Sporting Spies
A column about sporting spying, theft and subterfuge. Featuring Munster, footballs in clothes dryers, and Moe Berg.The Rare Beauty of the Unconventional Weapon
Pat Venditte, ambidextrous MLB pitcher, and other tales of sporting advantage.I Am The Secret Footballer: 42 years too late?
Ryan Braun, his pee and a basement fridge
In Major League Baseball, Ryan Braun is a big name. He should be a bigger name, considering he was named National League Most Valuable Player in 2011, but he plays left field for the Brewers. Milwaukee is not Manhattan and if Braun had put up a .330/33 HR/111 RBI season for a Mets or Yankees team that won a franchise-record number of games he’d be a megastar.… Read more...
League Championship Series Week on TV…
It’s ALCS and NLCS time in the world of Major League Baseball with the winner of each facing each other in the 2011 World Series.
Detroit faces Texas in the ALCS with the Rangers leading the series 1-0. Over in the National League it’s the Brewers holding a 1-0 lead over St.… Read more...
This Week’s Playoff Baseball…
After a weekend of playoff baseball action here’s the state of the Division Series in both leagues.
American League Division Series (best of five games)
Detroit and New York are tied 1-1.
Texas and Tampa Bay are tied 1-1.
National League Division Series (best of five games)
St.… Read more...
MLB Playoffs on TV – American League
After a welcome break on Thursday following Wednesday’s truly remarkable night of baseball, the playoffs are here. The American League Division Series starts tonight with the National League starting tomorrow.
Rays @ Rangers (10:07 pm)
Friday sees the Wild Card winning Tampa Bay Rays travel to Arlington to play the Texas Rangers, AL West champs.… Read more...
Best Night of Baseball. Ever.
What a night.
WHAT A NIGHT!
It’s 5:15am and I’ve just witnessed the greatest night of baseball in living memory.
I cannot put it any better than this: “Now it is done. Now the story ends. And there is no way to tell it. The art of fiction is dead.… Read more...
Last Day of the Season… or is it?
It’s come down to the wire for four teams in what has been a tremendously exciting last week of the MLB regular season.
Starting with the National League, Atlanta went down 7-1 to the Phillies last night. Thousands of Braves fans stayed on in the Ted to watch the action from Houston on the Turner Field big screen in the hope of seeing the Cardinals somehow lose to an Astros team who are pretty much the worst team in baseball.… Read more...
Wild Card TV update…
After Monday night’s action the prospect of having at least one single-game Wild Card tiebreaker game on Thursday grows ever closer.
(Link to yesterday’s post on the wild card race and possible tiebreakers… http://doddernews.WordPress.com/2011/09/26/MLB-on-tv-wacky-wild-card-races/)
In the American League, Baltimore beat Boston at Camden Yards while the Rays turned over the Yankees in front of their jubilant home fans at the Trop.… Read more...
