners, Indians over Red Sox
ALCS: Tigers over Indians
World Series: Tigers over Mets
The best spring training facility in the world is no longer home to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Yesterday the Dodgers played their final game at Dodgertown in Vero Beach, Fla. The facility has been the Dodgers’ spring training home for 61 years.
I’m going to miss the place. At least I can say that my last experience there was an interesting one.