Blast from the Past: Notes on an Old Rant

Thursday, November 13, 2008
by Geoff Young
I stumbled across an old rant of mine the other day about Bob Brenly's mismanagement of Byung-Hyun Kim during the 2001 World Series. First off, that was a pretty good rant, if I do say so myself. It had plenty of bluster and just the right amount of condescension. Second, I speculated at the time as to how Brenly's curious decisions might affect Kim: His manager set him up for failure two nights in a row, first by leaving him in way too long, then by bringing him back exhausted. Honestly, the way Brenly has treated Kim, I'm hoping all he blows is the World Series. I don't want to put some kind of jinx on Kim but if he does come down with a major ...

Giving Away Phillips

Thursday, March 20, 2003
by Geoff Young
What the heck, I haven't done a good rant in a while. Okay, there was the Junior Seau riff the other day but when you get down to it, that was just football. So, if you missed it, the Pads acquired Rondell White from the Yankees. Yep, Kevin Towers finally found a taker for Bubba Trammell's contract and he managed to pick up a decent outfielder in return. Not bad, right? Certainly no cause for a rant. There was one other player in the deal: Mark Phillips. Honestly, when I heard there was a minor leaguer involved, I figured it was a lesser propect, like Bernie Castro or J.J. Furmaniak. Never in my wildest dreams did I imagine it would be ...
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