By Stuart Wilkinson The Pittsburgh Pirates are making a run at history. If you take their record at face value, this team just looks like a standard addition to the Pirates record-breaking eighteen year losing streak. Nothing to see here, move along. If you take a deeper look at MLB’s standings, however, something should pop [...]
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Road Rash – The 2010 Pittsburgh Pirates
Posted: 7th September 2010 by Stu Wilkinson in Baseball, Stu WilkinsonComments Off
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I haven’t written anything for The On Deck Circle in a long time. After this weekend’s Pitt-Villanova game I had to once again fire up MS Word and let the Internet, and more specifically Scottie Reynolds, know how I feel. Before you read my letter to Scottie, know that I am a Pitt basketball fan. [...]
Gary Roberts Wednesday – Chris Kaman
Posted: 13th August 2008 by Stu Wilkinson in NBA Ball, Stu WilkinsonComments Off
This article has been submitted by Stu Wilkinson. Welcome to the Beijing Olympics version of Gary Roberts Wednesday. I was going to pick Chinese synchronized divers Lin Yue and Huo Liang after their gold medal performance in men’s synchronized diving, but then I remembered that they can’t Google Tiananmen Square. You have to be able [...]
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This article has been submitted by Stu Wilkinson. That’s right folks, it’s time for some NFL talk on The On Deck Circle! Patrick Tye got us started the other day with his “Fantasy Football Focus” (by the way, who the heck is Shaun Hill?) and now it’s time for some more in-depth analysis. I’m pretty [...]
Gary Roberts Wednesday – Jason Bay
Posted: 6th August 2008 by Stu Wilkinson in Baseball, Stu WilkinsonComments Off
This article has been submitted by Stu Wilkinson. Welcome to baseball that matters, Jason Bay “Watch.” For all but three games of your pre-Red Sox career you played for the Pittsburgh Pirates, baseball’s version of whatever opened against The Dark Knight. Those years were full of individual accolades and team losses. Now you have your [...]
Gary Roberts Wednesday – Andris Biedrins
Posted: 30th July 2008 by Stu Wilkinson in NBA Ball, Stu WilkinsonComments Off
This article has been submitted by Stu Wilkinson. Congratulations are in order for Andris Biedrins of the Golden State Warriors. Mr. Biedrins recently signed a contract worth $62 million (that’s more than People paid for Tom and Katie’s baby pictures!) over the next six seasons. Mr. Biedrins has also never, ever, made a jump shot. [...]
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This article has been submitted by Stu Wilkinson. It’s time. The Major League Baseball All-Star Game is over, which means it’s time to get down to business for the teams that consider themselves contenders for a berth in the World Series. As we saw last year with the Colorado Rockies, the goal for teams not [...]
Gary Roberts Wednesday – Trevor Linden
Posted: 23rd July 2008 by Stu Wilkinson in Hockey, Stu WilkinsonComments Off
This article has been submitted by Stu Wilkinson. For the last couple of weeks the retirement status of a certain Green Bay Packers quarterback has been deemed by the sports media to be incredibly important news. This quarterback has probably gotten more face time on PTI than Wilbon and Kornheiser combined, while the retirement of [...]
Gary Roberts Wednesday – Ryan Hollweg
Posted: 16th July 2008 by Stu Wilkinson in Hockey, Stu WilkinsonComments Off
This article has been submitted by Stu Wilkinson. Toronto Maple Leafs fans know they have a lot to look forward to next season thanks to the brilliance of Cliff Fletcher and the rest of MLSE. Bryan McCabe’s return to relevance. The Finger-banging of opposing forwards that dare to enter Vesa Toskala’s airspace. The inevitable emergence [...]
Never Trust Duke Basketball Players
Posted: 11th July 2008 by Stu Wilkinson in NBA Ball, NCAA Hoops, Stu WilkinsonComments Off
This article has been submitted by Stu Wilkinson. We all know that Duke University is an awful academic institution with an embarrassment for a men’s basketball team. Although I’ve never met a Duke graduate, I’m sure that they are all complete jerks, as jerkiness pretty much comes with a diploma from Duke University. Most guys [...]