I don’t see a lot of west coast baseball, so a guy like Pablo Sandoval really wasn’t on my radar much before this offseason when, as is often the case, I first started hearing more about him from fantasy previews and things like that. The book on him, it seems, is that he’ll just swing […]

And the second hurdle is cleared: A home, at last, for the Marlins. Miami-Dade County commissioners on Monday put to rest more than a decade quest by voting in favor of a roofed ballpark for the Marlins on the Orange Bowl grounds. Commissioners cast two separate votes; the first came back 9-4, and the second […]

At least according to advertisers and the people who care about them: IT is rare that media buyers form a consensus on anything, but in the case of the neophyte Major League Baseball Network, which had its premiere in January, they seem to agree that they like its chances of becoming a successful player in […]

Things to read as you wonder whether your kids would be in a constant state of contracting and/or getting over colds from October through April if you didn’t live in the Midwest: Sean Smith has five questions about the Los Angeles Angels. Question number six: Is this cleared up yet? Josh Kalk looks at some […]

Having a computer pick your team for you isn’t the end of the world.

News concerning a plethora of players.

In the West, the A’s are better, the Angels aren’t

A look at some Korean and Japanese pitchers from the World Baseball Classic

Otherwise known as the Dickson Baseball Dictionary. Here’s an interview with the author, Paul Dickson.

A run of the mill notes column yesterday, with this thrown in: The Reds have let teams know that they will wait and see whether they need to move Aaron Harang during the season. Harang is scheduled to make $12.5 million next season and $12.75 million with a $2 million buyout for 2011. After going […]