Friday LinkFrogging – 3/25/11

RIP Welcome back  boys and girls. All the Geeks are back from Austin and, in my case, points further south.  Thanks to Matt for holding down the fort whilst I was in sunny Naples, Florida working as arm candy and dancing with the blue agave (which is quite different than Dancing at the Blue Iguana). …

The 10 Greatest Fictional Baseball Players of All Time

Its that time of year. The games that matter are getting fewer and fewer as the Boys of Summer head into the fall.  Add to that the impending return of HBO's brilliantly profane Eastbound and Down and me coaching my kids' baseball team and I've got the great American past time on the brain. I'll …

Strikeforce Comes to Houston

We love us some MMA here at GonzoGeek. That's why we're extremely excited about covering this weekend's Strikeforce Houston show live from the Toyota Center on Saturday night. I will be in attendance and blogging live from the show. Matt and I will have our predictions for the fights up shortly.  I'm also trying to …

Obama v. McCain: The Truth is Out There

"We are in the bottom of the ninth. "Much like the 1969 'Miracle Mets,' Barack Obama stands on the precipice of history. Barring an error of Bill Buckneresque proportions, Senator Obama will very likely be the winner of the seemingly perpetual 2008 presidential election. The Senator from Illinois- home of the Cubs, the White Sox …

Reimagining Major League Baseball – Take 2

A while back I wrote a lengthy post about my idea to realign Major League Baseball along geographical lines.  My idea was to group teams in a way that made sense based solely on their physical location (ie both New York teams in the same division). Shortly after that, Stephe and I started talking about how …