SB Nation User Blog: wg

Adidas - The City

wg — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 07:07:37 -0000

Does anyone know where to get the long-sleeved t-shirts that the Warriors have been wearing this month on the bench?

They're white, I think made of a poly material similar to Dri-Fit, with "The City" logo and an adidas logo on the upper chest.

Warriors.com, adidas.com, footlocker.com...none of these places carry it...

Jermaine O'Neal

wg — Sat, 06 Jan 2007 20:23:00 -0000

He's publicly expressing frustration in Indy and referred to the option of his being traded.

Three out of some combination of Murphy, Diogu, Pietrus, and Richardson - i.e., an infusion of young talent - strikes me as a credible offer for O'Neal, assuming that the Pacers are willing to take back a large contract or two.

I love Richardson, his work ethic, his attitude, and his continual improvement, but a chance to pick up a low post guy who has an impact on both ends of the floor is rare.

Trying to pull outside breaking balls

wg — Mon, 25 Apr 2005 10:20:34 -0000

I was appalled by Eric Byrnes' at-bat in the 7th inning in Sunday night's game against the Angels. When he approached the plate with runners at first and third, one out, in a 0-0 game, I thought to myself, don't try to pull an outside, off-speed pitch!

Sure enough, the first pitch he saw was an outside breaking pitch, which he tried to pull, and which he grounded to third, eliminating the lead runner.

Troubling is that he didn't even try to attempt to do a "right" thing: either to lay off the outside breaking ball; or to hit the ball the other way. Immaterial is whether he actually brought the run home. He very well may have hit into a DP with a grounder to second. All I wanted to see was an indication that he's mindful of situational hitting, the opposition's probable approach to that situation and how he should react. To me, this further cements his reputation for poor baseball instincts.