Showing posts with label baseball. Show all posts
Showing posts with label baseball. Show all posts
Friday, April 13, 2018

Throwing away outs

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This has been a busy week and I felt like talking about something other than the law today, so here we go. Last Saturday night I took my g...
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Monday, March 24, 2014

Jim Crane's secrets to successfully running a baseball team (into the ground)

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Well, as we get nearer and nearer to the real  Opening Day in Cincinnati, it's probably about time we took a little time to look at the ...
Friday, February 14, 2014

Fantasy baseball comes a-calling

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With pitchers and catchers due to report for the Houston Astros tomorrow - in what can only be described as the uncut version of the Bataan ...
Tuesday, October 1, 2013

Burnt ends

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For those barbecue enthusiasts out there, y'all know that the burnt ends refer to the tips of briskets that have been smoked for hours i...
Monday, September 2, 2013

Going to the bank

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As you might expect, once word went out that the Houston Astros were on track to bag $99 million this year, someone with the ball club had t...
Monday, August 5, 2013

Has it really been five years already?

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Today marks a couple of landmarks in the world of The Defense Rests . It was five years ago today that the first post went out across the in...
Thursday, July 11, 2013

Why shouldn't Puig be an All-Star?

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Yasiel Puig is a rookie for the Los Angeles Dodgers who defected from Cuba last year. His first full month in the majors was the best for...
Friday, July 5, 2013

And just how do you define successful?

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Last weekend we went up to Conroe to hang out with the folks and celebrate my younger brother's birthday.  And, of course, at some point...
Monday, June 10, 2013

Another drug scandal in baseball? Wake me when it's over

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Another day, another steroid (or whatever the performance enhancing drug of the day is) scandal . Stars such as Ryan Braun and Alex Rodrigue...
Saturday, May 25, 2013

Instant replay and the death of the spitball

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Replay? Are y'all really certain y'all want instant replay in baseball? At its core, baseball is entertainment. Yes, it's a sp...
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Saturday, May 18, 2013

Astros at the quarter-pole

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We are now a quarter of the way through the 2013 major league baseball season and the Houston Astros are stinking up the joint even worse th...
Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Upon further review...

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Jeff Passan over at Yahoo! Sports is beating the drum for expanded instant replay in baseball. And, for the sake of the game, I hope he doe...
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Friday, May 3, 2013

A lawyer goes to a ballgame...

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Okay, I'm up in Arlington for a seminar. I spent the evening at the Ballpark (more or less) watching the Rangers lose to the White Sox. ...
Thursday, April 11, 2013

Who's really to blame for network fiasco?

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So now Houston mayor Annise Parker has decided to get herself in the middle of the fray between the Astros and Rockets' regional sports ...
Sunday, March 31, 2013

Play ball!

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The Criminal Defense Lawyer Invitational fantasy baseball league is set and ready to go. We've got six teams ready to do battle over the...
Saturday, March 23, 2013

Still looking for fantasy baseball players

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Okay, folks, it's time for one more final call for any attorneys out there looking to play a little fantasy baseball. We've got just...
Sunday, March 17, 2013

Astros owner reveals his true inner being

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Jim Crane, the owner of the Houston Astros, isn't a dummy. He's been a rather successful (ethical would be a very different question...
Saturday, March 16, 2013

Are you ready for some baseball?

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Today I'm putting out an invite to all criminal defense attorneys out here in the blawgosphere who like fantasy baseball. Y'all a...
Saturday, March 9, 2013

The dog days of April

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For years some fans of the Houston Astros prayed that Drayton McLane would sell the team. After years of trading prospects for rental player...
Monday, February 11, 2013

The boys of summer are back

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Today we hear the best four words during the winter - Pitchers and catchers report . Sure, it's just the Astros who are giving us noth...
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