Who Am I? | June 29, 2011 »

Who Am I? | June 29, 2011

I was one of the inaugural winners of the Rolaids Relief Man Award. The year before that, I finished third in Rookie of the Year voting.

Who Am I? | June 22, 2011 »

Who Am I? | June 22, 2011

I played on some pretty bad teams in my time. It wasn’t until my 10th year in the bigs that I was a member of my first team with a winning record.

Who Am I? | June 15, 2011 »

Who Am I? | June 15, 2011

Some would suggest I was a major contributor to what many feel is one of the biggest problems in the game today, but I prefer to think of myself as a Moneyball player long before anybody had any idea what that was.

Who am I? | June 8, 2011 »

Who am I? | June 8, 2011

Rick and Brent Barry won the N.B.A. title as did Bill and Luke Walton, but my dad and I were the first father and son duo to complete that feat. Ironically, dad only played one year in the Association, and I played on a team that won the title in my first season…

Who am I? | 6/1/11 »

Who am I? | 6/1/11

You don’t know about me without you knowing a little bit about the La Salle Explorers. Actually, that’s probably not true. You might know me. You just might not know that I went to Philadelphia school. One of my Explorer teammates earned player-of-the-year honors…

Who am I? | May 25, 2011 »

Who am I? | May 25, 2011

Canisius College Golden Griffins in the National Basketball Association. Now there’s a topic. Let’s see. Some of you riders of the pine probably recall Al Masino. He played with the Hawks when they were in Milwaukee. Al also laced ‘em up for the Rochester Royals and Syracuse Nationals.

Who am I? | 5/18/11 »

Who am I? | 5/18/11

If a player is measured by his trade value, then I may have hall-of-fame potential. I played for nine organizations in nine seasons. Yeah, you could say Ricky Nelson sang my theme song. I signed a free agent deal with Miami after playing college ball at Duquesne…

Who am I? 5/11/11 »

Who am I? 5/11/11

How many guys in N.B.A. history can you name from McNeese State University? I can tell you. It’s a short list. None of the others are in the Hall of Fame. I am. Three of the guys played a total of sixty-nine games between them. Another alum played 133 contests…

Who am I? | 5/4/11 »

Who am I? | 5/4/11

How many N.B.A. players can you name from Norfolk State University? I’ll give you a few minutes to think about that one. Give up? I think the answer is four. The other three guys played 58 games. Me? I played 839 contests in the Association…

Open Thread Thursday | 4/28/11 »

Open Thread Thursday | 4/28/11

Loyal readers, here is your chance to get the discussion going. Let us know what is on your mind. Today is a great day for the Pine!

Insight of the week

Rey: "15 seconds left, tie ball game. If Carolina shoots a three on this last possession, I’m throwing my TV out the window."


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