Rob Boudreau - Contributor

August 26, 2009 by Rob Boudreau

Francisco Cabrera killed the Pittsburgh Pirates. This is how he did it. With a 2-0 ninth-inning lead in Game 7 of the 1992 National League Championship Series, the Pirates were on the brink of eliminating the Atlanta Braves and heading off to Toronto to face the powerful Blue Jays in...

August 13, 2009 by Rob Boudreau

With 26 World Series championships, the New York Yankees are by far the most successful franchise in professional sports, and certainly the "most winningest" in baseball. With a 24.07 Championship Winning Percentage, the Yankees have proven themselves time and time again. If you name some of the greatest players in...

August 6, 2009 by Rob Boudreau

Last week the NFL showed us what parity can do to a league. This week, we'll see the exact opposite. The National Basketball Association is the youngest of the four major sports by over 25 years, yet two of the most successful franchises in sports history can arguably lay claim...

July 30, 2009 by Rob Boudreau

It is one thing to say that with 12 championships the Green Bay Packers have the most victories in football, but it's another thing entirely to call them the most dominant team of the modern Super Bowl era - especially since they've only won one championship since 1967. The National Football...

July 23, 2009 by Rob Boudreau

Last April, I wrote about the "most winningest" team in sports, and based on the success of the story, have decided to take a deeper look into the numbers behind the experiment. For the next four weeks, I'll be dissecting the four major sports and the teams that have won...

June 16, 2009 by Rob Boudreau

A year ago at this time, the Toronto Blue Jays boasted the best starting pitchers in baseball, statistically speaking of course. On Opening Day 2008, the starting rotation for the Jays was established as ace Roy Halladay, A.J. Burnett, Dustin McGowan, Shaun Marcum and Jesse Litsch. Of these five, all...

June 8, 2009 by Rob Boudreau

The 2005 Major League Baseball Draft is recognized as one of the better drafts in recent years, with players like Justin Upton, Ryan Braun, and Troy Tulowitzki all being drafted. With their first pick in the draft, and 21st overall, the Oakland Athletics selected middle infielder Cliff Pennington from Texas...

May 20, 2009 by Rob Boudreau

Most of us have never spent $243 million dollars on anything, and in all reality never will. How many of us could feasibly dream of spending $243 million dollars? Probably about as many of us who will ever be in the position to. But that's exactly what the New York...

May 15, 2009 by Rob Boudreau

A closer is generally considered to be the best relief pitcher on the team - the ace of the bullpen, if you will - but if you look around the league, you'll find more than a handful of teams who have secondary relievers that are just as good, if not better than...

May 7, 2009 by Rob Boudreau

When was the last time you saw Mario Lemieux smile? Before last night's 3-2 overtime Penguins win over the Washington Capitals, you might have been hard-pressed to think of the answer. But even after Kristopher Letang found the back of the net, Lemieux was only seen giving a quick head...

April 17, 2009 by Rob Boudreau

Equipment in sports is just as important as the players who use it - most obviously, the nets. When you take a look at the nets used in hockey, basketball and lacrosse, you'll see three different targets. While you may not feel a particular devotion to any or all of...

April 7, 2009 by Rob Boudreau

A recent conversation I had with Chris Pope included the phrase "most winningest". Despite the grammatical tornado that this phrase is, I put it into Google. The results were astounding. "Most winningest" is used all over the sporting world. With 26 championships, baseball's New York Yankees can be considered sports' "most winningest"...

March 9, 2009 by Rob Boudreau

Greg Allen Harris (not to be confused with Greg Wade Harris of the same era) was a pitcher who played in the major leagues from 1981-1995 with eight different ball clubs. Harris faced 6,293 batters in his career. He threw left-handed to two of them. That's right, Harris was ambidextrous...

February 6, 2009 by Rob Boudreau

A public opinion poll by Harris-Decima of over 1,000 Canadians recently revealed that although the numbers of those who want fighting out of hockey are up, they are not up enough to entice the NHL to actually do anything about it. Just 54 per cent want to see fighting removed...

January 26, 2009 by Rob Boudreau

Last week, Mark Attanasio, owner of the Milwaukee Brewers, said in an e-mail interview with Bloomberg News that baseball "might need a salary cap". As expected, a flurry of rumours and speculation popped up on most sports news sites from every corner of the internet. The comment stemmed from the...

January 5, 2009 by Rob Boudreau

The NFL wildcard weekend just wrapped up, and wild it was. Close games, blowouts, upsets, and even an overtime contest kept fans on the edge of their seats, but it was that overtime game between San Diego and Indianapolis that has got people talking. It was the 25th overtime game...

December 18, 2008 by Rob Boudreau

It's not always good luck to wish upon a falling star. It seems the Dallas Stars have fallen and hit rock bottom. Sitting near the basement in the Western Conference in what has been nothing short of a disappointing season to date, followed by the recent Sean Avery media frenzy...