Fans of the now-defunct Capitol Punishment blog will be happy to see that Chris Needham is writing about the Nats again, this time for NBC. As he explains at the old space, he’s only doing it for the Benjamins. Well, since it’s blogging, he’s probably only doing for the Jacksons and maybe the Grants, but […]

I watched the movie “Five Easy Pieces” for about the tenth time last night, and it never gets old. Fabulous movie. If someone told me I had a day to live, I’d probably cue it up. But one thing has always bothered me about it. Well, not the movie, especially, but the reaction to its […]

Which hitters swing the most often at first pitch fastballs? Which have the most success?

That a population comprising, at most, about one second baseman in five should include both of the very best at the position is quite strange. But there it is.

From overrated college pitcher to top-50 prospect: How he did it and the impact his success will have on his team’s future…

Let’s see how much this Cubs second baseman outfielder has left in the tank.

This is why it’s a sucker’s game to follow the offseason rumor mill: The New York Yankees and Andy Pettitte are close on a deal that will bring the veteran left-hander back for a year, Major League Baseball sources told Buster Olney on Monday. The deal, sources told Olney, could be done as soon as […]

There was a time when every boy wanted to play ball for a living, and until they could, they’d play ball outside all day. At some point, every boy stopped playing ball outside all day, and began to play action-oriented computer baseball games inside all day. At some later point, every boy stopped playing simple […]

All of you deluded Braves fanboys who thought that Dayton Moore was dumb enough to trade Zach Greinke for Jeff Francoeur and a bucket of warm spit (or should that be reversed?) can finally kiss those dreams goodbye: The Royals reached agreement Monday morning with right-handed pitcher Zack Greinke on a four-year contract that buys […]

We already had one presidential post, so why not another? Yesterday Newsday had a nice rundown of the highlights of presidential baseball trivia. My favorite tidbit: Grace Coolidge — Calvin’s First Lady — kept her own scorebook. If paintings are any guide, she was quite a looker too. If I had been born 100 years […]