Entries Tagged ‘Pete Holtermann’

Stay Classy South Floriday

Dolphin Stadium is a dreadful place to watch baseball. Sparse crowds of, on a good night, 15,000 spread out and get completely lost in the 78,000 seats. Imagine filling the front stretch of Daytona with a handful of matchbox cars, that’s how the stadium formerly known as Joe Robbie can feel for baseball.
The fans who [...]

Sizing Up the Streaks

Streaking was in vogue over the weekend in Paris. Rafael Nadal notched his 28th consecutive match win and won his fourth French Open title in row on Sunday, absolutely wiping out Roger Federer 6-1 6-3 6-0.
That’s right, Federer got bageled by Nadal. It’s been a rough year for the Fed, and no question Nadal is [...]

MariaGate Update and the Seattle Slammers

Dan Kaplan reports in Friday’s Sports Business Daily that Maria Sharapova will be participating in this weekend’s photo shoot in Rome.
Meanwhile, in baseball news there was a scuffle in Seattle last night. After two Rangers were nailed with pitches while taking a 4-0 lead, the Mariners came to bat. Very uneventful until Richie Sexson came [...]

How Much do Fans Care?

Plenty of news in the sports and media worlds these days, thanks to Costas Now, but I’m pretty sure there’s not much I could say that hasn’t already been said, in particular about the blogging portion of that program. If you haven’t heard about it, you probably won’t care, so feel free to skip ahead to the [...]