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It’s Faaaantastic
DID YOU KNOW that the WNBA Finals just happened? Yeah, I’m serious! Like a few days ago! Who won it? I think it was the Utah Starzz. What? They moved in 2002? Shit. OK, how about the Miami Sol? Shit, they folded in 2002 also? Goddamnit. OK, I give up.
Oh yeah, it was the Detroit [...]
A Few Scattered Notes
First of all, there are three teams in the NFL that remain undefeated: the New York Giants, the Buffalo Bills, and the Tennessee Titans. If that was your Week 4 bet in Vegas, feel free to collect your ten trillion dollars any time tomorrow. For comparison, after Week 4 last year, the list was the [...]
The NFC East is Really Really Good
Hello friends. I know it’s been a while. I also know I haven’t updated my Sabermetric post. Be patient… it will come. Or, if you don’t wanna wait, then just read Baseball Between the Numbers.
But this post is not about baseball–in spite of the craziness of today, in which the Mets blew their playoff hopes [...]
The Wild World of Sabermetrics
It occurred to me that in my post about Albert Pujols, I threw out a ridiculous amount of numbers, formatting and unusual stats. Forgive me if I seemed like I was trying to overwhelm; in fact, all I was doing was using basic statistics derived from the Sabermetric system. Sabermetrics, from the root SABR (Society [...]
Is Everybody Crazy?
Midway through September, the baseball season is drawing to close. With that comes the discussion of division leaders, wild card races… and awards. Ah, yes… awards. Where the MLB arbitrarily gives Derek Jeter a gold glove for leaping to his right and tossing to first, despite his top 5 error ranking or his sub-.980 fielding [...]
My Thoughts on K-Rod Getting His 57th Save
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The 506
Here’s a helpful little guide I’ve been using the past few years to determine which games I’ll be able to see on Sunday: http://www.the506.com/nflmaps/ . Every year they’ve been getting fancier and more precise, providing maps for FOX and CBS’ coverage at 1:00 and 4:00 ET. As you can see, this week in the DC area [...]
The Jose Canseco of Poor Comparisons
As you may have already heard by now, the hot rumor is that Lance Armstrong, the man who overcame cancer, won seven Tours de France and is actually a half-centaur, is planning to come out of retirement and compete in the 2009 Tour de France. Exciting news for a sport where steroids are the only [...]
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Welcome everyone to Sports!. My name is Jon Foox. I like sports. I also like The Colonialist. Therefore, it only seemed natural that we team up and develop a sub-blog (sublog?) dedicated to sports updates, thoughts and the occasional amusing picture. I hope you enjoy it.
That said, I’ve been waiting a few weeks to write [...]
