A roster breakdown.

This week saw Carlos Delgado go on the disabled list with a chronic hip injury, threatening the Mets’ first base hopes for the remainder of the year. The Marlins demoted slumping outfielder Cameron Maybin, the Red Sox made a curious move, and D-Train returned.

It’s Chris’ third annual comparison of order processing charges and convenience fees for all MLB teams.

Boston, New York and Tampa were expected to run 1-3 this season. They’re all next to each other, just not at the top.

David Wells, in the booth, going on about how the key to pitchers going deeper into games today is conditioning. David Wells. Espousing the benefits of . . . conditioning. I think I’ve heard everything.

The New York Times, with some help from Tom Tango and Leverage Index, blows up the pitch-tipping allegations: If a tipping conspiracy were in place, one would expect that Rodriguez and rival middle infielders in games he played to have hit better in low-leverage situations than in high-leverage ones. Using a fairly loose definition of […]

The guy who wrote this: They danced down the streets like dingledodies, and I shambled after as I’ve been doing all my life after people who interest me, because the only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything […]

A comment I received to one of my NBC posts this morning: Craig, I understand that you are an MSNBC employee, but this isn’t a “News Event” piece. It’s an “Opinion” piece. An opinion I largely share, incidentally, but listing this as news instead of opinion seems to be ethically murky, particularly by a professional. […]

Just in case you were wondering if the feds had given up on Roger Clemens: Federal agents recently questioned a longtime associate of Jose Canseco and Roger Clemens as the Justice Department continues its investigation into whether the seven-time Cy Young Award winner lied when he testified under oath before a congressional committee that he […]

Manny Ramirez is acting all shy and embarassed and is sending mixed signals as to whether he’s going to meet up with the Dodgers when they arrive in Miami today. Some insight into his mindsent can be found here. (link via IIATMS)