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The Brett Favre Saga: Please Make It Stop... |
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By Anthony Amobi on
8/6/2008 1:17 PM
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I have been really bothered by the coverage of the Brett Favre saga with the Green Bay Packers for a while, but now it's taken on a while new level.
The incessant media obsession over this story -- especially on the part of ESPN -- has become really, really annoying.
The sports media has treated this story like the O.J. Simpson case of the mid-1990's. Everyone and anyone who knew the guy, covered him, played with him, or looks good in a sui ...
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The Saga of Jay Gibbons |
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By Anthony Amobi on
7/24/2008 7:40 PM
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For those of you who have been keeping score, or still care -- it looks like beleaguered slugger Jay Gibbons has found himself back in professional baseball.
In a country that prides itself on giving people -- or should I say, selected people -- a second chance, Gibbons is getting his; however, lest we forget, for the most part during the last three or so years, he's been treated (no pun intended) as the red-headed stepchild in a family in which he wore out hi ...
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Staying the Course and a Visit To Wrigleyville... |
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By Anthony Amobi on
6/30/2008 2:02 PM
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Despite the Orioles taking the Cubs series at Wrigley Field & almost doing the same this weekend in Washington, the Baltimore team to repeat again and again has been a pleasant surprise.
With the loss yesterday in Washington, they are currently 41-39, two games over .500 and are 7.5 games out of the AL East lead, but most fans would be fooling themselves if they thought Baltimore was a contending team.
I don’t want to sound crass, rude or ...
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A Year Later with MacPhail and Trembley; Mission Far, Far From Accomplished |
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By Anthony Amobi on
6/23/2008 8:29 AM
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At this point last year, Dave Trembley became manager of the Baltimore Orioles.
Needless to say at that juncture, although the Orioles had played well when he came to the helm, they were still a sub .500 team with little hope of getting better.
We still had Erik Bedard and Miguel Tejada as our "stars", but yet they could not get us out of a fourth place finish as well the butt of a national joke.
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Oriole Closer George Sherill at the ESPN Zone This Past Tuesday... |
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By Anthony Amobi on
6/19/2008 1:26 PM
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For fans who came into the Inner Harbor on their lunch hour, or a day in the city, that ventured into the ESPN Zone on Tuesday got to see the newest Oriole, George Sherrill participate in a Q&A for about 20-25 minutes.
After the Q&A session, he signed autographs and posed for pictures in an adjacent room near general seating area of the restaurant.
In an event sponsored by ESPN Zone and the team's public relations dep ...
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