Sports From the Basement

Athletes Like Mint Juleps and Snazzy Hats Too

Even the cable cord cutters among us could not have missed the Sportsmageddon Saturday that occurred this weekend. While the general population was feasting on NBA Game 7, splitting the Mayweather-Pacquiao fight amongst 10 friends, and pretending to know anything about horse jockeys, plenty of the athletic elite were doing the same. They just happened… Continue reading Athletes Like Mint Juleps and Snazzy Hats Too

In Defense of Yordano Ventura

Prior to his start on Wednesday night, Royals pitcher Yordano Ventura had left all four of his starts earlier than he had anticipated: twice due to injury and twice due to ejection. He incited a benches-clearing incident after exchanging heated words with Mike Trout, pointed at his head while yelling at Brett Lawrie (after hitting Lawrie… Continue reading In Defense of Yordano Ventura

Never Too Early To Guess The All-Star Squad

MLB.com released the All-Star ballot yesterday for the Mid-Summer Classic taking place at Cincinnati’s Great American Ballpark. As fans can vote up to 35 times, it is going to be a crazy process as always. There will be surely be plenty of changes in voting patterns between now and July 14th. We tried to predict an altogether… Continue reading Never Too Early To Guess The All-Star Squad

Ultimate MLB March Madness Bracket

*This is a special post brought to you by Katie and James. Come March every year, we all become obsessed with hoops and subject our aging livers to long nights at the bar yelling at a bunch of college kids, pulling off maneuvers we couldn’t do when we were actually 22 years old. But the true… Continue reading Ultimate MLB March Madness Bracket

Celebrities on the Field

When I was a teenager, one of my best friends lived in the same fancy New York City apartment building as Will Ferrell. Because we were really cool and extremely popular, we spent more Saturday nights than I am prepared to admit waiting in her lobby for him to show up post SNL. We never… Continue reading Celebrities on the Field

Speeding Up Baseball

Baseball has long been held as the American pastime, the epitome of a leisurely summer afternoon. In a world where technology has increased people’s desire for instant gratification, this mindset has found its way into the game of baseball. No longer can we stand for four hour marathon games. MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred has put… Continue reading Speeding Up Baseball

I Am More Grateful for Turkey Than I Am for Cam Newton

Living in a house where Minnesota Twins and Washington Redskins fandom reign supreme, there is generally very little from a sports perspective to be grateful for. While there may be a candlelit shrine to the great year that was 1991, the present is filled with a lot of snickers, overtold jokes, and condolences. The highlight… Continue reading I Am More Grateful for Turkey Than I Am for Cam Newton