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Week of December 8th: 60 feet, Six inches is Back!
Posted: 8th December 2009 by Sixty Feet, Six Inches in MLB, NFL
We return from hiatus with our full focus on this podcast. In this episode we invite my roommate Calvin to join us as a guest. We discuss the Saints and the Colts, the concussion issue, the MLB Winter Meetings and Christmas gift ideas for sports fans.Click here to listen to the Podcast. (To save, right-click and select "save target as")This podcast is now available on iTunes and Zune Marketplace. Subscribe ...
In the wake of the Yankees' 27th and most recent World Series championship two days ago, we're likely to hear a lot of talk about parity in baseball. The arguments will mostly be divided into two camps. One side will cry foul. "This is an outrage!" they'll say. "The Yankees bought a World Series for $208 million. I can't believe Major League Baseball would allow this to happen. We ...
MLB Got the World Series it Wanted, But I Didn’t
Posted: 28th October 2009 by Sixty Feet, Six Inches in MLB
Tonight, if the rain lets up, the World Series will begin between the Phillies and the Yankees. While on paper this seems like a great matchup, featuring the teams that have been the best in their respective leagues all season, I'm completely uninterested.
At the risk of sounding like a whiny blogger, this is not a World Series that captivates my interest. Perhaps it's the story, or lack there of. ...
ESPN Does Something Involving Hockey That Doesn’t Completely Suck
Posted: 26th October 2009 by Sixty Feet, Six Inches in NHL
Recently I came across a video series on ESPN.com entitled, "The State of Play." In this series NHL analysts Scott Burnside and Pierre LeBrun sit down with Scott Gomez, Mike Komisarek, Paul Martin and Paul Stastny to discuss a wide variety of topics. Since all the players are both NHLers and members of team USA the questions shift back and forth between NHL-based questions and ones concerning the ...
For those that don't know, Steve Phillips the former Mets GM and current ESPN analysis has been caught in a love affair with an ESPN employee. Well maybe not caught, perhaps outed is a better phrase. His mistress went public with the affair and not just to the Phillips' family, but she felt the need to inform the New York Post in an exclusive deal. Normally we ...
Thank You For The Memories: An Open-Letter to the Rays
Posted: 5th October 2009 by Sixty Feet, Six Inches in MLB
Dear Tampa Bay Rays,Thanks.Although the season did not end in the manner I had hoped, I would like to extend a thank you for the efforts you put forth this season. Thanks for the countless hours of entertainment that you provided me with that allowed me to forget my troubles and the temperature outside. Thank you for an amazing nine-game home stand in mid-August that allowed a son to bond ...
For those of you who enjoy the Pirates coverage provided by myself on this site (a surprisingly large number of our readership, based on the e-mails and tweets we receive), I'm now writing along with Nick DeWitt about the Bucs on a separate blog, Pirates Public.Pirates Public is part of the new FanHuddle sports blog network. There are blogs there for all major sports teams, as well as college teams ...
Dear Hemant Mehta: Your Being Right Doesn’t Make Mike Blowers Less Awesome
Posted: 2nd October 2009 by Sixty Feet, Six Inches in MLB
Today's sports story comes from an unlikely domain on the Internet: The Friendly Atheist, a blog by Hemant Mehta.
As you can guess by the title, this blog isn't a sports blog, but a blog related to (usually political) secular issues.
I enjoy the work Hemant does there, but this article on an awesome call Seattle Mariners commentator Mike Blowers made doesn't jive with me.For those of you who may not ...
Wayne Gretzky’s Resignation and What It Means for the Phoenix Coyotes
Posted: 26th September 2009 by Sixty Feet, Six Inches in NHL
On Thursday Coyotes fans finally got the news they've been waiting for all summer, that Wayne Gretzky was no longer their coach. For a very small group of human beings who have been through hell this year, this was a welcome piece of good news.Gretzky posted a record of 143-161-24 in his four seasons behind the bench in Phoenix and only proved to be another example in the argument that ...
Ballpark Review: Durham Bulls Athletic Park
Posted: 24th September 2009 by Sixty Feet, Six Inches in MLB
When most people think the Durham Bulls, they think of the movie Bull Durham and a very famous sign.
In July I was fortunate enough to take in two games at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park. Let's just say while I had some high hopes for this stadium, some design flaws hindered my visit.Stadium Design: Overall flow of the stadium, architecture and unique parts of the stadium.Let's put DBAP in context. ...