I don't know how I feel about these mid-week international openings, but it's pretty cool to get up and have Baseball That Counts on.
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The Tournament isn't over yet, but the early start to the season means that it's time for Baseball Challenge. It's a long, hard slog, with meager repayment for mountains of.
A bit late to the party, but this was St. Derek's response upon learning of the 449th different system of evaluating shortstop fielding prowess to characterize him as a terrible.
A little Sunday morning Clemens-related levity.
Our months long national nightmare is over. Only one question remains: Can the Reds really go 162-0?
So I happen to be watching Roger Clemens' testimony on C-SPAN 3, and I just heard Rep. Tom Davis (R-VA) describe the hearings as "a new definition of the word.
Santana to Mets, assuming that the Wilpon who passed on Vladimir Guerrero doesn't come back. It sure was a great idea for Minnesota taxpayers to give their multi-billionaire owner a $400 mil. subsidy. Gomez does seem like a legitimate propsect, although he's a risky tools...
Jamie Moyer is not a steroid user. His 62 mph fastball is a purely natural phenomenon.
Yes. My evidence:What? All of a sudden, won-loss record isn't a fair measuring stick for pitchers? If we're not going to take records into account, what's the new standard?It's sad.
Tom Scocca, taking Billy Beane hatred to the predictable next level:Or, as Beane says elsewhere in the book [Moneyball]: "Power is something that can be acquired. ... Good hitters develop power. Power hitters don't become good hitters." Oakland, with its limited funds, wouldn't spend payroll...
Mr. Kenny Williams:Reacting Wednesday to the blockbuster deal that sent power-hitting third baseman Miguel Cabrera and former All-Star left-hander Dontrelle Willis from the Florida Marlins to the Detroit Tigers —.
I haven't always agreed with Murray Chass's analysis of labor issues, but he's been doing great stuff about the exclusion of Marvin Miller from the Hall of Fame, this time.