Hockey

Pictures of Matchstick Men – ’19-’20 Blackhawks Player Previews – Patrick Kane

Adam Hess September 20, 2019 0

Patrick Kane is good at hockey. I am not really sure what more we should say about this guy. He’s been the best forward on this team for more than a decade and the best player for a few years, since Duncan Keith‘s mileage caught up to him. But you know all this. I’m not […]

Hockey

Pictures of Matchstick Men – ’19-’20 Blackhawks Player Previews – Alex DeBrincat

Adam Hess September 18, 2019 0

Do you ever catch yourself? Maybe you’re sitting at dinner with a friend your significant other, talking about the news or whatever, and you have to stop a moment. A wide, ill-intentioned grin spreads across your face. You must look crazy. You start cackling like a maniac. You can’t stop laughing like you’re the fucking […]

Hockey

Pictures of Matchstick Men – ’19-’20 Blackhawks Player Previews – Olli Maatta

Adam Hess September 11, 2019 0

For going on damn near three years now, it’s been obvious to anyone with a brain that the Blackhawks have had lacked a lot on the blue line. We knew that good ol’ Duncan Keith would never be able to keep up his cowboy ways at the elite level he had played at before, and […]

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Pictures of Matchstick Men – ’19-’20 Player Previews – Corey Crawford

Adam Hess September 3, 2019 0

One year after the Hawks spent an entire summer backhandely blaming him for them missing the playoffs in the 2017-18 season, Corey Crawford enters 2019 in something of a goalie competition for the long term. With new signee Robin Lehner coming off a career year an potentially primed to take this job out from under […]

Baseball

Series Wrap – Sox Take Two of Three From Twins – The Neural Pathway to Victory

Adam Hess August 22, 2019 0

BOX SCORES Game 1: Sox 6, Twins 4 Game 2: Sox 4, Twins 14 Game 3: Sox 4, Twins 0 There are few things as frustrating as the White Sox getting their shit kicked in by the Minnesota Twins, but also few things more incredible than the White Sox kicking the Twins’ shit in. This […]

Baseball

Honey I’m Calling Up The Kids

Adam Hess August 2, 2019 0

With the trade deadline gone and the White Sox well on their way to another top-10 draft pick, it’s not a secret that the remainder of this season means next to nothing for the big league club. The obvious catch is that it is still important that Yoan Moncada, Eloy Jimenez, Tim Anderson, Lucas Giolito, […]

Baseball

Series Wrap: White Sox Swept By Mets – Losing The Incompetence Bowl

Adam Hess August 1, 2019 0

Game 1 Box Score: Mets 5, White Sox 2 (F/11) Game 2 Box Score: Mets 4, White Sox 2 Game 3 Box Score: Mets 4, White Sox 0 Just when you think that getting swept in a 4-game set by the Royals means the White Sox couldn’t possibly find a new low, they go and […]

Baseball

James McCann’s Luck Has Run Out

Adam Hess July 25, 2019 0

James McCann’s hot start to this season was easily one of the biggest surprises in the baseball world. He was, well, bad in his first few years in Detroit, never posting a wRC+ better than 95 and never quite adding much defensive value as a catcher either. Most teams will deal with a sub-par bat […]

Hockey

This Damn Compass Is Broken And We Don’t Know Where We’re Going

Adam Hess July 10, 2019 0

Recently I have been reading The MVP Machine, a pretty interesting book about player development in baseball. The opening chapter delves into how the famous Moneyball story led to just about every team in baseball adopting a similar strategy in an effort to build their teams more intelligently. At one point they quote baseball analyst Phil […]

Baseball Everything Else

Those With Glass Ceilings Should Not Throw Baseballs Too Much Or They Will Inevitably Get Hurt: Ranking The White Sox Top Prospects

Adam Hess July 9, 2019 0

Now that we have arrived at the MLB All-Star Break, it’s about as good a time as ever to review the list of the White Sox’ top prospects, because outside of the obvious candidates at the major league level, it’s not like there is too much more to get excited about with this team. So […]