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The Seattle Mariners are set to promote another former Tar Heel to the big leagues. Third baseman Kyle Seager is being promoted after a short but extremely productive stint at AAA Tacoma. The Seattle Mariners announced Wednesday that the 2009 third-round pick Seager will join their 2009 No. 1 overall pick Dustin Ackley in the [...] Continue reading Call Them The Seattle Diamond Heels Inside Carolina has a final journal entry from Kendall Marshall prior to the freshman point guard’s arrival on campus this weekend. Marshall is expected to arrive along with Reggie Bullock and Harrison Barnes. I know it has been said ad nauseum but you cannot help but be impressed with the work ethic and level [...] Continue reading Odds and Ends: Summer Boredom Edition Major League Baseball held its draft Tuesday night and UNC 1B Dustin Ackley was the 2nd overall pick to the Seattle Mariners. P Alex White was taken 15th overall by the Cleveland Indians. The Mariners also picked up 3B Kyle Seager in the third round. UNC football recruit Donavan Tate was selected 3rd overall which [...] Continue reading Ackley, White Drafted In 1st Round Brian Barbour on August 1st, 2006 |  Comments are closed Busy and recovering from a rare bout of flu in the summer. On top of that the sports world has not held my attention during the past week. Here is a short summary of what has been happening. Doping So Floyd Landis was getting a little help on that day he came back from eight [...] Continue reading Where in the World? Brian Barbour on July 12th, 2006 | Comments are closed I have spent the morning trying to figure out what kind of extravagant gift the American League Champion will send San Diego’s Trevor Hoffman for essentially handing World Series home field advantage to the AL during the All Star Game last night. The National League was one out away from ending nine years of futility [...] Continue reading Trevor Hoffman’s Big Night Brian Barbour on July 11th, 2006 | Comments are closed Well, not really. We have more insight into what drove France’s Zinedine Zidane to head butt Italy’s Marco Materazzi in the chest drawing a red card during the World (Non)Cup Final Sunday in Germany. Well actually we have conflicting accounts, one which says Materazzi called Zidane “the son of a terrorist whore” and also told [...] Continue reading All Star Caliber Thoughts Brian Barbour on May 31st, 2006 | Comments are closed Which they did and tied the game with three minutes to go in the third period before losing in overtime 2-1 on a power play goal by Buffalo. Now I have enjoyed watching the Hurricanes play but I still think hockey is more chaos and freaky ricochets of the puck. The most impressive part of [...] Continue reading Things I Was Thinking About While Waiting for the Hurricanes to Score a Goal… Brian Barbour on May 10th, 2006 | Comments are closed Barry Bonds agent has indicated the embattled slugger might be interested in returning for the 2007 season. Over at ESPN several executives needed to be treated for excessive excitment over the possibilities of another full season of breaking news stories, scandal exposes, nightly highlights of his accomplishments, and plenty of “Chasing Hank Aaron” updates throughout [...] Continue reading Random Thoughts There is an inordinate amount of hype surrounding Barry Bonds’ career home run total and the fact he stands two away from Babe Ruth on the all time list at 714. ESPN which continues to completely prostitute itself by reporting Bonds steroids scandal but at the same time serving as the slugger’s shief promoter has [...] Continue reading Not Celebrating Barry Bonds |
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