By Jeff Moss DetroitSportsRag@GMail.com November 20, 2014 Most of you who are familiar with this website probably are aware that the DSR has a connection with Columbus Blue Jackets defenseman Jack Johnson. DSR contributor Justin Spiro is very good friends with the former U of M standout. In fact, Jack Johnson was the…

By Jeff Moss DetroitSportsRag@GMail.com November 13, 2014 Good morning. It's Dr. Baseball here to answer your hardball questions. I will hold office hours each week, right here in this rent-free space. First question? Why are you called "Dr. Baseball?" For an explanation, you should click here and here. (more…)

By Jeff Moss DetroitSportsRag@GMail.com November 13, 2014 It was announced earlier this evening that Mike Trout of the Los Angeles Angels of Southern California, Orange County, USA won his first American League MVP award. In a unanimous vote by the Baseball Writers' Association of America, the best young player in…

By Jeff Moss DetroitSportsRag@GMail.com November 11, 2014 I am a huge fan of social media. Without the invention of Twitter, I don't think the DetroitSportsRag would even exist any longer; due to the lack of a big advertising budget, I was becoming increasingly frustrated with this website's expansion, or lack thereof. And for years…

By Jeff Moss DetroitSportsRag@GMail.com November 10, 2014 Truth time. I am an obsessive user of Tweetdeck on my laptop. It's a great way to follow all of the Detroit sports media members on Twitter who block me plus I can schedule Tweets for when I am at work or otherwise…

By Jeff Moss DetroitSportsRag@GMail.com November 10, 2014 Last summer, I wrote an article regarding the contentious off-air relationship between Fox Sports Detroit broadcasters Mario Impemba and Rod Allen. Sources had informed me that the relationship between the two Tigers TV announcers was so awful that FSD executives had to bring the two…

By Jeff Moss DetroitSportsRag@GMail.com November 10, 2014 When the DSR debuted back in 2003, one of the staples of the websight™ (Terry Foster) was the Moronic Media Quote of the Day. Back then, I used to listen to approximately six hours of sports talk radio A DAY and the only…

By Jeff Moss DetroitSportsRag@GMail.com November 9, 2014 Earlier today I posted an article ripping Mitch "Condescending Baggins" Albom for his latest "mail it in" column posted in the sports section of the Detroit Free Press. The article -- which MIGHT have taken Frodo five minutes to concoct -- was a "Q…

By Jeff Moss DetroitSportsRag@GMail.com November 9, 2014 Many moons ago, Mitch Albom hosted a Sunday evening sports program on WLLZ (98.7-FM) that would occasionally broadcast live from E.G. Nicks restaurant in West Bloomfield. At this point, I am actually embarrassed to admit that I almost never missed a chance to…

By Jeff Moss DetroitSportsRag@GMail.com November 8, 2014 Two members of the DSR's Wackpack (Trevor Upchurch and Ryan McCumber) decided to take a homemade sign to ESPN's "College Gameday" in East Lansing this morning and the results can be seen above. We have been told this sign actually made it onto the…