Monthly Archives: August 2009

PEDs in the NBA

August 7, 2009 – 8:22 am

The Orlando Magic’s Rashard Lewis tested positive for elevated testosterone levels yesterday and was suspended by the league for 10 games.  Lewis claims it was from an over the counter supplement that he took, which must have had a banned substance in it.  It seems pretty believable, and it does happen.  But are we just [...]

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Is Prince Fielder Gonna Have to Choke a Bitch?

August 7, 2009 – 7:39 am

So I’ve thought about this a lot in the last few days.  In case you need catching up, Prince Fielder got beaned by Guillermo Mota during a blowout by the Dodgers in retaliation for the Brewers accidentally hitting Manny.  Fielder looked mad, but did nothing.  THEN, after the game Fielder tried to break into the [...]

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History Kicks Ass: Rusty Kuntz

August 5, 2009 – 9:28 am

That’s right.  Rusty Kuntz.  This is a real person.  A person who played baseball.  A person who is currently the first base coach for the Kansas City Royals, with the name “Kuntz” displayed proudly across the back of his jersey.  He had a short and relatively undistinguished 7 year career in the MLB, playing for [...]

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Dirty Emoticons

August 4, 2009 – 11:56 am

The title of this post is pretty straightforward.  I filed this under “Not Sports” because it doesn’t pertain to any sport that currently exists.  But you can definitely make a sport out of it, as in “try to top this one.”  Either way, this is a marathon G-chat I had with Mark Twan last week [...]

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Thoughts on the Deadline Deals

August 3, 2009 – 12:24 pm

Hey there readers.  I know that everyone has already weighed in on the trades made right before the deadline, but I have an excuse for being late to the party.  There was a  wedding in The Other Fifteen family, as our Vice President and Co-Creator Patrick Carey got married to his longtime better half.  It [...]

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