This morning I wrote that, while the facts are the facts when it comes to the A-Rod business, and that they will ultimately bear themselves out (or not), we should be mindful of the characterizations and judgments that accompany those facts: Which in some ways illustrates my skepticism about the book. Not about the facts […]

The Biz of Baseball’s Maury Brown is good people, and I’d say that even if he wasn’t championing a most worthy cause: At midnight tonight, the calendar sheds another page, and April turns to May. With that ends what has been designated as World Autism Awareness Month. But, for millions of families around the globe, […]

I missed this from the other day, but Oakland’s City Attorney John Russo has ripped A’s owner Lew Wolff a new one: Oakland A’s managing partner Lew Wolff is a talented and smart businessman. But if Wolff thinks anybody is buying his sob story about why the A’s have to leave Oakland, he’s seriously underestimating […]

Where is he now? You might be surprised to learn that he’s doing laundry and mowing lawns for a living.

Nation Dumbfounded As To Why Little-Leaguer’s Favorite Player Is Chipper Jones: The U.S. populace reacted with confusion, astonishment, and mild disgust upon discovering that 12-year-old little-leaguer Jonathan Keefer’s favorite major-league baseball player is none other than Atlanta Braves third baseman Chipper Jones . . . The nation was reportedly speechless when word spread that Keefer […]

Things I wrote this morning as I wondered whether Selena Roberts would also spin it negatively if A-Rod was a good tipper at Hooters: As previously linked, my A-Rod reaction. Here’s a bunch of other bloggers’ reactions too. The New York Times’ Richard Sandomir doesn’t believe in economics. History Lesson: Orel Hershiser’s scoreless innings streak. […]

It seems like we’ve had a number of horrible freak accidents on amateur baseball diamonds recently. The latest happened yesterday at Liberty University. I’ll again note my surprise that we haven’t seen something like this happen in Major League Baseball. Just awful. UPDATE: As noted in the comments, it’s even worse than first reported: Taylor […]

The New York Daily News has Selena Roberts’ soon-to-be released Alex Rodriguez book, and is spilling the salacious details this morning. Among them: A-Rod was using steroids in high school, possibly obtained through the owner of a dog kennel; Contrary to his public statements, he continued to use them up through and including his time […]

Yovani Gallardo 1, Pirates 0: Yeah, you get top billing when you shut the other team out for eight innings, strikeout 11 and hit a homer for the game’s only run. Marlins 4, Mets 3: Despite the fact that Johan Santana has been repeatedly boned by his bullpen over the past couple of years, he […]

A look at players who cannot blame poor BABIP luck for their early season woes and those who are performing well without it.