I read stuff like this . . . Rafael Furcal might not be an Atlanta Brave just yet, much to the dismay of the Atlanta Braves. Because while certain people in the organization were confirming Tuesday that, yes, the Braves had come to an agreement to bring their former shortstop back to Atlanta after three […]

I got a pretty informed and insightful comment regarding the Astros bugging out of Venezuela and I thought I’d share it with the rest of the class. It’s from reader James Van Awesome (pretty sure that’s German), who is writing his undergraduate thesis on baseball in Venezuela. James writes: In my opinion, the Astros’ operations […]

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The Astros are closing their Venezuelan training academy: Twenty years ago, the Astros were the first team to start a baseball academy in Venezuela, and since then, dozens of products from that grassroots undertaking have gone on to enjoy successful and lucrative Major League careers, including outfielder Bobby Abreu and ace left-hander Johan Santana. But […]

They’re playing a bowl game at Tropicana Field this weekend. As soon as I read this, a question popped into my head. Thankfully, the article answers it: Could a football hit the catwalks at the Trop? The highest catwalks — the A and B rings — are at least 142 feet above the field, far […]

A video of Vin Scully reflecting on his near 60-year career in the booth. Try not to mist up a bit when he says that “the wolves are getting near the campfire.” In other news, I’d listen to Vin Scully read the instructions for heating up a microwave burrito.