Kimbrel, Valverde BBA Choices for Gossage Award
Today, the Baseball Bloggers Alliance announced the winners for the Goose Gossage Award presented to the top reliever in each league. For review, here was the ballot Blog Red Machine presented. We named our top three… 1. John Axford 2. Craig Kimbrel 3....
Posted: 10/17/2011 10:33 AM in Blog Red Machine
Frease follow-up
I had a chance to talk to Chris Mack after Friday’s season-opening practice. I asked if Kenny Frease would be back for Saturday’s Musketeer Madness. Said Mack: “Honestly that’s really, in coach-speak, up to him. I’d love for him to be able to return in...
Posted: 10/17/2011 10:33 AM in Xavier Sports
The Morning Line, 10/17
REALLY? Top o’ the Monday morning t’ya, Mobsters. I had a History professor in college in Virginia, scholar named J. Holt Merchant, who was a huge Washington Redskins fan. Whenever the Skins won on Sunday, J. Holt was a barrel of monkeys on Monday morning....
Posted: 10/17/2011 9:44 AM in Paul Daugherty
Clements Provides Helping Hand In Win Over Colts
While the 31-year-old quarterback sits in California, the 31-year-old cornerback keeps making plays. Nate Clements is 15 days older than Carson Palmer and is the 2nd-oldest player on the Bengals roster behind 35-year-old Bobbie Williams. He is one of...
Posted: 10/17/2011 8:49 AM in Bengals.Com Blogs
Some Teams Just Know How To Win When It Matters
In the twenty-some odd years that I've been a sports fan, one of the things that I have come to learn is that when you compete at the highest level, the final outcome is rarely ever decided by which team or individual. Instead, big games are won and lost...
Posted: 10/17/2011 8:47 AM in Ed The Sports Fan