The 35th Street Review » Jose Contreras

The Sport of Jesters

Andrew Reilly — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 14:25:08 +0000

The White Sox could be champions, if only we were talking about a different game. [The Beachwood Reporter]

Two Different Men Into Two Different Sunsets

Andrew Reilly — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 18:05:09 +0000

The Chicago White Sox suddenly have not one but two(!) chances of making the playoffs. [More]

Thome/Contreras x 2

Andrew Reilly — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 18:42:57 +0000

Here they go again, on their own. . . [A.V. Chicago]

. . . goin’ down the only road Ken Griffey, Jr.’s ever known. [Mouthpiece Sports]

Jake Peavy and the New Admission of Failure

Andrew Reilly — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 17:58:47 +0000

Eight and a half games back! Team of Destiny, assemble! [More]

So This Is The Way The Rotation Ends

Andrew Reilly — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 18:47:04 +0000

Jose Contreras. Anybody remember that guy? He used to work here. Model employee, some might say. [Mouthpiece Sports]

His Win Is Their Impending Losses

Andrew Reilly — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 20:50:28 +0000

Jose Contreras dominates again. What an awful, awful turns of events. [More]

El Conte and El Cowley

Andrew Reilly — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 16:08:29 +0000

Sorry for the lapse in posting, folks. A rather large non-sports-related project came up so pieces here on 35th Street might become slightly intermittent over the next few weeks. As penance, a Friday twofer of world-hating cynicism by yours truly:

First of all you guys, Gordon Beckham is, like, so awesome, and his hair is totally rad, and he’s good at baseball, and I wonder if he likes Twilight, too, OMG, that would be so cool, and he likes girls!!!! Srsly, I read it in the ppr, I heard he’ll totes txt u if u txt him! [Mouthpiece Sports]

Fawning aside, we turn our attention to a man transforming crests and troughs into gross oversimplification, not interesting like Javier Vazquez and not useless like Nick Swisher: ladies and gentlement, Jose Contreras is the Rex Grossman of Major League Baseball. [Mouthpiece Sports]

Jose Contreras Is The Rex Grossman Of White Sox Pitching

Andrew Reilly — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 17:08:30 +0000

If there was such a thing as a "pitcher rating," well, you kind of know where this is going. [More]

It’s the Question That Drives Us

Andrew Reilly — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 17:31:26 +0000

It’s the question that brought you here. You know the question, just as I did. [Mouthpiece Sports]

The 35th Street Post Office [July 16, 2009]

Andrew Reilly — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 18:29:16 +0000

Dude, I've got a two-liter of Mountain Dew and a bunch of D&D books. Let's party! Also, Bacon Spice is fair game. [More]