Phillies’ Ryan Howard makes guest appearance in season finale of ‘Entourage’

On the season finale of the hit HBO show Entourage, Philadelphia Phillies first baseman Ryan Howard was the latest professional athlete to make a guest appearance. In the episode, Turtle tries convincing Howard to invest in his tequila company considering he received $125 million contract from the Phillies. Of course, Howard has to decline the [...]

Drabek Called Up – Debut Scheduled Next Wednesday vs Baltimore!

Jays fans will get a preview of the 2011 reinvention of the franchise next Wednesday, September 15th, as top prospect Kyle Drabek has been recalled from the AA New Hampshire Fisher Cats to join the big club. GM Alex Anthopoulous made the announcement today, as the Jays were busy walking off at the last game [...]

9/11: Never Forget

Nine years removed from 9-11-01 and the memories still resonate. Watching the footage on live television. Reading every detail in the newspaper. Listening to every radio update.  It still seems as surreal today as it did nine years ago. I had tickets to that night’s Cubs-Reds game that was canceled, but clearly everyone’s thoughts were [...]

Dodgers Lose 5th Straight. Fall to 69-72

Andre Ethier was the only bright spot of the game, going 1 for 1 with a 2 run home-run and 3 walks. I guess after a game hits a bomb in the 1st inning and you know the other team’s offense is anemic,  you just don’t pitch to the guy that’s doing anything. Oh yeah, [...]

Four Candidates To Replace Mayor Richard Daley

One day after Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley announced that he would not seek re-election, replacements for the long-time head honcho of the World’s Greatest City were being thrown out left and right. And we here at The Big Dead Sidebar weren’t going to be left behind. Ozzie Guillen When Chicago White Sox manager Ozzie [...]

Twins’ Thome’s 583rd & 584th home runs, Pavano’s 16th win

As we were certain he would, Minnesota Twins DH Jim Thome hit his 583rd and 584th home runs yesterday, catapulting him past steroid-user Mark McGwire and into sole possession of the number nine spot on the top ten home runs list. Twins starting pitcher Carl Pavano also reached his sought-after 16th win while snapping a [...]

Stick With the Plan!

Oops, I did it again. For 4 straight times, Hong-Chih Kuo has shut down the opposition in the 9th, earning the closers role, did that matter to Joe Torre? No. Did it matter to him that Broxton has lost his mettle since the All-Star Game and can’t seem to close a game? No. Did it [...]

Jays Lose to Yankees, Again…Is this the Start of a Long Expected Downward Slide: BlueJaysRant Reader Poll

  The Toronto Blue Jays (69-66) have now lost 3 in a row, and 4 of 5 after another disappointing performance against New York on Saturday. This poses the question to you

Twins beat Rangers 4-3; Capps, Fox, Repko awesome

I almost can’t believe it, but the Minnesota Twins beat the Texas Rangers 4-3 with fantastic performances from Matt Fox, Matt Capps, and Jason Repko. I really didn’t think that the Minnesota Twins had a chance of winning against the Rangers last night given the pitching situation the Twins had coming in. But Matt Fox [...]

Rafael Furcal Returns Today

Hola, I’m Back! The player who was just as important as Manny Ramirez is back in the line up today. The Los Angeles Dodgers score 4.5 runs per game (342 Runs in 76 Games) when Furcal is in the line up and 4.03 Runs per game when he’s not in the line up (235 in [...]

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