May, 2006 Archive

Link(s) of the Week: O REILLY?

May 5, 2006

In which one of our favorite (rolling eyes) sportswriters expects to find sympathetic laughter at the expense of his favorite foil, but instead finds out only that he should keep his day job.

A’s recognize disasters other than Royals

May 5, 2006

OAKLAND, CA — Instead of spending his day off playing Tomb Raider: Legend, A’s pitcher Huston Street joined third-base coach Ron Washington and…other people on Thursday as they built a house for a family displaced by Hurricane Katrina. The A’s donated money for construction and the parking lot at McAfee Coliseum as a staging area [...]

MLB finds what congressmen already know: there’s money in DC

May 4, 2006

WASHINGTON, DC – Major League Baseball has finally found an ownership group for the Washington Nationals, and in the process generating $330 in profit which likely will be spent on more “I Live for This” ads. The new ownership group, headed by Maryland billionaire real-estate magnate Theodore N. Lerner, was approved by a phone vote [...]

Prospect sacrifices career so major-leaguers’ may live

May 2, 2006

NEW YORK, NY — A positive drug test meant a practically season-ending punishment for Devil Rays minor-league RHP Matt Rico, who was suspended for 100 games on Tuesday. The suspension is the second for Rico under rules imposed on Minor League Baseball by Major League Baseball in order to appear almost grotesquely tough on drugs [...]

Royals rearrange deck chair on SS Minnow

May 2, 2006

KANSAS CITY, MO — The Royals reacted to this year’s offensive struggles by demoting hitting coach Andre David, the team said Monday night. David was reassigned to the team’s minor-league organization rather than being fired, likely because of the career-ending implications of being fired by the Royals. David’s replacement is former minor league roving hitting [...]

LA Times’ headline writers furious at words

May 1, 2006

ANAHEIM, CA — The Los Angeles Times did its best to escalate the possible bad blood between the Angels and White Sox, but Sox manager Ozzie Guillen did his best to nip it in the bud on Sunday. After seeing the headline, “Chicago Manager Guillen is mad at Scioscia after Escobar hits Pierzynski,” Guillen said [...]

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