Posts by Shane Ryan
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The Weekend Baseball Top 10: Stingy San Francisco Giants
Here are the most compelling matchups, stories, and personalities in Major League Baseball for the coming weekend. 10. Jose Bautista’s Incredible June (TOR-LAA) Bautista now has 14 home runs in June, which ties the American League record from the past 20 years (thanks, ESPN Stats & Information!). The all-time AL record is held by a […]
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About Last Night: Ruh-Roh, Rafa
In case you were out living a life of leisure, here’s what you missed in sports on Thurday. Lukas Rosol, virtually unknown in the tennis world, upset Rafael Nadal in the second round at Wimbledon, prevailing with a spectacular fifth set on center court. Things took an ugly turn late in the fourth set when […]
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Forkball: The Other Forgotten Pitch
With all the attention paid to R.A. Dickey and his fantastic knuckleball this season, I couldn’t help thinking back to when I was a kid and we all tried to throw knucklers. Some of us managed to throw pitches with no spin (my trick was throwing sidearm), but none of us could get it to […]
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About Last Night: Lincecum’s Giant Win
In case you were out living a life of leisure, here’s what you missed in sports on Wednesday. Tim Lincecum struck out eight over seven scoreless innings to earn his first win in two months and give the Giants their third straight shutout against the Dodgers, propelling them into a tie for first place in […]
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Why Won’t Doug Fister’s Teammates Support Him?
Being Doug Fister is the most thankless job in baseball. He’s the ultimate butt of some cosmic joke, or at least the poster boy for the idea that in a world of random luck, there has to be at least one guy who gets none. OK, maybe “none” is going too far — he plays […]
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About Last Night: Playoffs? Don’t Talk About Playoffs!
In case you were out living a life of leisure, here’s what you missed in sports on Tuesday. An NCAA presidential oversight committee approved a four-team college football playoff that will take effect in 2014 and run at least through 2025. “I can’t wait for the looks on everyone’s faces when they realize the new […]
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Phelps or Lochte: Who You Got?
Whenever I want to know someone’s true character, I ask them a very important question: Michael Phelps or Ryan Lochte? If they say Phelps, I know they’re a little goofy, a little quirky, and maybe dangerous. If they say Lochte, they’re calm, ambitious, and maybe dangerous. If they say they don’t follow competitive American swimming, […]
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About Last Night: Arizona Gets Its Meow On
In case you were out living a life of leisure, here’s what you missed in sports on Monday. The Arizona Wildcats are College World Series champions. Defensive replacement Brandon Dixon hit an RBI double in the ninth inning to break a 1-1 tie, spurring Arizona to a 4-1 win over South Carolina and a two-game […]
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The Powerful New York Yankees, and Why They’re Doomed
In the fourth inning of Sunday night’s 6-5 win over the Mets, Yankees first baseman Mark Teixeira came to the plate with one out and the bases loaded. In 27 postseason games since coming to the Yankees in 2009, Teixeira has hit .170 with three home runs in 106 at-bats. I won’t get into the […]
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About Last Weekend: To the Victors Go the Subways
In case you were out living a life of leisure, here’s what you missed in sports over the weekend. Nick Swisher broke R.A. Dickey’s long scoreless streak with a three-run homer, and Robinson Cano hit the game-winning solo shot in the eighth as the Yankees beat the Mets 6-5 to win the Subway Series. The […]