A Too-Long Screed on the Trade of Manny Machado
Manny Machado, one of the best players in the game, is gone. Maybe something better will come in return. Photo by Arturo Pardavila III via Flickr
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Category Archives: Patrick Smith
He Used To Be Ray Knight
Nationals TV guy Ray Knight is the unhappiest man in sports television. And it’s no wonder.
Read morePut A Crab On It.
Buy me pork rinds and crabby stuff, I don’t care if I never … eat again.
Read moreWelcome, President Trumbo!
Let’s all unite and respect the office of the designated hitter.
Read moreThe Rarest Bird
Birdwatchers spend weeks and months for a winter glimpse of the rare Duquette.
Read more50 Words for Disappointment
What’s worse? Rooting for a team that never contends or for a team that contends all year, then fades in the last weeks of the season? The answer, of course, is whichever isn’t happening to your team.
Read moreA Baltimore Fan’s Last Nerve
I’m in a lousy mood after Baltimore’s dropped three of the first four at home to Boston. So don’t peck at me about low attendance.
Read more.50 Gets You a Frosty & 6 Weeks of MLB.TV
For the low, low price of one ice cream headache, you can watch the rest of the season wherever you go.
Read moreThe Olympics That Wouldn’t End
Please tell me the Olympics are almost over. Every night with the swimming? I haven’t seen this many people swim since Ernest Borgnine and Shelley Winters starred in the Poseidon Adventure.
Read moreLoose Change: Work is for suckers, Bob Horner, Airport Noise Generator
You want that on a roll or with crackers?
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