For those of you who don’t scroll down much, you may not have seen that I had a rare Sunday post yesterday. Subject: Rick Reilly’s story about a guy who crashed the Phillies’ World Series celebration. While I devoted most of the post to the notion that, if you look like you belong, you can […]

Chris Jaffe had the 50 best closer songs last week. This week: Geoff Young has the 71 worst. One quibble: Geoff includes “If you Leave” by OMD. I’ll grant him that it’s not exactly intimidating, but a San Diego guy like Young should know that OMD singer Andy McCluskey married himself a Coronado girl and […]

Longtime ShysterBall readers know that I take hot dogs very seriously. I’m not a snob about them — I’m cool with whatever is popular in whatever region I happen to be in — but I am certainly someone who expects others to honor and respect hot dog culture for the wonderful thing that it is. […]

Courtesy of Joesph P. at River Ave. Blues is everything you ever wanted to know about the cratering of corporate sponsorships but were afraid to ask: The risk for the sports industry and those who follow it is that a collapse in sports sponsorships could cause a downward spiral similar to the housing and credit […]

It appears that Red Sox owner John Henry is adding a third trophy to the case: Red Sox owner John Henry is engaged to girlfriend Linda Pizzuti . . . . . . It will be the first marriage for Pizzuti, who has been dating the millionaire businessman since she was introduced to him last […]

Dierkes rounds up all of the chatter about Adam Dunn. Upshot: no one is all that hot for him. Someone, however, is eventually going to sign this guy and get the biggest bargain of the offseason. Sure, his defense is reason for every NL to give pause, but that’s the reason not to pay him, […]

Another fun day in Pirates land: The Pittsburgh Pirates made a candid and surprising admission: Not only are they perennially in last place in the NL Central, they’ve dropped into last in their own city. The Pirates rank third among the Steel City’s three major sports franchises from a marketing and business perspective, team president […]

Only two comments about the Stupid Bowl: 1. The counter-programming award has to go to The Learning Channel, which ran the following shows during the game: “Forbidden Love: Polygamy”; “My Husband’s Three Wives”; “Anatomy of Sex;” and “Mother Knows Sex.” Yeah, they probably got trounced by both the game and the Puppy Bowl, but it’s […]

Which makes the better draft day risk, an injury-prone player or a young player with upside?

Taking a look at the college/high school split in the draft.