I’ve made a couple of recent comments about how I wish that, after nearly 20 years of nostalgia-based ballpark design, the architects in charge of the few remaining big league projects would be a bit more adventurous. I don’t need the Wexner Center or Beijing National Stadium, but a little something to stir the imagination […]

I’ve been passing along others’ dissatisfaction with MLB.tv for the past couple of days. My guess: things will be running smoother with live broadcasts soon simply because fewer people will be logging on at once now that the Opening Day hype is over and the season is underway. That does not explain the archiving problem […]

Things that make you wonder why the Orioles’ attendance has dropped in recent years: Went to Camden Yards on opening day, and –imagine this–drank beer. I was not alone. Went to my usual spot, the Maryland microbrew stand on Eutaw Street, for a 16-ounce draft. Among the four beers on draft there was a Heineken. […]

Neyer has broken the chains of ESPN’s generic blogging protocols and has launched “SweetSpot,” complete with new URL, easier hyperlinking and greater all-around bloggy functionality. Things should stay pretty much the same content-wise — if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it — but word on the street has it that he’ll have something less than […]

Giants 10, Brewers 6: Hero-pilot Chesley Sullenberger threw out the first pitch. He had the best stuff out of anyone at AT&T Park yesterday, however, as Tim Lincecum became the third out of the last four Cy Young award winners — following Cliff Lee yesterday and CC Sabathia last year — to get rocked the […]

Comparing the top five outfielders for Friday’s games as picked by readers compared to those picked by formulas that factor in park, opponent, home field advantage, platoon advantage, and other factors.

Who’s No. 1? It’s Strange.

Fire. The wheel. Tim Laudner.

Another edition of the Roster Doctor.

Headline: “AutoZone Park is ‘Taj Mahal’ of the minors” With all due respect to roses by any other name, would we think of the Taj Mahal the same way if it were named something as awful as “AutoZone Park”?