Idiots Write About Sports - July 2004 Archives

July 2004

Saturday 31 July

Ken Macha's Very Bad No Good Terrible Day (12:18) - During the eighth inning of last night's eventually disastrous A's-Rangers affair, as pinch-hitter Kevin Mench strode to the plate to...

Thursday 29 July

Hammerin' Hank (23:09) - There are some A's fans who do not care for Hank Greenwald as the A's part-time TV announcer. Perhaps they...
Other People Do Phil's Work For Him (14:47) - Nearly every day, I will stumble across some article somewhere on the Web that I find interesting, amusing or --...

Wednesday 28 July

Rex in Effect (22:14) - Rex Hudler, the Angels' not-so-hotso color commentator, made one of those funny slips of the tongue at the end of...
The Bad Old Days (09:50) - Last week, I mentioned in passing the A's truly horrible 1979 squad. Almost on cue, the San Francisco Chronicle ran...

Tuesday 27 July

You're Not the Boss of Me (18:26) - And with this year's Hall of Fame ceremonies out of the way, we can move on to more pressing business....
Hall Monitor (16:52) - I love the Baseball Hall of Fame induction ceremonies. Love them. I love the speeches, even though there's usually a...

Friday 23 July

Alvin Dark, International Man of Mystery (16:20) - The A's celebrated the 30th anniversary of the 1974 World Series champions while I was up in the Bay Area...

Thursday 22 July

Let My Bartman Go (13:57) - A special message for our good friend Jim Caple: Perhaps it may be time to retire the Steve Bartman jokes....
Bush On Bush (13:08) - I am probably the only human being in the world amused by the fact that the San Francisco Chronicle's report...

Monday 19 July

Cry Me a (Three) Rivers (11:58) - Word on the street is the 2006 All-Star Game is headed to Pittsburgh, which beat out San Francisco and Phoenix...

Wednesday 14 July

This One Still Sucks (18:34) - So Bud Selig decrees that the outcome of the annual All-Star Game will determine home field advantage in the World...
Fox Follies (15:20) - Because I am working away from the Los Angeles headquarters this week and thus, farther away from my TiVo than...
Follow the Bouncing Hack (09:22) - Let us pause a moment to thank reader mtvcdm whose alerts about Jim Caple's latest columns serve two purposes --...

Tuesday 13 July

Curse Lifted For a Night (19:46) - I think it's sweet that Red Sox hitters, led by Manny Ramirez and David Ortiz, are hitting home runs in...
Roger Rage (16:29) - I'm probably missing some article somewhere, but near as I can tell, not too many sportswriters are overwhelming us with...

Friday 9 July

Losing Is For Losers, And Winners Play to Win (15:35) - You wouldn't expect to find me this calm, cool and collected the day after an extra-innings loss to the hated...

Monday 5 July

Revenge Is a Dish Best Served Cold (11:04) - Contretemps in yesterday's Giants-A's finale at Texas-Based Telecom Company Ballfield. Mark Mulder plunked Barry Bonds on the wrist to lead...

Saturday 3 July

I'm A Loser Baby... So Why Don't You Kill Me? (12:06) - I promise you: We are not going to make Bill Simmons our whipping boy here at the Idiot Sports Weblog...

Friday 2 July

E Tu, Sports Guy? (17:57) - So Bill Simmons is down on the Red Sox. And you would cry, too, if all this happened to you....
You Haven't Lost a Manager -- You've Gained a Fox Sports Analyst (14:06) - Look for Bob Brenly to start popping up on Fox baseball telecasts just as soon as he finishes cleaning out...

Thursday 1 July

Thou Shalt Not Bunt in the First Inning (13:39) - I have the A's-Angels game on this afternoon -- shhhhh, don't tell the boss -- and since I'm back in...