December 6, 2007

The Detroit Tigers Podcast #38: Talking Tigers with Rob Neyer

Welcome to The Detroit Tigers Podcast, the podcast for Tigers fans, by Tigers fans. This is Episode #38, a 54-minute podcast about the Detroit Tigers recorded live from Portland, Ore.In this episode we’re joined by Rob Neyer of ESPN.com, and the author of five books, including “The Neyer/James Guide to Pitchers” (with Bill James) and [...]

November 28, 2007

The Non-Sequiturs: Holiday Edition

Let’s get right to the question of the day: You did send along birthday wishes today to Nook Logan, right? Tsk, tsk.   The Twins are quite a busy bunch this week with the Johan Santana discussions and the three-for-three trade with the Devil Rays. I read in the New York Daily News on Tuesday [...]

July 20, 2007

Breaking News Courtesy of The Onion

There are a million good reasons to read The Onion yet I can’t offer a single excuse for not reading it in months.Thanks to ESPN.com’s Rob Neyer for pointing out the following Onion dispatch with the headline:Report: Another Baseball Team Almost Does Something As Interesting As Yankees, Red SoxDelicious.

February 3, 2007

Super Sunday Breakfast Buffet

Have you noticed that a lot of ads that refer to the Super Bowl don’t use the words “Super Bowl”? Instead it’s “the big game.” I noticed the same thing for the BCS Championship game. Are we to infer that the NFL doesn’t allow Super Bowl non-sponsors (nonsors?) or advertisers to actually use the words? [...]