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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

‘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

For O’s, Future is Now

May 26th, 2009

Matt Wieters will make his much anticipated major league debut on Friday night at Camden Yards. The long-awaited announcement was made by Baltimore’s President of Baseball Operations Andy MacPhail during an in-game television interview on MASN.

Wieters, who went 4-for-4 with four RBI in his final tune up at Triple-A Norfolk on Tuesday night, is hitting .305 in the minor leagues. Widely considered the best prospect in all of baseball, a case could be made that Orioles fans have never viewed a minor league star with the reverence the fan base has bestowed upon the 2007 5th-overall pick. Read the rest »

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

Too Manny Chances for Ramirez

May 8th, 2009

Manny Ramirez has always made himself tough to like. Despite his sweet swing and incessant smiling, Ramirez’s career has been filled with a compilation of moments that make him almost impossible to root for.

Still, because he is of the game’s finest hitters in recent history – and because his presence in the middle of a batting order can make a decent team good and a good one great – people, and teams, have found a way to look past his childish antics. Read the rest »

Posted by Grant Paulsen Filed in General, MLB, Articles

Capitals’ Rookie Doesn’t Rattle

April 26th, 2009

When Bruce Boudreau decided to start Simeon Varlamov in Game 2 of the Washington Capitals’ first-round playoff series with the New York Rangers, the second-year head coach hoped the rookie goalie would provide a spark.

It’s been a week since Boudreau put his team’s fate on the shoulders of a kid who isn’t old enough to get into a bar. The decision he made is still baffling, even several days later. Read the rest »

Posted by Grant Paulsen Filed in General, NHL, Articles, Washington Capitals

Ovechkin Should Keep ‘MVP’ Label

April 13th, 2009

Alexander Ovechkin is the NHL’s best player. Here’s why his masterful 2009 season should be commemorated with a second consecutive Hart Trophy. Read the rest »

Posted by Grant Paulsen Filed in General, NHL, Articles, Washington Capitals

Nats’ flame-thrower burns up pessimism

August 23rd, 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

For O’s, Future is Now

May 26th, 2009

Too Manny Chances for Ramirez

May 8th, 2009

Capitals’ Rookie Doesn’t Rattle

April 26th, 2009

Ovechkin Should Keep ‘MVP’ Label

April 13th, 2009

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