No, really: Rangers owner Tom Hicks is attempting to sell a minority share of up to 49 percent of the ballclub he purchased in 1998, he said on Tuesday at the team’s Spring Training complex. Merrill Lynch, the international investment banking firm, which became a unit of Bank of America last year, has been hired […]

Milton Bradley, commenting on how so many experts are picking the Cubs to win the NL Central: “They should. I’m here. I’m a winner. When I went to the Dodgers, after they hadn’t been to the postseason since ’88, they went to the postseason. I went to the A’s in 2006. We weren’t supposed to […]

As you may have seen yesterday, some Catholics in Detroit are upset that the Tigers’ home opener will take place on Good Friday: “It’s sort of an insult for Catholics,” said Michael Ochab, a 47-year-old Tigers fan. He said he’ll miss his first opener in 20 years this year to attend services at St. Florian […]

Well, a Hall of Fame: Rafael Palmeiro, who infamously wagged his finger at Congress four years ago while denying he used steroids only to test positive a few months later, was elected to the College Baseball Hall of Fame . . . . . . The college hall, run by the Lubbock, Texas-based College Baseball […]

Things to read as you stew about how there will soon be less baseball coverage in August than there used to be: Joe Distelheim has five questions about the Chicago Cubs. Question number six: You know, winning the World Series might be nice and all, but I bet there’s a lot of money to be […]

The same strategies that lead to success in large multi-table poker tournaments can greatly increase your chances of success in many forms of fantasy baseball.

Oh, oh, October

Will the 2009 Crew get drunk with glory, or just gloriously drunk?

A look three recently inducted Hall of Famers. Their career values might surprise you.

That just sounds wrong…