Posts by Spike Friedman
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About Last Night: Fear the Cubs
In case you were busy talking yourself into Marcedes Lewis’s fantasy bounce-back potential, here’s what you missed in sports on Tuesday: Clayton Kershaw was outpitched by Cubs starter Travis Wood, and the Dodgers were unable to finish a late rally, falling 3-2 to the Chicago Cubs. Kershaw, whose inefficiency forced him out of the game […]
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About Last Night: The Cardinal Way
In case you were busy trying to stay awake during an all-day meeting on autograph compensation, here’s what you missed in sports on Monday: The St Louis Cardinals beat the Cincinnati Reds, 8-6, to regain the lead in the hyper-competitive NL Central. Allen Craig continues to be the clutchest player in baseball … hold on […]
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About Last Weekend: Dodgers' Pet Peavy
In case you were busy spending your weekend working for the weekend, here’s what you missed in sports last weekend: It took a three-hitter from Jake Peavy to finish the job, but the Los Angeles Dodgers finally dropped a series for the first time since June after losing the rubber match of their interleague tilt […]
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About Last Night: Fear the Kershaw
In case you were busy reconfronting traumatic memories related to seeing the movie Daredevil in theaters, here’s what you missed in sports on Thursday: Los Angeles starter Clayton Kershaw’s phenomenal season continued in Miami, as he threw eight scoreless innings and lowered his ERA to 1.72 in the Dodgers’ 6-0 win over the Marlins. Of […]
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About Last Night: Absolutely Ichiro
In case you were busy looking at pictures of Russell Wilson doing yoga for a long, long while, here’s what you missed in sports on Wednesday: New York Yankees outfielder Ichiro Suzuki amassed his 4,000th career professional hit in traditional Ichiro fashion, slapping a single into left field during the Yankees’ 4-2 win over the […]
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About Last Night: Boston Bows Out
In case you were busy arguing about the correct definition of “blue moon,” here’s what you missed in sports on Tuesday: Red Sox superprospect Xander Bogaerts went 0-for-3 in his major league debut, and Marco Scutaro drew a walk-off RBI walk to give San Francisco a strange 3-2 win over Boston. “We’re disappointed with the […]
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About Last Night: Fernandez Mania in Miami
In case you were out becoming more mosquito bite than man, here’s what you missed in sports on Monday: Miami Marlins starter Jose Fernandez shut down fellow NL Rookie of the Year candidate Yasiel Puig and the Los Angeles Dodgers in a 6-2 victory. “Miami, so close to home yet a million miles away,” Puig […]
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About Last Weekend: Revenge of the A-Rod
In case you were busy taking in that new Woodsy Allen movie because it doesn’t have that nervous fellow who is always in them, here’s what you missed in sports last weekend: Alex Rodriguez responded to being hit by a pitch by Red Sox starter Ryan Dempster in the second inning with a rally-starting home […]
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About Last Night: Carpenter Hammers Pittsburgh
In case you were busy sitting on a 70 million pound war chest because it’s just too heavy to move, here’s what you missed in sports on Thursday: Matt Carpenter provided four hits and the game-winning run as the St. Louis Cardinals took the rubber match of their series against the Pittsburgh Pirates 6-5 in […]
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About Last Night: L.A. Dodges Defeat
In case you were busy brainwashing your current star quarterback so he won’t talk with your former star quarterback lest things get awkward, here’s what you missed in sports on Wednesday: The Los Angeles Dodgers continued their stunning run, pairing an Andre Ethier game-tying ninth-inning home run with 12th-inning heroics from Yasiel Puig to top […]
