11/12/2008 - Chicago, IL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Chicago Cubs announced Wednesday that manager Lou Piniella's coaching staff will return for the 2009 season.
Piniella was named the National League's top manager earlier Wednesday after leading the Cubs to their second straight NL Central title this past season.
Larry Rothschild will be back for his eighth season as the club's pitching coach, while hitting coach Gerald Perry, bench coach Alan Trammell, first base coach Matt Sinatro, third base coach Mike Quade, bullpen coach Lester Strode and special assistant Ivan DeJesus will all return for their third seasons with Piniella.
<< Berry bounced as Bombers coach
Winnipeg, MB (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Winnipeg Blue Bombers have fired head
coach Doug Berry.
Berry spent three seasons guiding the Bombers and posted a record of 27-26-1.
The team finished 8-10 this past season, good enough for second
<< Ricky Ray among CFL weekly award winners
Toronto, ON (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Edmonton quarterback Ricky Ray, British
Columbia defensive back Ryan Phillips, Winnipeg kick returner Jason Armstead
and Winnipeg defensive tackle Doug Brown were named the CFL's top players for
the wee
<< Blue Jackets activate Leclaire
Columbus, OH (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Columbus Blue Jackets have activated
goaltender Pascal Leclaire off injured reserve. He had been sidelined since
late October with a sprained ankle.
Leclaire was hurt in an October 25 game agai
<< Yankees sign Marte to three-year deal
Bronx, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The New York Yankees have signed left-handed
reliever Damaso Marte to a three-year contract with a club option for 2012.
Marte was acquired by the Yankees in the July 26 trade that also brought
outfiel
Ottawa recalls Shannon from Binghamton >>
Ottawa, ON (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Ottawa Senators recalled right-winger Ryan
Shannon from their American Hockey League affiliate, the Binghamton Senators,
it was announced on Wednesday.
After 12 games this season with Binghamton, the 25-
Curlin, Big Brown and Zenyatta highlight 2008 >>
Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The major part of the 2008 thoroughbred
racing season has been completed, so let's take a few seconds to look back and
forward.
Three names came to dominate the headlines this year: Curlin, Big Brown
Senators' Ruutu suspended two games >>
Toronto, ON (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Ottawa Senators forward Jarkko Ruutu has been
suspended for two games without pay for an elbowing incident in the club's
game Tuesday against Montreal.
Ruutu was assessed a charging minor against the Ca
Line of Scrimmage: Week 11 - Ravens Must Still Prove Mettle >>
Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Baltimore Ravens won't get the same
credit as the Atlanta Falcons or Miami Dolphins for their abrupt turnaround.
The Ravens were 5-11 in their final year under Brian Billick a year ago, but
they were a
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Trash talk has a place in every competitive endeavor (except baseball; those stirrup-wearers are too busy chewing on their sunflower seeds and their “supplements” to worry about what their opponents are doing).
Fantasy sports is no exception. Any intelligent discussion of the subject would probably start with a thesis statement or a definition of terms. Thankfully, this won’t be an intelligent discussion.
Let me just say that I am happy to take a place in this space alongside my talented colleagues, even our commissioner. (You should see how she bleats like a demented paper boy about league fees on our fantasy site).
Trash talking, I would argue, is primarily about amusing your friends, their sheeplike demeanors and sloping foreheads notwithstanding. The best place I have found for football trash talking is at www.SportsAlarm.com.
Beyond the entertainment factor, though, I would recognize that the sophomoric ritual has one advantage, when properly applied. It magnifies your fantasy triumphs and mitigates your fantasy failures by transforming the eventual point total into an afterthought. Winning makes it seem like your opponent really is a “truss-owning, lapel-pin-wearing nitwit.” And in defeat, trash talk can be the air bag to break the fall from your hyperbolic heights. “The plug-necked yahoos on your team,” you can say, “will be sacking groceries by the end of the season.”
The best trash talk, in my view, is layered and nuanced. And it doesn’t focus only on your opponent’s team. It picks apart your opponent. The idea is to create a shock-and-awe-scale blizzard of nonsense, and the goal is to make your opponent drop his hands from his keyboard in exasperation.
What team does your opponent root for? Accuse a Giants fan of having a Joe Namath pillowcase. Where’s your opponent from? Give a look of concern no matter his reply, then say, “I’ll try to type slower for you next time.” Is your opponent into politics? Label everyone a tax-and-spend corporate shill.
Cap all that with a liberal application of irrelevance. For instance, don’t just conclude by saying your opponent is a “twerp who drafts like my grandmother.” Say that your opponent is a “sweater-wearing, eyebrow-plucking twerp who drafts his team about as well as Zsa Zsa Gabor gave acceptance speeches at the Oscars.” By the time your foe makes sense of that, his starting running back will have had puppies.
But what about you? Hmm? Recall a memorable slam? Have a tried-and-true technique? Know someone who seems impervious to insult? Take a moment and tells us about it. Put together some (fit-for-publication) thoughts. You won’t be too busy returning phone messages from your friends, I’m sure, to reply.
In addition to the trash talking, the Sports Alarm has a huge gallery of high resolution pictures of beautiful women and models in bikinis. The most popular models are: Lindsay Lohan, Carrie Underwood, Alessandra Ambrosio, and Paris Hilton.
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