NCAA Tournament Predictions: How’d...
Posted by Bay Area Sports Guy in Jim Nance, NCAA Tournament, UCLA on 03 31st, 2008 | 4 Comments
After writing my Nantzatron column, I got one comment: You should post an updated analysis of your top 16. I’d like to be able to compare your guesses to what actually happened without having to navigate ESPN.com. -Clare, New York Alright, twist my arm. Here are my original Sweet 16 picks, with...
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No Sign of Barry After the Divorce...
Posted by Bay Area Sports Guy in Barry Bonds, Baseball Steroid Fun, Lakers, NCAA Tournament, SF Giants, Tim Lincecum on 03 29th, 2008 | 3 Comments
In a move that makes hypocrisy sound like an understatement, the San Francisco Giants have decided to remove all Barry Bonds signs from AT&T Park. Maybe since they know they’re probably in for their most dismal season on the field in over a decade, they don’t want fans’ eyes to...
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Where Ink Happens...
Posted by Sports Girl Liz in Al Harrington, Andris Biedrins, David Beckham, Guest Sports Guy of the Week, Matt Barnes, Monta Ellis, Stephen Jackson, Warriors on 03 28th, 2008 | 5 Comments
The reason I like the Warriors so much is that they are a passionate team. Their passion leads to exciting games that have me on the edge of my couch seat. Their passion has also led to lots and lots of tattoos. As the Warriors are flying down the court heading toward their basket, I can’t help...
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How Long Until A-Rod Gets the Bonds Trea...
Posted by Bay Area Sports Guy in Alex Rodriguez, Barry Bonds, Baseball Steroid Fun, Jose Canseco, Roger Clemens on 03 28th, 2008 | No Comments
Those who hate Barry Bonds will no doubt take pleasure in his upcoming federal trial, even though it won’t be televised. Just knowing the face of steroids is getting what people believe he deserves will be enough. People aren’t just upset at Bonds because he’s surly. They’re angry...
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Best Baseball Team in the Bay? Look East...
Posted by Bay Area Sports Guy in Chris Webber, Noah Lowry, Oakland A's, Rich Harden, Warriors on 03 26th, 2008 | No Comments
Billy Beane is certainly not perfect. While he has let several players go over the years, with mixed success, Beane did go all in on Eric Chavez, who starts this season on the disabled list. Again. But the curve on which Beane is graded on is based both on his own team’s lower-lower-lower middle...
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From Movie Script to Footnote...
Posted by Bay Area Sports Guy in Al Harrington, Chris Webber, Don Nelson, Kelenna Azubuike, Lakers, Mickael Pietrus, Warriors on 03 26th, 2008 | 2 Comments
Well, that didn’t work. But as they say: no harm, no foul. That’s the best way to look at today’s news that Chris Webber is announcing his retirement tomorrow, a headline that will no doubt be met across the country by a resounding, “C-Webb was still playing?” It seemed...
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Warriors Won’t Win in Playoffs...
Posted by Bay Area Sports Guy in 49ers, Derek Fisher, KNBR, Kevin Frandsen, Kobe Bryant, Luke WAAAALTON, McNolan, Mike Nolan, Monta Ellis, SF Giants, Scot McCloughan, Warriors on 03 25th, 2008 | No Comments
With visions of Derek Fisher doing a clumsy tango with Monta Ellis still in their heads, Warriors fans may have a tough time remembering what life was like in the minutes before the second leg of the recently concluded Lakerthon. Last night’s game was the NBA’s best regular season game of...
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Phone Fun and Baron on Skates: Just Anot...
Posted by Bay Area Sports Guy in Fantasy Baseball on 03 24th, 2008 | 6 Comments
Fantasy sports is a socially acceptable form of Dungeons and Dragons. Instead of 20-sided dice, D&D books and a cape, the fantasy sports player comes to the draft armed with player rankings and an appetite for sausages and beer. We just had our fantasy baseball draft at Mac’s house Saturday...
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St. Mary’s Falls off the Tracks...
Posted by Bay Area Sports Guy in Omar Samhan, Patrick Mills, Randy Bennett, St. Mary's on 03 22nd, 2008 | No Comments
Every once in a while, writing on BART can be a little unsettling. When it’s 7:30 on a Friday, and you’re the only one in the middle of the train’s rear car with two rough looking guys with ample facial hair on opposite sides of the same car as your only company, it takes a second to...
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OK, Maybe I Overrated the Pac-10, and Ot...
Posted by Bay Area Sports Guy in NCAA Tournament on 03 21st, 2008 | No Comments
While UCLA, Stanford and Washington State throttled their weaker opponents, USC and Arizona (two of my Sweet 16 picks, that’s right) bowed out early against Kansas State and West Virginia. Either the mid-level Pac-10 teams just aren’t that great, or the Trojans and Wildcats are a little too...
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