March 2008

I was going through some of my old chests today where I keep things from my youth and I came across my Ken Griffey Junior collection.  There were cards, old articles, posters, starting line-up figurines , I even had his old Super Nintendo Game in there.  Coming up, like the rest of America in the early ‘90’s, “The Kid” was one of my favorite players.  How could you not be drawn to him?  He made the game fun again, everything about him was so easy and casual, down to his backwards hat and the cocksure smile that constantly adorned his face.  It wasn’t just his swagger, though.  Griffey was well on his way to becoming the best baseball player that ever lived. [click to continue...]

Nick and Jeff sit down to talk about the NCAA tournament in the first installment of The Wire.

 

 IWS Presents The Wire: Episode One March Madness [10:42m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Is it too late for the Yankees to hire someone to make sure that A-Rod never speaks?  You’d think somewhere along the line that this guy would have learned how to handle the media, yet amazingly this has somehow eluded him throughout his career despite being the most scrutinized player in the game today (read: since Barry fell out of the league).  The things he says are just ridiculous, or at least they are made out to be.  It’s getting to the point where he needs to be locked in his house and only let out when it’s time to swing a bat, or so they would have you believe. [click to continue...]

How do you even begin to describe a player like Stephen Curry? Unfortunately we haven’t seen enough of him to truly get a grip on how special he really is, but that’s one of things that makes the tournament so great. Any of the Dickie V cliché’s fit perfectly here - diaper dandy, sensational, awesome with a capital a – take your pick. What How he ended up playing for the third tier North Carolina college, is what truly eludes me. Since the tournament started he is clearly the best player in the nation, shot for shot, minute for minute, play for play. Bar none. [click to continue...]