I don’t mean that in the judgmental way cops say it. You’d be nuts not to have a lawyer in Rodriguez’s situation. Lucky for him, he has a good one: Alex Rodriguez has bolstered his legal team, adding Jay Reisinger, who has represented a number of high-profile baseball players who have been confronted with questions […]

I first heard tell of this back in December, but Saturday’s New York Times updated Lance Niekro’s attempt to come back as a knukleballer just like his old man and his uncle Phil: The Elias Sports Bureau studied 190 father-son combinations in major league history and found that in 143 cases — three out of […]

Good news! Newsday’s Wallace Matthews — a truly awful columnist if ever there was one — has announced that he is no longer going to follow or write about baseball: In the week since I spoke with Bud Selig, I have thought long and hard about what the Omissioner can do to right the dreadful […]

Seems like everyone is speculating that Jim Bowden is about to be fired, but maybe they’re just not aiming high enough. How does prison suit you? A federal investigation into the skimming of signing bonuses given to baseball prospects from Latin America is looking at Washington Nationals general manager Jim Bowden as far back as […]

Things to read while getting your mind around the fact that “The Natural” — a pretty yet deeply flawed movie — somehow got four Oscar nominations. Man, 1984 has a lot to answer for: Chris Jaffe looks at the unique career of Rick Sutcliffe. He stops short of the broadcasting portion of that career, because […]

A look at Royals starter Gil Meche under the CAPS microscope.

A look back at the strange career of Rick Sutcliffe.

With the first week of spring training out of the way, Ken Griffey Junior returned home to his former stomping grounds while the Orioles locked up the face of their franchise through 2013. All that, and more, in this week’s edition of Lost in Transactions.

I’ve probably spilled a gallon or two of virtual ink lambasting GMs for signing “proven veterans” and trying to draft for a need rather than going with someone with some degree of upside and picking the best available player. But maybe I’ll let up a bit the next time. Why? Because mere minutes ago, I […]

Mets! Yankees! Madoff! Stanford! Johnny Damon, earning $13 million this season, cannot pay his bills. Xavier Nady, earning $6.55 million, cannot purchase an apartment in New York. The Stanford Financial Group scandal extends to Major League Baseball. The issues facing Damon and Nady — both New York Yankees outfielders and both clients of agent Scott […]