The Mendoza Line

It is line in batting which acts as a cutoff point for the batters. Any player whose average performance falls anywhere below the line is normally termed to be below the Mendoza Line’. How it started The expression was first used as a clubhouse joke by the United States baseball players in 1979 due to … Read more

Lawro Audit 2: EPL Week 3

Week 2 of the English Premiership, and we finally got our first real shock of the season. No, the Manchester big guns kept on winning, and Chelsea have managed to get two wins in a row in the league for what seems like the first time in an eternity. No, Liverpool lost 2-0 to Burnley, … Read more

The Steve Bartman Incident

The Steve Bartman incident occurred on October 14th in 2003 in Chicago, Illinois. This topic refers to an incident that took place during a baseball championship match between Chicago Cubs and the Florida Marlins at Wrigley Stadium, Chicago. During the match, a fan by the name Steve Bartman deflected a ball headed his way. In … Read more

Lawro Audit 2: EPL Week 2

The English Premiership kicked off last week, and we had some amazing games, especially on Sunday afternoon, which was a nice change. I actually watched the Bournemouth/Manchester United and Arsenal/Liverpool games in an Irish bar in Madrid, which was a nice way to start the English Premiership season. I mean, seriously, anyone that backed Liverpool … Read more

The LA Dodgers Ownership Dispute

The Major League Baseball team the LA. Dodgers saw a period of turmoil for the year 2011 to 2012. This problem was caused thanks to the mismanagement of the club and its finances by the owner of the baseball club. Bad decisions were made in terms of investment and procuring funds via business ventures outside … Read more

Lawro Audit 2: EPL Week 1

The 2016-’17 English Premier League season is upon us, which means we’ve got another season of Mark Lawreson’s amazing predictions to go with it. Now, hopefully you followed this series last season, but I also hope that you didn’t follow Mark Lawrenson’s predictions, because, as we expected, Lawro ended up last year with a crushing … Read more