Phillies 5, Mets 4; Phillies 1, Mets 0: The Phillies win the second one behind eight shutout innings from Pedro Martinez. Next up: Tom Glavine comes out of retirement on Tuesday and throws a three hitter at the Mets, getting run support from Mo Vaughn, who hits for the cycle, while Vince Coleman coaches third […]

Neyer wrote a post today about the now infamous Mark Whicker-Jaycee Dugard piece. But don’t bother going to ESPN to read it because it’s not there. As Rogers Cadenhead at Watching the Watchers reports, ESPN spiked it. Rogers has a cached version of it here. At least a partial one. I think we’re all pretty […]

I don’t care about the Francouer precedent. I don’t care about Jordan Schafer. Put this guy down as the starting RF for 2010 and let ‘er rip, baby: Mississippi manager Phillip Wellman said Heyward is neither especially vocal nor timid. In a word, steady. “We’re always looking for weaknesses we can develop. In all honesty, […]

Things I wrote while wondering why on Earth I agreed to review a Buzz Bissinger book . . . Chipper Jones might just call it quits. I don’t really want to see him go yet, but I’m wondering if it might not be easier for Braves fans after he and Bobby Cox retire. I think […]

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Rockies 5, Reds 1: Jose Contreras had to leave the game in the third inning with angina or dropsy or consumption or whatever the hell it is that 86 year-old people get all the time. Didn’t matter though, because at this point the Rockies could probably put the 1985 Hackensack Bulls in the lineup — […]

Eight AL players to consider picking up.

Two hot bats, two Padres pitchers, and one nearly forgotten fireballer highlight this week’s potential NL pickups.

A review by someone who’s seen them all.

Current events and reflections on the game’s past produce some conflicting thoughts.