The Glass Eye: MLB Baseball Preview – National League, Part Two

We conclude our baseball preview series by looking at the NL Central, a long mediocre, always unfairly oversized (until this season, with the departure of the Astros) yet surprisingly competitive division over the past several seasons. We will of course take an in-depth look at the Pirates, and see if this is FINALLY ‘the year’ [...]

The Glass Eye: MLB Baseball Preview – National League, Part One

Click here for AL Preview Part 1 Click here for AL Preview part 2 On to the NL this week, and we’ll start out West, where the Dodgers are spending money like it’s on fire, but they have plenty of competition for top honors: NL WEST Colorado Rockies (5th in 2012) Key Additions: RP Wilton [...]

The Glass Eye: MLB Baseball Preview – American League, Part Two

Last week, we looked at the teams I do not expect to contend in the AL, plus the AL West contenders…this week we’ll look at the possible contenders in the other AL divisions, starting with the Central. AL CENTRAL Chicago White Sox (2nd in 2012) Key Additions: 3B Jeff Keppinger Key Losses: C AJ Pierzynski, [...]

The Glass Eye: MLB Baseball Preview – American League, Part One

Spring training games are underway, which means Opening Day will be here before you know it! Time for our annual MLB preview columns – we’ll look at the major moves each team has made, and take an educated guess at the final standings. Let’s start with the teams I think will be AL also-rans and [...]

The Glass Eye: Wrestling and Hockey

The Eye casts a harsh light on several subjects this week… -We’ll lead off with the probable end of Olympic wrestling, a story that reeks of corruption, arrogance, and laziness on all sides. The IOC’s decision to remove wrestling as a ‘core’ sport – while leaving the likes of sailing, table tennis, and (most notably) [...]

The Glass Eye: Super Bowl Thoughts

What appeared to be a snoozer of a Super Bowl ended up with all sorts of drama and even a little controversy. Let’s break out the ‘bullet points’ and review the game and events surrounding it. -First, the obvious: Joe Flacco’s sense of timing is exquisite. He is an unrestricted free agent after completing arguably [...]

The Glass Eye: Super Bowl Preview

Say, I heard there’s a big football game this weekend – and I’m not sure if you heard, but the teams’ head coaches are brothers! Of course, that’s been the dominant storyline this week; but let’s analyze each team position-by-position and determine which team has the overall advantage. DEFENSIVE LINE Baltimore has outstanding nose tackle [...]

The Glass Eye: NHL Preview

It took too long and the parties made an art form out of making mountains out of molehills, but FINALLY, we have NHL hockey again! The excitement may not be rampant everywhere, but it sure is in Pittsburgh – the Pens opened a SCRIMMAGE up to the public and 18,000+ fans showed up to watch [...]

The Glass Eye: NFL Conference Championships Preview

We’ll get to the NFL in a minute, but first…HOCKEY IS BACK! The season starts this Saturday and as such I do not have the time to preview this week, but I’ll be back with an Eastern Conference preview next week that focuses primarily on the Pens and Flyers This week, though, let’s take a [...]

The Glass Eye: NFL Divisional Playoffs Preview

Last week went just about the way I thought it might – there were a couple of blowouts, a relatively tame affair in Houston, and the drama in DC. This week offers much the same – a couple of games that appear to be mismatches, and a couple of games that are VERY hard to [...]

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