Tag: Billy Wagner
ANGRY WARD WEDNESDAY: K-TEL'S 70s SPORTS SOUNDS SPECTACULAR
by Angry Ward TIN PAN ALLEY, NY – As we’ve covered here time and time again, sports and music just seem to go together. Some athletes are just natural born singers and musicians (Smokin’ Joe Frazier and the late Waymon Tisdale come to mind), and on the flipside there are some recording artists who are […]
ANGRY WARD WEDNESDAY: KEY OFF-SEASON MOVES
NEW YORK, NY – It’s never too early to take a look around Major League Baseball and see what every team has been up to this winter. Sure there have been several high-profile trades and signings, but sometimes it’s those more subtle moves that can make or break a season. So, without further ado, here’s […]
COOKIE'S CORNER: SCRANTON/WILKES-BARRE AAA WISDOM AND WIT
Wilkes-Barre, PA – As we hit the end of another week where the Yankees are in first place, I am cleaning out the mental closet for stuff to post. Surely you all don’t want to talk baseball (except Yankee Joe.. and he and I will discuss in that cold shower, which of course I’ll jump […]
HERE'S AN IDEA: JUST PLAY HURT
WAGGA WAGGA, AUSTRALIA – Despite Angry Ward’s Ghandi-like opposition to our muy macho ideals re toughing out injuries and our inclination to the rougher sports out there, today we simply have this to say to all the highly paid, long-term contracted professional athletes out there: JUST PLAY HURT. One could easily cite example after example […]
KANGAROOS COULD FIX YOUR TEAM
BYRON BAY, AUSTRALIA – When the news of the preposterous yet history-making loss by the New York Metropolitans – the snake bitten baseball club in Flushing , NY – finally reached us here in sun-soaked beachcomber haven Byron Bay, we couldn’t help but laugh out loud… Repeatedly. An unassisted triple play. Come on, now. Really. […]
ANGRY WARD WEDNESDAY: BRETT IT BE
MANKATO, MINNESOTA—Thank God the Minnesota Vikings signed George Carlin’s corpse to a two-year contract yesterday. I was really missing that guy. I must have received two dozen e-mails and/or text messages (by the way, I hate text messages as much as “Fletch†hated Tommy Lasorda) yesterday all poking fun at Favre being a Viking. Funny […]
Why Are The Mets MLB’s Biggest Bullpen Losers?
BLOOMINGBURG, NY – Losing. It sucks no matter what you’re competing in. I know a lot about losing as my Boston Bruins sh!t the bed Wednesday night at home in a Game 7 for all the marbles. In the process of losing the Stanley Cup, despite Boston being recently labeled as the City of Champions, […]
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