Tag: Seattle Mariners
September Sports: MLB Playoffs Races, NFL Hopes, Hockey Heating Up?
NEW YORK, NY – This weekend brings the unofficial end of summer. The kids will be back to school after the Labor Day Weekend. The days will get shorter and cooler. And we’ll be entering the best time of year for sports. Baseball is sprinting towards the playoffs as the final month of the regular […]
Angry Ward: Baseball’s Newest Mind-Numbing Metrics
BRONX, NY – Guess what, everybody? Baseball season started this morning! Yep, as stupid as this always sounds, America’s Pastime started today, a full week ahead of everyone else, with the Oakland A’s taking on the Seattle Mariners in Japan. “Buy me some sushi and green tea ice cream, I don’t care if I’m watching […]
Angry Ward: What If The Fix Was In On Miracle on Ice, 86 Series, Super Bowl III…
BRONX, NY – Yesterday I started reading ESPN’s piece on disgraced former NBA ref Tim Donaghy, and how he most likely fixed a whole mess of NBA games. This was a revelation only in that the NBA wanted everyone to believe that he never did (yeah, right) and that he was merely a guy with a […]
A Different Look: Mo and Moose join Halladay and Edgar in MLB Hall of Fame
This isn’t to say that no player before deserved an unanimous decision, but rather that the voters have been petulant jackasses for over 80 years.
RIP Bob Einstein, Mean Gene, The Captain. Mariners get Yusei Kikuchi plus NFL Curling
EL BARRIO, EL FALLS: I can’t tell you guys how hard I had to work to come up with these topics today. The first one was easy but the final two had me really searching. I always wanted to do an Angry Ward and talk about movies or something else but I decided to persevere […]
Angry Ward Wednesday: Carmelo Signs, A’s Fans are Missing, Exhibition Football Sucks
BRONX, NY – After what’s already been a fairly brutal summer (heatwaves, forest fires, and the inextinguishable dumpster fire at the White House), we move into the truly dreadful days of mid- to late-August. As a kid you remember this as the time when the “Back to School” ads and sales started popping up, and your […]
Sports Quiz. 5 Questions re Kyrie, DeMarcus, Mariners, Yankees, Odell, Adrian Peterson
SPANISH HARLEM – Happy 5th of July! I know it’s not a thing but welcome to my world. Here’s a Sports Quiz that the likes of an Angry Ward may only be able to answer. So pull up your pants and try to answer these questions re Kyrie Irving, DeMarcus Cousins, the Mariners, Yankees, Odell […]
Big Ben Tuesday: Yankees Offense Underacheiving, Primed for Big Second Half
Stamford, CT: Through Sunday, the New York Yankees have the best record in baseball at 46-21. They are on pace to break the record for most home runs in a season of 264. It has been impressive. But looking up and down the Yankees lineup, there are plenty of guys who are having sub-par years. […]
Angry Ward Wednesday: 2018 MLB Baseball Season Shaping Up as Suckiest Ever
NEW YORK, NY – I could spend today talking about how Trump disinviting the Philadelphia Eagles to the White House is a win-win-win, in that the Eagles don’t have to go, Trump doesn’t have to get butt-hurt because of the light turnout and bore us all with illiterate tweets, and the NFL looks like an even […]
MLB Covid 100, Derek Jeter Not Getting In Hall of Fame
NEW YORK, NY – For those expecting to see an in-depth look at the Philadelphia Eagles draft haul (it was awful) here today, apologies. Big-time Iggles fan, Buddy Diaz, is dealing with the loss of a close friend and asked for a pinch-hitter. So, here I am, a virtual Dave Kingman, stepping into the box; […]
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