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Recent Posts by msacheson
May 24, 2005
Fantasy Golf, anyone? (more inside)
posted by msacheson to fantasy at 12:06 AM - 0 comments
January 29, 2005
Eagles sign Walter Mitty Jeff Thomason to play in Super Bowl.: When Chad Lewis, the Philadelphia TE who caught two touchdowns in the NFC championship game, was ruled out of the Super Bowl with a foot injury, the Eagles called on an ex-player and current construction project manager to fill Lewis's spot. A neat story about a former role player called out of retirement to play in the big game.
posted by msacheson to football at 12:23 PM - 10 comments
December 23, 2004
Fantasy League admin question: conducting online draft via chat session (MI)
posted by msacheson to fantasy at 12:07 PM - 2 comments
November 22, 2004
: The Chronicles of Ricky, part 10. In which Ricky Williams is found in the California Sierra foothills studying to be a holistic healer. The program is supposed to take a year and a half, but my money says he drops out before Christmas.
posted by msacheson to football at 11:58 AM - 3 comments
July 12, 2004
: Tim Montgomery and Marion Jones both failed to qualify for the Olympics in the 100 meters. Very interesting...
posted by msacheson to other at 12:49 AM - 32 comments
May 20, 2004
Golden State Warriors fire Musselman - target Stanford's Mike Montgomery as coach.: New boss Chris Mullin is shaking things up. Did Musselman deserve to go? I don't know, but the scuttlebutt says he wasn't Mullin's guy. Montgomery would certainly generate some interest in the team and fuel optimism. Further speculation: drafting Josh Childress. (but they don't need another 2-3-4 position player, they need a point guard)
posted by msacheson to basketball at 09:06 AM - 6 comments
April 23, 2004
You gotta be kidding me. The golfer ranked 124th in driving accuracy is on the cover of Golf Digest this month, purporting to teach me how to take control of my tee shots. That's like taking auto-driving lessons from Mr. Magoo.
posted by msacheson to golf at 07:27 PM - 5 comments
April 16, 2004
The baseball season got underway in earnest tonight - when the Red Sox and Yankees met at Fenway for the first of 19 games scheduled this season. Boston won 6-2 in a game which included a non-homer by Manny Ramirez, errors from Jeter and Giambi, great pitching from Tim Wakefiled for Boston, and a most annoying feature from Fox (effing 'Scooter').
posted by msacheson to baseball at 10:30 PM - 34 comments
March 11, 2004
Imagine Kobe deciding to only play road games when the Lakers visited Philadelphia (he grew up there), Portland (close to Nike headquarters), New York (legendary showcase Madison Square Garden) and Atlanta (Coca-Cola headquarters). Or Jason Giambi only playing road games in Oakland (began career there) and Anaheim (southern California native). True, those are players in team sports, but it's close to the scenario explaining why Tiger Woods only plays certain events, and why tournaments he doesn't usually play have so little chance at getting a lift from golf's number 1 drawing card.
posted by msacheson to golf at 11:50 PM - 6 comments
February 07, 2004
Well, Since You Asked...: is a blog by Tolu Thomas of his sports commentary. Some good entries recently, like Sports' Guilty Pleasures: Injured NBA players who wear gaudy suits while sitting on the bench; Rickey Henderson; When the "halo rule" is violated on a punt return; Gymnasts and ice skaters who fall during their routines.
posted by msacheson to general at 11:12 AM - 8 comments
December 01, 2003
Callahan tries to clarify 'dumbest' remark.: What did you mean, Bill, stupidest? It doesn't take a brain surgeon, or even a middle linebacker, to know that the Raiders will fire Callahan after the season.
posted by msacheson to football at 10:53 PM - 9 comments
November 28, 2003
Tiger Woods engaged to marry : girlfriend of two years Elin Nordegren. I wonder how much two months salary is for him?
posted by msacheson to golf at 06:23 PM - 71 comments
November 26, 2003
These : are what I would like to buy Phil Mickelson for Christmas. (via mr_crash_davis on MetaFilter) What would you buy for your favorite/least favorite athlete?
posted by msacheson to general at 04:45 PM - 15 comments
November 16, 2003
'Your body has a long memory. If you're going to do things that hurt your body, you're going to pay the price later.' : Bill Romanowski claims he used nothing but legal nutritional supplements and carried them with him in a fishing tackle-like box. But now it seems he got HGH from BALCO, according to his wife in 1999. Big, bad Bill expressed thoughts about what white players needed to do 'to compete with the black guy in a mostly black sport.' To make matters worse, Romo is one of four Raiders who tested positive for THG, CBS reported today.
