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Out With The Crowd: “Just the fact that they’re in the AL East is a concern”
May 2, 2013 – 4:40 PM | 2 Comments
Out With The Crowd: “Just the fact that they’re in the AL East is a concern”

David Bakke is the editor “and sports fanatic” at Money Crashers, and a fan of both the Tampa Bay Rays and the Atlanta Braves. Bakke talked to me via email over the last week or …

Out With The Crowd: “Hey, hey, he was framed!”
April 22, 2013 – 5:06 AM | 2 Comments
Out With The Crowd: “Hey, hey, he was framed!”

The Milwaukee Brewers didn’t get off to a great start in 2013. That plus the PED-shaped cloud that continues to follow their biggest star around meant I was eager to get a Crew fan’s take …

Out With The Crowd: “These guys are idiots”
April 6, 2013 – 12:55 PM | 4 Comments
Out With The Crowd: “These guys are idiots”

Pirates fan Kevin Gray is pretty bitter about Bucs ownership. He’s also pretty funny on the subject. Gray spoke to me last week about the “moron” bagging on Pirate prospect Gerrit Cole, missing the closer, …

Out With The Crowd: “That one stung”
April 4, 2013 – 9:11 AM | 2 Comments
Out With The Crowd: “That one stung”

Mets fans know a fellow terrible team when we see it — and the Astros are shaping up to be a legendarily awful club in 2013. But not according to John Yarbrough, a lifetime fan …

Out With The Crowd: “The team leads the world in runs scored”
April 2, 2013 – 5:14 PM | 4 Comments
Out With The Crowd: “The team leads the world in runs scored”

Evan Jordan’s confident the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, California, Estados Unidos, Earth can win the AL West — but he’s less confident than some, primarily thanks to pitching. We spoke late last week about …

Out With The Crowd: “Who wants to come to Cleveland?”
April 1, 2013 – 12:05 PM | 2 Comments
Out With The Crowd: “Who <I>wants</I> to come to Cleveland?”

Ed DeSantis is a lifelong Tribe fan who, like many Indians fans I’ve met, starts each season full of hope. Is 2013 the year Cleveland makes it happen? One word: Detroit. DeSantis and I talked …

Out With The Crowd: “Optimist in me says 85 wins”
March 30, 2013 – 9:14 AM | 5 Comments
Out With The Crowd: “Optimist in me says 85 wins”

It’s hard to get baseball pundits to agree on anything during spring training, but everyone’s on the same page with at least one thing: the 2013 New York Mets will be a powerhouse.
Of suck.

Out With The Crowd: “Be very careful with Chris Sale”
March 28, 2013 – 11:49 AM | No Comment
Out With The Crowd: “Be very careful with Chris Sale”

Out With The Crowd is back for another season, as I get a sense of the fans’ feelings about their teams in 2013. With Opening Day not far away, I spoke with longtime ChiSox fan …

The Vine: September 19, 2012
September 19, 2012 – 3:19 PM | 4 Comments
The Vine: September 19, 2012

A friend and I have been batting around the idea of starting a blog together, as a way to keep in touch, bounce ideas off of each other, in essence have the conversations that we …

“…Oh, balls”: My new gig at Yahoo! Shine Sport
August 27, 2012 – 9:37 AM | 7 Comments
“…Oh, balls”: My new gig at Yahoo! Shine Sport

Yahoo! Shine recently launched a Sport vertical, which is awesome, and put me in charge of it, which is even awesomer. Please step over there and various regular features like Breakfast Trey, a fairly regular …