A butterfly flaps its wings in South America; a beer truck overturns, losing its precious cargo; Ed McMahon dies. Some may call it chaos. I think that these are directly-related phenomena . . . Clint Hurdle takes Marcellus Wallace’s advice regarding pride. The Braves are no longer America’s team. Well, they never really were, but […]

The last shall be first.

Braves 2, Cubs 0: Javier Vazquez somehow managed to allow no runs despite giving up nine hits and two walks in six and two-thirds. Behold! In these Cubs we have found a team more feeble when it matters most than the Braves! Rockies 11, Angels 1: Aaron Cook now has the most wins in Rockies’ […]

Carl Pavano, up until a recent injury, has been having a decent season. What’s up? Or, what’s in?

The Royals may have had their worst week ever, but Luis Valbuena may have had his best.

Impossible? I think not.

Middle infielders—nay. Corner infielders—hurray!

With a couple of exceptions, the Hall of Fame gets it right

This is pretty major: Don Fehr is stepping down as executive director of the Major League Baseball Players Association, a position he’s held since the mid-1980s, a source tells ESPN. Fehr will be replaced by general counsel Michael Weiner, pending board approval, the source said. An announcement is expected to be made later on Monday […]

Given the territorial rights issue, the A’s moving to San Jose stands to be a tough sell to begin with, but it’s growing even tougher: San Jose officials have decided not to seek voter approval of a new A’s baseball stadium in November, after the team’s co-owner said he’d rather wait for baseball officials to […]