Archive for December 2008

This makes no sense, but a deal obviously didn’t happen, so it probably doesn’t matter anyway. And the more I think about it, the more I believe that it’s a leak, the sole purpose of which is to make those Red Sox fans who care about such things think that their team is actually doing […]

Things to think about as you stand upon a railroad bridge in northern Alabama, looking down into the swift water twenty feet below: Evan Brunell checks out the paucity of transactions last week. For cryin’ out loud, why can’t they put Christmas in June so there’s at least some baseball going on? Over at Fantasy […]

Putting his contract aside, let’s see what we can expect from the Mariners third basemen.

Lost in Transactions rounds up the meager moves over holiday week.

A Red Sox fan urges folks to hold their fire when going after the Yankees’ offseason largess: As a Bosox fan, the most important thing each summer aside from Boston winning is New York tanking, and it’s my hope that despite the influx of new talent, the aging Jeter, Posada, Damon and Rivera (the best […]

The Yankees aren’t the only team in the AL East making high-profile deals: Mark Hendrickson just signed with Baltimore. Hendrickson is like 6’9″, and it doesn’t get any higher profile than that this side of Chris Young.

Some stuff to think about while coming to grips with the fact that Killer Kowalski died this year and no one bothered to tell you: A couple of weeks ago, Dave Studeman looked at whether September games were more important than games in April and found out that they kinda sorta maybe were. Today he […]

The New York Times takes a look at the way those of us whose cable company isn’t carrying the MLB Network will be watching its content next season.

Taking a look at the young Texas slugger.