Knowing the guys coming out of the Yankee bullpen other than Mariano can be helpful.

Brett Wallace vs. Mat Gamel, where Steven Strasburg would fall in the top 100 and more in this week’s Minor League Mailbag.

The defensive stylings of Robbie Shields, Gordon Beckham, and…Tyler Bortnick?

A preview of shape of things to come.

New toon Thursdays with TUCK!

The Blue Jays have released B.J. Ryan. He probably has about $14-15 million left on that $47 million deal they gave him. That’s on top of the $99 million or so they owe Vernon Wells through 2014, the $61 million or so they owe Alex Rios through 2014, and the combined $26.5 million or so […]

No, not me. I mean, sure, he’s on my Scoresheet team because I’m the worst fantasy baseball player in the history of history, but I can’t really defend the guy. Jorge Costales takes a stab at it, however. His Brian Roberts comparison is interesting: Even my late night cursory look at other 2B revealed that […]

It’s like a family secret around here, the embarrassing aunt who wets her pants in public that nobody will talk about. — Longtime commenter and A’s fan, APBA Guy, on the curious silence of the Bay Area sporting press regarding Jason Giambi’s slide into .195/.331/.371 oblivion.

You all know my “Bull Durham” fixation, so of course you know that I’m going to find a story about the renovation of the old Durham Athletic Park interesting. Sadly, nothing in there about the guy who donated the scoreboard. Or his daughter.

This morning in the recaps, I said this about Ichiro refusing MLB’s request that he participate in the Home Run Derby: The guy hits six homers a year. The only reason they’d want him in there is as a cynical ratings ploy for the Japanese market, which I’m assuming gets the All-Star broadcast. Good for […]