Posts by Shane Ryan
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The Weekend Baseball Top 10: Central Bookings
Here are the most compelling matchups, stories, and personalities in Major League Baseball for the coming weekend. Fair warning: This is going to be an overwhelming weekend. The start of college football and U.S. Open tennis join baseball in a sort of sports cornucopia. And next weekend will be even more intense, when NFL football […]
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About Last Night: Gamecocks Got Game
In case you were out living a life of leisure, here’s what you missed in sports on Thursday. In the first night of the college football season, Marcus Lattimore ran for 110 yards and two touchdowns as no. 9 South Carolina held off Vanderbilt 17-13. I’ve never done this before, but Terrence the Grantland Robot, […]
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Your Semi-Ignorant Guide to College Football: Week 1!
You think you’re more excited than me about the start of college football? You think?! Then tell me this, hotshot: Did you bring a football to church to get blessed by a priest? In that case, you are definitely more excited than me. I wouldn’t do that. Seriously, though, how great is this time of […]
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About Last Night: The Critic’s Corner
In case you were out living a life of leisure, here’s what you missed in sports on Wednesday. Good morning. In today’s installment of About Last Night, we’re lucky enough to have renowned sports comedy critic Fenwick Vaughnagan on hand to analyze and critique every one of Ryan’s jokes. Vaughnagan was born in Caerwys, Wales, […]
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All Hail MLB’s Clingers
In a romantic sense, a “clinger” is a person — maybe a significant other, maybe something a bit less — who won’t leave you alone. Your classic clinger is needy to an extreme degree, and lives in a world where no public display of affection is too egregious. Every moment, he or she believes, should […]
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About Last Night: The Cash Society
In case you were out living a life of leisure, here’s what you missed in sports on Tuesday. Yankees GM Brian Cashman told a New York radio host that he “wasn’t surprised” that former players Bartolo Colon and Melky Cabrera were suspended for PEDs after spikes in performance.
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The Nutso AL Cy Young Race (Now With Power Rankings!)
Coming into Monday, David Price was the leading contender for the American League Cy Young Award. His 2.28 ERA led the major leagues among qualified starters, and he’d given up just two runs over 30 innings in August. His strikeout rate was just south of nine per nine innings, above other hopefuls like Felix Hernandez, […]
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About Last Night: King Felix, Ruler of Mediocrity
In case you were out living a life of leisure, here’s what you missed in sports on Monday. Red-hot Mariners ace Felix Hernandez tossed a five-hit, complete game shutout as the M’s squeaked by the Twins 1-0. In related news, Las Vegas is now a bankrupt ghost town after more than 100 million gamblers placed […]
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About Last Night: Rocket’s Relaunch
In case you were out living a life of leisure, here’s what you missed in sports over the weekend. Roger Clemens, 50 years old and pitching for the first time in five years, threw 3.1 scoreless innings for the Sugar Land Skeeters of the Independent Athletic League. Afterward, when the Skeeters owner found Clemens in […]
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The Weekend Baseball Top 10 Guide
Here are the most compelling matchups, stories, and personalities in Major League Baseball for the coming weekend.
