Another night, another Mets collapse: this time they blew a four-run lead before falling 9-6 to the Cubs in 10 innings. Combine that with CC Sabathia pitching a gem on short rest to lift the Brewers to a 4-2 win over the Pirates and you’ve got a tie for the NL Wild Card. Instead of buying seats as souvenirs when the season is over , Mets fans might just be ripping them apart in disgust after another late-season collapse.
The Phillies lost, too, but even more troubling, as the PHILADELPHIA DAILY NEWS reports, was this: the Philadelphia Police Department bomb squad blew up the hot dogs the Phillie Phanatic shoots into crowds between innings , after someone called in about a suspicious package. They were hardly a danger to the public, unless you count the nitrates, fat and sodium. But this is Philadelphia, the home of the cheese steak - when it comes to food leading to heart attacks, hot dogs are the least of their concerns.
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Wilson Chandler, 21, has taken a spot as a starting forward under Knicks Coach Mike D’Antoni and is a burgeoning contributor.
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Milwaukee: It’s been a helluva ride for the Brewers. The beginning of September was a much different landscape in baseball with the Mets in first place in the NL East by two games, while Milwaukee was only 4 ½-games behind Chicago for the first place spot in the Central.
Even though the Brewers would have liked to seal up the division, the Cubs decided to turn up the heat. The only oth... more
The day before the post season starts and everybody is jumping in with their picks. From what I hear on Philly sports radio, most Philly fans think the Phillies will win the series in three or four games. This should not surprise anyone.... more
Filed under: Phillies , MLB Playoffs In the Playoff Pulse series, our MLB editor takes on a hot October topic. Pat Burrell has been an on-again, off-again whipping boy for the ever-fickle fans in Philadelphia during most of his time with the Phillies. He’s the type of player fans and moody old columnists love to boo and hiss at when things are going poorly. It’s all too easy to focus on his limitations as a player, especially when the team is struggling. He doesn’t h... more
The pink cap has been a source of contention is baseball fandom since clothing manufacturers discovered they could sell team clothing successfully without having to use the team’s actual colors. Now, the BOSTON GLOBE is examining the pink hat issue among Red Sox fans, and the supposed sociological issues that the pink only touches the tip of.
The debate over the caps basically boils down to the die-hards saying that pink gear wearers aren’t real fans, and they’re ba... more
Not devastating for Brooks’ favorite MLB team, but still notable: Kansas City Royals utility infielder Alberto Callaspo spent early Friday morning in jail after getting picked up for driving under the influence by the University of Missouri-Kansas City campus police.
The KANSAS CITY STAR notes that Callaspo was out by 10 A.M. yesterday, and available to play against the Cardinals this weekend. Aside from the usual platitudes about regrettable actions by GM Dayton Moore and... more
SbB has been following the will-he-or-won’t-he saga of Kings forward Ron Artest and his decision on whether or not to exercise his opt-out clause, noting that he won’t take a cut in pay just to get a title . Now, the interest for his services has ratcheted up enough to where the SACRAMENTO BEE’S Sam Amick is expecting him to test the waters .
Amick got Artest to respond to a Peter Vecsey column in the NEW YORK POST, with Vecsey claiming Artest would exercise ... more
Hosting an Olympic Games is not cheap. There’s all the stadium construction, the security costs, trying to keep the protesters in line, and so forth. Now, if you’re China, what are you going to do to try and recoup some of the costs?
Have an absolutely massive garage sale and make everything available , including Yao Ming’s bed, according to the L.A. TIMES’s Olympics blog.
CHINA DAILY reports that Beijing Game organizers hope to raise up to $1 billion yua... more
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