I would like to take this opportunity to once again apologize for the “I Walk the Line” reference in this morning’s recaps which, in addition to being totally lame, didn’t even fit the proper rhythm of the song. Which is a crime, because a jumpy rhythm makes you feel so fine. It’ll shake all the […]

Rockies 6, Giants 4: Walkoff grand slam in the 14th for Ryan Spilborghs after the Rockies started their half of the inning down 4-1. Colorado is starting to smell like a team of destiny. At any rate, they’ve won seven of eight and are now four games ahead of the Giants for the NL wild […]

Sports Illustrated named its top set-up men of 2009. We take a closer look.

In the final month of the season, justifying some players’ job security on your team becomes more difficult. Is it time to cut bait on players who will only barely outperform the waiver wire?

Let’s see who’s likely to be called up when rosters expand Sept. 1, and, what type of impact they will have.

No, draft picks are not overpaid.

The National League has some teams with helium as the Wildcard race is still all sorts of jumbled

I was not a happy camper last week due to work and little blogging and all of that. Today still kind of sucks, but I’m basically out of the woods now. Some legal work and a corned beef sandwich is in my immediate future this afternoon, but in the meantime, have a nosh of this: […]

So sayeth Mr. Wilpon: Mets owner Fred Wilpon broke his extended silence yesterday, just long enough to take one question from The Post, and indicated he already has his general manager in place for 2010. “Am I going to bring Omar back next year?” Wilpon said. “Absolutely. That’s a fact.” You can take that at […]

That’s not me saying it, though. It’s the WaPo’s Gene Weingarten: Here I am at the annual convention of the Society for American Baseball Research, or SABR, an acronym the group wisely chose over SWORD, for Statistics-Worshiping White Old Retired Dudes. This room is definitely pale and male and pretty long in the tooth, but […]