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There’s more than one way to bake a cake. But ask any pastry chef and you’ll hear there’s only one right way to bake a cake. That way, of course, is vastly different from chef to chef. Today, there is anguish on NoPepper.net. Clearly, I have a favorite baseball team. What kind of person would [...]
I am the one writer here who does not *love* The Wire. Does that make me a bad person? I don’t care what you think. The West Wing all the way, baby. Aaron Sorkin could write a mediocre sitcom about late-night TV and I woul … oh. Uh. Well, my love of The West Wing [...]
I used to work at a newspaper that didn’t have a major league team, but it was a pretty big metro area, with a hub airport and the whole shooting match. It was hell. Everybody wanted to talk college sports; I might have been the only person in the metro with the MLB package. In [...]
NoPepper.net: Your home for thousands upon thousands of ill-researched previews. We roll on. NL EAST 1.Philadelphia Phillies Reasons to love ‘em: Understatement: The Phillies have good pitching. Wait. We’re getting an update over the wire. There are 20 players on Philadelphia’s roster who are not starting pitchers. And they are also damn good. When Ryan [...]
Picking a winner of the NL Central this year makes you feel like the Bachelor. Yes, there are a lot of choices that are superficially attractive, but you are terrified that you are picking a complete psycho who will hurl small kitchen appliances at your head because your ratty gym shorts disturb the feng shui of [...]
I see how it is. I’m the only one with the baseballs to make the official NoPepper.net predictions. Well then. I am now tempted to pick the Royals to win the Central. But you, dear reader, deserve more than that. Not much more, since this website is free and has no advertising. Still. I did [...]
The Patriots are going to do the impossible and go undefeated for a season, knocking off the Giants in the Super Bowl. Mid-majors will get crushed in BCS bowl games. The Yankees look good to repeat in 2010. Butler vs. Virginia Commonwealth. Ladies and gentlemen, I present the last five or six years in conventional [...]