Baseballtown, USA – Now that the Big Game is over and New York Football Giants are masters of the gridiron for the fourth time, we can get back to more important matters. Baseball is almost here. Pitchers and catchers report in less than two weeks. And soon the airwaves will be awash with the minutia of spring training. Lets take a look at what you’ll probably hear about between now and April. Continue reading »
Feb 092012
New York, NY – The big baseball news this week is the Detroit Tigers landing all-star first baseman, Prince Fielder for $214 million over nine years. Fielder will try to hit homeruns out of the cavernous Comerica Park for the better part of the next decade as the Tigers first baseman. The only problem is that the Tigers already have an All-Star first baseman by the name of Miguel Cabrera. Miggy hit .344 last season [...]
Couch City, USA – This weekend we’ll narrow down the dance contestants for the Vince Lombardi Trophyto four. Like last round, all of the games this weekend should be entertaining. You’ve heard predictions from the experts, so now I’ll give you my unqualified and less than rational picks for this weekend’s games. Lets take a look at the match-ups. Saturday afternoon, the New Orleans Saints travel to Candlestick as 3.5 point favorites over San Francisco. [...]
NEW YORK, NY – According to the Mayans, it’s almost the year that will be the last year ever. I know Mets fans would be happy if the world ended. That might be the only way to keep the team from sucking. But before the end of the world, we have to first get through the end of 2011. Tomorrow night, Short Matt will be donning the orange and blue tuxedo at a gala at [...]
New York, NY – We are just over a week away from Christmas and I know I’m ready for the festivities, the booze, the merriment, the cookies, the lights, the over-eating, and, of course, the booze. A few weeks ago I sent my letter to the jolly fat man at the North Pole. I asked for some sleep and for honest wages from the Matts. All I want is what’s coming to me. All I [...]
Nov 182011
New York, NY – I don’t have much to say about anything that has gone on this week because I really haven’t been paying attention. I do know that this Sandusky thing keeps getting more disturbing. I know that hippies are still protesting about something and I know that the Jets and Broncos tried to set a record last night for how many people could be put to sleep watching a football game. But that’s [...]
Nov 042011
New York, NY – For those of you tuning in looking for Cookie’s Corner and her hard-hitting celebrity and sports gossip, I’m sorry to disappoint you. Last week’s surprise blizzard left Cookie in the dark and Connecticut Light and Power has been working slower than Steve Trachsel to fix the problem. So I’ve been asked to take the mound on short rest this week. Cookie (hopefully) will be back next week. Lets start with the [...]
New York, NY – I had no idea what to write about so I figured I’d scribble down a few notes from watching two kinds of Rangers games, and It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown yesterday, which if I must say, gets better every time I see it. First, the Rangers I care about: The New York Rangers started their season in Scandinavia, where they lost two games, but picked up two points. From northern Europe, [...]
NEW YORK, NY – Now that the season is over for New York City, we can finally focus on how bad the Giants and Jets are and how the New York Rangers might not win a game until December. But before we get into football frustrations and how the Rangers are trying to kill me, lets take a look back at the what the Mets have actually accomplished in the last year. It all started [...]
Surprise: Rangers are Good, Jets and Giants are Not.
Surprise City – We are more than a quarter of the way through the NHL season and the Rangers definitely do not suck. Going into this season, I thought the Blueshirts would be fighting for the wooden spoon in the East. Instead they are in second place in the Atlantic Division with a few games in hand over the first place Pittsburgh Penguins. On the other side of the coin, the New York Giants have [...]