Using some third-grade math to give you some perspective on how the rest of the season will look.

In honor of Labor Day, here’s the best bastardization of baseball stats in the service of a pro-union message I’ve read since breakfast. “So we’ll march day and night, by the left field light tower; they have the brats, but we have the power . . .” Or something. With that out of the way, […]

This is about the worst news I could have woken up to this morning: Ernie Harwell, the treasured voice of the Tigers for all those years, has incurable bile duct cancer. In comments to the Detroit Free Press on Thursday, he said he won’t undergo surgery. “We don’t know how long this lasts,” Harwell, 91, […]

Phillies 2, Giants 1: Fast Eddie beats Vincent. Or if you prefer, Jheri Curl beats Mullet. OK, fine, so Lincecum’s isn’t really a mullet. Maybe if it was he wouldn’t have given up that double to Ryan Howard. Or did you not think of that? White Sox 5, Cubs 0: Nothing like interleague play in […]

9 AL players for pick-up consideration this week.

A baseball card from 35 years ago has stirred some thoughts in this week’s posting from Cooperstown.

Can a fast runner help a fastball hitter?

Two one-dimensional hitters, two possible closers, and one future All-Star catcher top the list of possible NL additions for your fantasy team.

222 wins and now 210 losses. A federal judge in Madison has sentenced a former New York Mets star pitcher to six months in prison for not paying his taxes. Prosecutors say Jerry Koosman, a former all-star who helped the Mets win the 1969 World Series, didn’t pay federal income taxes for 2002, 2003 and […]

The latest from Lenny Dykstra’s bankruptcy: As for his business plan, Dykstra testified that Louis Vuitton has promised to commit $10 million to take a 49 percent stake in the relaunch of his Players Club Magazine, with plans to expand it in Europe. The Players Club is a publication meant to help professional athletes manage […]