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Cormac Eklof

From the Bleachers

by Cormac Eklof
Former Irish baseball team international takes a look at sporting events in the US and Ireland

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Monday, September 26, 2011 at 04:29 PM

MLB Monday catchup. The AL MVP race and the AL Wild card race.


As we cruise to the end of the MLB season, there is an awful lot of copy being written in particular about the AL MVP. Should a pitcher be considered? Should it go to a player who is playing for a team that is seventeen games out in its division?


This column's suggestion is leading the AL with a sparkling .341 batting average. He is tied for first with a sensational .447 OBP (On base percentage). He is tied for second place with 47 doubles and is right up there in home runs (tied 7th) and RBIs (tied 7th). Our candidate is tied for 2nd in the AL with 108 walks and is second in slugging and OPS.



Tuesday, September 20, 2011 at 02:18 AM

Panic about the Red Sox? Not just yet.


Alright so, let’s kick things off by stating the obvious. As Sox fans, you are disappointed, I am disappointed, we are all disappointed. This has been a singularly painful couple of weeks baseball, as



Friday, September 16, 2011 at 02:59 PM

NFL Picks: Week two: The sophmore slump


The curse of having a 'good week' at the coalface that is



Thursday, September 15, 2011 at 05:55 AM

Sunderland striker Asamoah Gyan moves to a club with an average attendance of 2,513


It is obviously not ground breaking news to report that many athletes are greedy, however sometimes the sheer audacity of their actions are breath taking. How stupid do these clowns think we, the fans, are? Why do they insist on the same clichéd, asinine statements about moving for trophies or whatever, when the only reason they are moving is so they can afford to wipe their backsides with surplus cash?

Consider former Sunderland strikers, the Ghanaian



Friday, September 09, 2011 at 09:54 AM

NFL picks: Week one: The return of the NFL


Here we go again. The column often considers the week before the first NFL games of the season to be one of the finest, most enjoyable of sporting weeks. For that week, pre-kickoff, your favourite team can win the Superbowl. Your favourite Quarterback is primed for a juicy season stats wise. Your fantasy football team looks beyond awesome on paper, and you, as yet, haven't lost a penny betting on the NFL. Life is beautiful. Then of course, the season starts, and, this happens...





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