Opening Day for baseball
Sure, they need to start games as early as March despite finishing the season in November, but like it or not, today is Major League Baseball’s official opening day. Historically, MLB’s oldest franchise, the Cincinnati Reds, always had the honor of hosting the first game of the year. Tradition gave way to Sunday night matchups [...]
NBA starts, Heat lose, and some World Series notes
For many people like me, sports are a major topic every morning. Today, however, basketball and baseball are hot topics even for those not majoring in Advanced Sabermetrics. Why? The NBA started its regular season last night and the World Series starts tonight. The major talk of the NBA offseason was LeBron James and his [...]
Roy Halladay’s playoff no-hitter
The water cooler talk today is most likely about last night’s no-hitter. Pitching for the Phillies after 12 years with the Toronto Blue Jays, Roy Halladay threw a no-hitter in his first ever playoff start, walking only one while defeating the Cincinnati Reds 4-0. What’s unique about Halladay’s feat is that he already threw a [...]
Steinbrenner Dies, All-Star notes
George Steinbrenner died today at the age of 80, suffering a massive heart attack. Everyone knows the name, but for those who don’t follow baseball, Steinbrenner was the owner of the New York Yankees who took over the team in 1973 and began decades of free spending ways in an effort to lure the best [...]
Status of instant replay in baseball
By now, even the financial news stations have shown highlights of the umpire’s blown call at first base that cost Detroit Tigers pitcher Armando Galarraga a perfect game last night, so we assume you already know the story. If not, catch up on it here. While Galarraga’s story will be old news by tomorrow morning, [...]
Baseball’s Opening Day
The first official game for the 2010 MLB season was played last night between the Yankees and Red Sox. 26 other teams begin play today in what is known as Opening Day. The Orioles and Rays are put on hold until tomorrow for no particular reason. Tradition is a big part of the sport known [...]
Spring Training lingo
Baseball doesn’t start its regular season for a few weeks yet, but it’s hard to avoid hearing things like “now for your Cactus League scores” on your late night local newscast. Not familiar with baseball’s spring training and why they seem to play a million games before a single one even counts? Let me color [...]
World Series Primer for the non-fan
Sports week continues at Dinner Topics with the World Series beginning tonight. Baseball fans have already analyzed and dissected the heck out of this thing, but for those of you not into baseball but forced into a place where you know it will be on and talked about, here are some basic points to know [...]
