Author: The Go-To-Man Mattie T.

History will be made tonight in Cincinnati, Ohio as Major League Baseball will hold their 1st regular-season game between the Chicago White Sox & Cincinnati Reds. The White Sox were involved in a 2008 exhibition Civil Rights Game in Memphis, Tennessee & lost 3-2 to the New York Mets. Sox righthander Clayton Richard (2-1, 3.76 […]

Life is sweet for Los Angeles Lakers’ superstar guard Kobe Bryant. Not even a week shy after winning his 4th NBA Championship & first NBA Finals MVP, Bryant says that he will re-sign with the team that he has spent all 13 seasons of his professional career with. Bryant’s contract extension could equal up to […]

Wednesday, June 17th Top 1st: Solo homer by Alexei Ramirez (6th of season) off Ryan Dempster. White Sox 1, Cubs 0. Top 2nd: RBI triple by Chris Getz off Ryan Dempster. White Sox 2, Cubs 0. Top 7th: RBI bunt single by Scott Podsednik off Angel Guzman. White Sox 3, Cubs 0. Top 8th: Sacrifice […]

Those 609 career home runs hit by former major league slugger Sammy Sosa needs to have a big asterik next to it. The New York Times reported on Monday that Sosa tested positive for an unknown performance-enhancing drug in an anoymous survey from 2003, which also featured 103 fellow players. The survey results became public […]

All 3 games will be played at Wrigley Field on Chicago’s North Side. Tuesday, June 16th at 7:05 PM CST on WGN: White Sox lefthander John Danks (4-5, 4.81 ERA) against Cubs righthander Carlos Zambrano (4-2, 3.39 ERA). Tuesday will be just Danks’ second career start against the Cubs. Danks pitched 6 innings & allowed […]

Monday, June 8th Game 1: 5 4 Star Player of the Game: Tigers 3rd baseman Brandon Inge, who went 2-for-4 with a bases-loaded walk, an RBI single & scored 1 run. Winning Pitcher: Joel Zumaya (3-0), who pitched 1 inning & allowed 1 run on 1 hit while walking one & striking out one. Losing […]

The seven year wait is over. A huge 2nd quarter run fueled the Los Angeles Lakers to a 99-87 win over the Orlando Magic, which clinched the franchise’s 15th championship & a record-setting 10th for head coach Phil Jackson. Kobe Bryant was named Finals MVP after averaging 32.4 points, 7.5 assists & 5.6 rebounds per […]

Tuesday, June 9th 7 1 Star Player of the Game: Cubs 2nd baseman Andres Blanco, who went 2-for-4 with a 2-run double. Winning Pitcher: Ted Lilly (7-4), who pitched 6 2/3 innings & allowed no runs on 3 hits while walking two & striking out four. Losing Pitcher: Brian Moehler (2-4), who pitched 3 innings […]

On Saturday evening in Phoenix, the Houston Astros got a pair of milestone hits from Miguel Tejada & Lance Berkman, which helped their team rally for a 6-4 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks. In the 6th inning, Miguel Tejada tied it with an RBI single which was career hit #2,000. It will be quite awhile […]

Los Angeles Angels’ centerfielder Torii Hunter had himself a career evening with 3 home runs against the San Diego Padres & afterwards compared himself to Laker superstar Kobe Bryant. Hunter on his 3-homer game: “It’s like you’re in a zone. And when you’re in a zone, a lot of good things can happen. Tonight I […]