posted by msacheson to football at 11:38 PM - 9 comments
KC Chiefs unbeaten no more: defeated by the team formerly known as the Bungles. Does the credit go to (my pick for) Coach of the Year, the Boast, or the SI cover jinx?
posted by msacheson to football at 10:49 PM - 12 comments
October 20, 2003
I've played floor hockey, broomball, field hockey (took one damn shot in the shin) and knock hockey, all variants of ice hockey (played that, too). But I had never heard of underwater hockey until this NY Times story. Crazy, and sounds like fun. Hockey has got to have the most variants of any sport.
posted by msacheson to hockey at 07:03 PM - 11 comments
October 14, 2003
Kudos to Cubs fan and up-to-the-minute blogger Brian Carstens. His [Untitled] Cubs Page has an eighth-inning dispatch on tonight's game. He pins the blame for a Cubs loss on Dutsy Baker, not the fan who interfered, not Gonzalez who booted a grounder, not a Billy Goat or anything else.
posted by msacheson to baseball at 10:17 PM - 64 comments
September 26, 2003
Twenty years ago today, the longest winning streak in the history of sports was ended when "Australia II" won the America's Cup. The event is celebrated in Australia and marked a monumental change in the premier event of the sport of sailing. I still remember where I was. (some consider it all to be a myth)
posted by msacheson to other at 01:41 PM - 7 comments
September 17, 2003
Power to the (old) people. Who should win NL manager of the year? Atlanta's Bobby Cox (62), San Francisco's Felipe Alou (68), or Florida's Jack McKeon (72), whose Marlins have the best record since late May?
posted by msacheson to baseball at 12:48 PM - 13 comments
August 14, 2003
[weblog as conversation] So, Red Sox Nation, please tell me: are you happy with your Theo Epstein-Bill James-Bill Mueller 2003 Sox? Or are the 'New Baseball' ideas (by Scott Ostler) kooky? Great line about James: he's kept "in the background, like the zany uncle who does birdcalls."
posted by msacheson to baseball at 11:07 AM - 9 comments
July 29, 2003
Phil was right.: Remember when Mickelson woke the sleeping Tiger with his "inferior equipment" remark back in February? Maybe Woods has come to agree; he is switching from his Nike driver back to his old Titleist driver. (Course, it didn't help him against Sergio and Phil last night, eh? Anybody watch?)
posted by msacheson to golf at 03:12 PM - 22 comments
July 24, 2003
Jan. 3, 1973: The Lamb breaks the seventh seal, the Angel blows the seventh trumpet, earthquakes ravage the globe, California sinks into the Pacific, the sun disappears from the sky, the moon runs crimson, zombies roam the earth and Steinbrenner buys the Yankees.
Happy 100th birthday, New York Yankees. A history by Jim Caple.
posted by msacheson to baseball at 08:12 PM - 3 comments
July 21, 2003
Cancer must be pretty much under control and transplants have become routine, right? .. that is .. if the Mayo Clinic is researching the "Yips". Opening paragraph of the background of the study: "Every year, on greens across America and throughout the world, golfers confront a problem with major consequences – the YIPS. This affliction can make average players quit, good ones lose confidence, and great ones lose sleep." "Relax? How can anybody relax? You have to grip the club, don’t you?" -Ben Hogan
posted by msacheson to golf at 06:24 PM - 0 comments
July 10, 2003
Pittsburgh Pirate Assaults Sausage: Yes, you read that right, but it might not be what you think. (What were you thinking, you perve?)
You know the mascot races in Milwaukee? They're people in big, foam sausage suits? Yeah, those. A professional baseball player actually hit one of them with a bat Wednesday night. Tell me: WHY??? I gotta see this on video.
(Seriously, I hope the young woman will be well soon, and able to run/walk in the Sausage 5k Race)
posted by msacheson to baseball at 03:02 AM - 18 comments
April 29, 2003
"I hope we get (expletive) hotter than (expletive), just to stuff it up them 3,000 (expletive) people that show up every (expletive) day,'': Lee Elia's tirade, 20 years ago today. I never knew of this until an SI story on Chicago baseball a couple weeks ago. It's f***ing hilarious... Uncensored (cites wrong date...via Sean Parnell's Chicago page)
posted by msacheson to baseball at 11:19 PM - 7 comments