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Nats’ flame-thrower burns up pessimism

August 23rd, 2009

Joyous days at Nationals Park have been scarce, and afternoons when Washington Nationals fans can be proud are even more atypical.

No team has lost more games than the Nationals have. Nor has any team committed as many errors, walked as many batters or been on the wrong end of more off-field blunders. Read the rest »

Posted by Grant Paulsen Filed in General, MLB, Articles

It’s 2009 and there’s still no flying cars or a pass rush in DC

July 22nd, 2009

In 2007 the New York Giants led the NFL in sacks. The Giants also won the Super Bowl that season.

Last year the Pittsburgh Steelers sacked more quarterbacks than any other team in the AFC. The Steelers went on to beat the Arizona Cardinals in the Super Bowl. Read the rest »

Posted by Grant Paulsen Filed in General, NFL, MLB, Washington Redskins

‘Skins Need to Find Out if Campbell’s “The Guy”

July 19th, 2009

Jason Campbell and the Washington Redskins would’ve been the perfect guest-couple on an episode of Jerry Springer at some point over the past couple months.

The Redskins were flirting with other signal-callers all of season long, with Campbell just quietly going about his business all along. What’s most intriguing about the situation is that the team wasn’t even hiding its bachelor-like ways from its 27-year-old incumbent quarterback. Read the rest »

Posted by Grant Paulsen Filed in General, NFL, Washington Redskins, Articles

Random Thoughts from the Home Run Derby

July 14th, 2009

The Home Run Derby is long, probably too long, but I still enjoy it. It’s a fun night to watch people do something that you can’t. I also like to see all of the players who aren’t participating in the derby hanging out together on the field, laughing and fist bumping eachother.

Here’s a few of the random thoughts that I was thinking about during the derby. Read the rest »

Posted by Grant Paulsen Filed in General, MLB, Articles

Ranking the top 5 players of MLB’s First Half

July 12th, 2009

The first half of the 2009 Major League Baseball season is complete.

The Boston Red Sox are still good (we saw that coming). The San Diego Padres are still awful (also predictable), and the Pittsburgh Pirates made 342 trades (which wasn’t easy to see coming).

With the Home Run Derby a day away, I figured I’d spend the evening ranking the five best playrers in baseball from the first half of the season. After much consideration, here is what I came up with. Read the rest »

Posted by Grant Paulsen Filed in General, MLB, Articles

Can’t Spell Super Bowl Without “O”

July 9th, 2009

The Washington Redskins’ last three head coaches have all been offensive-minded.

Steve Spurrier, a one-time NFL quarterback, is considered one of the brightest offensive minds in the history of college football. Joe Gibbs, inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1996, is revered as one of the NFL’s greatest offensive sages in history. And Jim Zorn — also an NFL quarterback in his younger days — has spent his entire coaching career tutoring quarterbacks and scribbling offensive plays on chalkboards. Read the rest »

Posted by Grant Paulsen Filed in General, Washington Redskins, Articles

‘Skins Must Fine-Tune Offense

July 9th, 2009

Voluntary workouts are all but over, and by this time a week from now, golf outings will be a distant memory. For the Washington Redskins, another active off-season is about to come to a close.

The refurbished Redskins, who led all NFL teams in free-agency spending this offseason, report to training camp in 25 days. Head coach Jim Zorn will be calling the shots at the team’s headquarters in Ashburn for the second straight season. Read the rest »

Posted by Grant Paulsen Filed in General, Washington Redskins, Articles

Bird Ramblings

July 8th, 2009

The Orioles beat the Seattle Mariners 12-4 in Seattle on Tuesday night.

Luke Scott is 3-for-4 with a home run, a pair of two-run singles, and seven RBI. Baltimore has gotten great work from it’s bullpen tonight, which came on in the third-inning after Jeremy Guthrie’s early exit. Read the rest »

Posted by Grant Paulsen Filed in General, MLB, Baltimore Orioles

Interleague Intrigue

June 16th, 2009

THE FOLLOWING GAME NOTES ARE COURTESY OF THE PREGAME PRESS PACKET AT CAMDEN YARDS… Read the rest »

Posted by Grant Paulsen Filed in General, MLB, Baltimore Orioles

Bloop Hits

June 4th, 2009

I hung out with Chad Jenkins last night at Nationals Park. He’s a great guy. The power-pitcher, who is expected to be taken in the first round, was in town to work out with the Nationals. He was hoping to see Randy Johnson gun for win No. 300. But mother nature had other ideas.

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Tommy Hanson is going to make his debut with the Atlanta Braves on Saturday night. Before he does that though, he’ll be making one final appearance on minors and majors as a minor leaguer. Hanson will join me on Saturday to chat about his promotion to the big leagues, as well as his goals for the rest of the season.

Posted by Grant Paulsen Filed in General, MLB

Nats’ flame-thrower burns up pessimism

August 23rd, 2009

It’s 2009 and there’s still no flying cars or a pass rush in DC

July 22nd, 2009

‘Skins Need to Find Out if Campbell’s “The Guy”

July 19th, 2009

Random Thoughts from the Home Run Derby

July 14th, 2009

Ranking the top 5 players of MLB’s First Half

July 12th, 2009

Can’t Spell Super Bowl Without “O”

July 9th, 2009

‘Skins Must Fine-Tune Offense

July 9th, 2009

Bird Ramblings

July 8th, 2009

Interleague Intrigue

June 16th, 2009

Bloop Hits

June 4th, 2009

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