Swinging for the Fences – The Arkansas Traveler

Swinging for the Fences

    By on April 28, 2010 at 12:06 am • 0 Comments
    SWINGING FOR THE FENCES By Matt Watson First things first, thank you for reading. Whether you’re delving into the Traveler sports section for the first time today or you’ve been reading Swinging for the Fences for the last four years, I appreciate ...
    By on April 21, 2010 at 12:04 am • 0 Comments
    SWINGING FOR THE FENCES By Matt Watson You know it’s NFL Draft season when you see ESPN’s Mel Kiper and Todd McShay yelling at the top of their lungs at each other, hurling their conflicting opinions at national television audiences like flaming ...
    By on April 14, 2010 at 12:06 am • 0 Comments
    SWINGING FOR THE FENCES By Matt Watson On the 10th day of baseball, the sports gods gave to me, a great start to the MLB season…scandal-free. A week and a half into the 2010 baseball season, the Major Leagues are running smoother than ...
    By on April 7, 2010 at 12:05 am • 0 Comments
    SWINGING FOR THE FENCES By Matt Watson Razorback first baseman Andy Wilkins has smashed 37 home runs in two and a half years at Arkansas, the fifth-highest total for any Hog slugger ever. Wilkins could easily pass North Little Rock native Brian Kirby ...
    By on April 2, 2010 at 10:59 pm • 0 Comments
    SWINGING FOR THE FENCES By Matt Watson March Madness is down to its final four teams, college football spring practice began yesterday and the No. 10 Diamond Hogs just finished a sweep of a top 25 SEC team. It’s a good time ...
    By on March 10, 2010 at 12:04 am • 1 Comment
    SWINGING FOR THE FENCES By Matt Watson Every year about this time, baseball purists always talk about the high hopes every team has during Major League Spring Training. Every club’s official record is unblemished. Every roster is full of (mostly) healthy players. Every organization gauges ...
    By on March 3, 2010 at 12:04 am • 0 Comments
    SWINGING FOR THE FENCES By Matt Watson In case you have been hiding out on Planet Dagobah for the past couple weeks, the University of Mississippi is officially doing away with its controversial “Rebels” moniker for its athletic teams and made the ...
    By on February 17, 2010 at 12:05 am • 0 Comments
    SWINGING FOR THE FENCES By Matt Watson “We’re playing baseball. Put your pants on.” I can’t say I had ever heard that exact phrase until baseball media day two days ago. It wasn’t a joke either – the players were in the clubhouse ...
    By on February 10, 2010 at 12:04 am • 0 Comments
    SWINING FOR THE FENCES By Matt Watson Something said at the post-game press conference after the hoops Hogs’ big overtime win Saturday over Auburn struck me as a little odd. “Make no mistake about it, there is nothing fun about this.” What does a ...
    By on February 3, 2010 at 6:03 am • 0 Comments
    SWINGING FOR THE FENCES By Matt Watson It’s been a long, cold winter, and it doesn’t look like it’s going to end any time soon, but hot or cold the collegiate baseball season kicks off in just over two weeks either way. I ...
    By on January 27, 2010 at 6:04 am • 0 Comments
    SWINGING FOR THE FENCES By Matt Watson Half of talking about sports is numbers. The other half is interpretation, and the whole of it involves a lot of acronyms and abbreviations. Like what good is an MVP on the DL? A WR without ...