BUNT-GATE: REYES COMING BACK AS PLAYER/MANAGER OF METS
FLUSHING, NY – It’s official, the New York Metropolitans could flock up a rock fight. What is it about season-ending games and this organisation (Canadian […]
Year: 2011
ANGRY WARD WEDNESDAY: NAMING CANDY BARS AFTER REX, WRIGHT, JOE PA & KIM K
NEW YORK, NY – Why the hell don’t they name candy bars after famous athletes anymore? Is it simply because the Reggie Bar looked like […]
GROTE’S GRIPES: STUPID SPORTING QUESTS
HAVANA, CUBA – How did sports and stupid human tricks become intertwined? Why does the news media think people care about Guinness Book of World Record […]
MONDAY MORNING QB: CALL ‘EM COME-FROM-BEHIND NFL WINS, NOT COMEBACKS
NFL HQ – A wacky day in the NFL yesterday, as seemingly no lead was safe. To recap: Bills and Pats Excellent Adventure: Coming back on […]
THE SOUND AND THE FURY… USING FAULKNER TO PICK NFL GAMES
Today is homage to one of my favorite American authors, William Faulkner, who was born on this day in 1897. OXFORD, MS – Spectators love […]
Poker Games, Ponzi Schemes and Government Lies
Carlo “Charles” Ponzi didn’t invent the con that bears his name. Far from it. The scam goes back at least as far as robbing Peter […]
COOKIE’s CORNER: GETTING “CHICKED” – WHEN WOMEN BEAT MEN
NEW YORK – We’re at the end of baseball season for most teams, not all – right Different Matt? Yankee Joe? West Coast Craig? – […]
ANGRY WARD WEDNESDAY: BEANES, PITTS, AND MONEYBALL
NEW YORK, NY – The highly-anticipated film adaptation of Michael Lewis’s bestseller Moneyball hits theaters this Friday and already it’s generating some Oscar buzz. To […]
GROTE’S GRIPES: LARRY KING ON MARIANO, ZARA PHILLIPS, RUGBY, BRODEUR & PRINCE PHILLIP
MIAMI, FL – Hey gang, it’s me Larry King back with you again on Meet The Matts at the request of my good friend Grote2DMax. It seems […]
YOU CAN CALL ME RAYS; WILL BOSTON FOLD WILDCARD?
Strip Club Capital of the World–There are only ten days left in baseball’s 2011 regular season…which, as many Met fans know, is plenty of time […]