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06 Apr 18:36

This Week in Wrestling 2015 week 14

by Editor
Jamie Lithgow & Brian Damage In ‘This Week in Wrestling’ Jamie shares what wrestling taught him this week and Brian shares with us the best wrestling related images and videos he’s come across this week. All that and more in this edition of This Week in Wrestling… “Hold On A Minute Playa…” Jamie If Damien […]
29 Dec 20:23

CATCHERS’ BASEBALL MONOPOLY GROWING

by Murray Chass
When the Tampa Bay Rays announced last month that Kevin Cash, Raul Ibanez and Don Wakamatsu were finalists in their quest for a new manager, there was a 67 percent chance that Major League Baseball would get its third minority manager for the 2015 season. When Ibanez subsequently withdrew, that percentage dropped to 50. However, another percentage rose from 67 to 100. Ibanez’s withdrawal left Cash and Wakamatsu as the candidates, meaning the Rays’ new manager would be a former catcher. What’s with these catchers? They keep getting jobs as managers, much moreso than pitchers, infielders and outfielders. Designated hitters, too. Former catchers dominate the roster of major league managers for the 2015 season. Fifteen of the 30 managers, up three from last season, were catchers once upon a time. Four of the six new managers were ...