Dear Vin, On October 3rd, 1993, fifty seven years after you first walked past that Laundromat, an eight year old boy again fell in love with baseball and again, it was due to the Giants suffering a thorough beating at the hands of a historic franchise. This time, it was the Dodgers, not the […]
I’m ain’t mad at ya, Kevin Durant. You left your old town to play under the bright lights of the city. It’s a story as old as time. Can’t say I haven’t wanted the same thing myself. While everyone mocks your decision as being “the easy way out”, I would disagree. Sequels are rarely as good the original– […]
The Happy Friday Syndrome By: Frank Martinez @FrankTalkLA When the final buzzer sounded inside Oracle Arena after Game 2, The Golden State Warriors resounding 32 point victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers appeared to confirm the vast majority of pre-NBA Finals predictions, they were the better team. The Warriors won the first two games in their […]
Rome wasn’t built in one day. We’ve all heard that phrase accurately explaining that success or greatness doesn’t happen overnight; there is a process that must take place. The Los Angeles Lakers will find themselves with plenty of options and paths that they can take to restore the organization back to championship contenders. Laker fans […]
I think Boyz II Men said it best “it’sso hard to say goodbye to yesterday.” And what a good bye Kobe Bryant gave us last night. Kobe went out the way you would’ve wanted him to go out, by shooting the basketball. Did he ever shoot, by racking up 50 field goal attempts and to […]
When he was hired, Dave Roberts was described as the happy medium between the sabermetric nerds, and the old school baseball die hards. An intelligent mind who was such a hit in his interviews, he beat out the rumored front office favorite Gape Kapler for the job. Also, such on old school gamer, he made […]
People say the NBA is becoming a position-less league. The Lakers are an example that this is simply not the case. Among the head-scratching decisions coach Byron Scott has made thus far, perhaps the most bewildering has been his decision to play career Power-Forward Brandon Bass extended minutes at Center, leading to disastrous results. Bass, long considered […]
Just a month into the season, the 2015 Draft Class begun settling into their roles as franchise cornerstones. While some have had an easy transition into the professional game, others have struggled out of the gate. Here are our early rookie rankings so far: ROOKIE RANKINGS 1) KARL ANTHONY TOWNS On the most talented team […]
You play to win the game! Winning is everything! If you ain’t first, you’re last. We’ve all heard these things before, it’s ingrained in every athlete to go out and win the game. Winning is always a priority. However, if you are the Los Angeles Lakers and Byron Scott, winning takes a back seat to […]
The question is always asked, who would you want on the mound in a must win game? Well the Dodgers and their fans get their man in, Clayton Kershaw. Kershaw will take the mound on Tuesday with the Dodgers season hanging in the balance and they wouldn’t want it any other way. The best pitcher […]
