Aparicio. Belanger. Ripken. Tejada. Izturis! Looking for a fresh opportunity, Cesar Izturis believes he’s found one with the Orioles. Less than a week after reaching an agreement on a tentative deal, Izturis on Tuesday was announced as the Orioles’ new starting shortstop, signing a two-year contract reportedly worth $6 million. Look, somebody has to play […]

As a Braves fan, I’m not sure what to think about this. I like Furcal — always did — and if Wren is intent on giving up on Escobar to get some pitching, at least he’s got a good glove to go along with that bat. If healthy, he’s better than Escobar, and if healthy, […]

As I noted this morning, THT’s Fantasy Focus has enabled comments. I think this is a good thing in that, as I’ve said before, blogs are about conversations, and comments make the blogger-reader communication a genuine two-way street. I encourage you all to comment on the stuff you read wherever you read it, because the […]

Yesterday I threw out a quick jab at ESPN’s “report” of Barry Bonds saying he was still not retiring, taking issue at the fact that the story wasn’t really reporting as much as it was regurgitating a paparazzi encounter and passing it off as news. I received the following comment in response to the article […]

Sports Business Journal has released its annual 50 Most Influential in Sports Business list. Your top baseball guy is, no surprise, Bud Selig at number 6. Part of the comment on Selig: “While he’ll never be fully appreciated or beloved by the public, Selig remains highly popular with club owners and fully secure and effective […]

The Phillies just gave a 46 year-old pitcher a two year deal. The fun part: it’s way less likely that they’ll be burned on this than it will be for the Yankees to be burned by the five-year deal they just gave a 32 year-old.

Columbus like a Christmas tree, Tonight this city belongs to me. Josh Kalk looks at what happens to Ben Sheets when he pitches while injured. Your guess as to where Kalk got the data of a non-injured Sheets pitching is as good as mine. Treder and Namee continue their series on what the 1916-1925 Red […]

Before we can create a tool to identify injured pitchers, we have to study pitchers who are injured yet still pitching.

When we left our virtual Bosox, they were just about to decide to keep that guy named Ruth. Let’s find out if that would have had any impact.

You might not care that Gerald Laird was traded to the Tigers, but perhaps you should.