Rest in Peace, Sparky Anderson

One of my favorite figures in all of baseball died today. Sparky Anderson was one of the great managers of all time and don't let any moron tell you differently.He turned the Cincinnati Reds into one of the great teams in history without a legit Cy Young contending ace.He turned around a Detroit Tigers team and put together one of the great all together ass whuppin' seasons of the past three

And now it is quiet

If the Rangers bats didn't go in hibernation, the 7th Game of the World Series would have been played tonight.For the 7th straight year, the World Series has failed to go the distance... which is as much of a reason as any for the drop in viewership. Only one of the last 7 World Series even went to 6 games... so it is hard to build up any drama there.Either way, the World Series has been clinched

The All Time Home Grown vs. Acquired San Francisco Giants without a ring Rosters

With the Giants and their fans still celebrating their stunning World Series victory, it is as good a time as any to pay honor to those who played their hearts out for San Francisco but finished their playing career without a ring.So I decided to do a Home Grown vs. Acquired entry to honor those San Francisco Giants who never got to be crowned a World Champion.As I did before, I created two 25

Sully Baseball Honors... Bobby Murcer's 1977 Topps Card

I am currently putting together a Giants blog post with lots of baseball card pictures. I needed to find one of the late Bobby Murcer in a Giants uniform and this one kept popping up on Google Images.And I can't lie to you, dear readers. I am fascinated by it.This was the picture that the Topps editor decided to go with.This is TOPPS mind you... not Fleer who, as I wrote before, had a tendency to

MY WIFE DEFEATS A FISH!!!!

As I wrote before, my wife and my fish both predicted a Giants and Rangers World Series.My wife knows a little more than my fish, and yesterday she proved it once and for all.Wifey picked the Giants to win it.Red the fish picked the Rangers.And I've never seen my wife more proud than when she reigned supreme over a fish.I can make fun of wifey half watching the games and my fish swimming around..

Say what you want about New York fans... they don't burn stuff

I know it is chic to trash New Yorkers and their fans... and Lord knows as a Red Sox fan, I get trash from them and I throw it right back.But let's tip our caps to them for a minute.They don't burn stuff when their teams win.I've lived in Los Angeles County for three years and the Lakers have won 2 NBA titles since then. Both times, people turn over cars and burn stuff.When the Red Sox won the AL

I know these are going to be popular in San Francisco but...

Why are World Champion hats always so cluttered and ugly?I was toying with the idea of getting of one these for my son... but look at it.Half of it is in 5 point Helvetica Font.