New York-Penn and Northwest League hardware is being handed out, and some of the brightest young stars in the game are the recipients.

On Sept. 14, 1853 Jake Goodman was born. He is the earliest born man from that date to debut in the Major Leagues, while the latest is Delmon Young, born on this date in 1985. Richard looks back at the players who connect them.

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Aaron Crow appears close to finally inking a contract with the Royals.

Jon Heyman has an early free-agent preview. In it he asks an unnamed agent and an unnamed GM to guess how much everyone will get. Interesting reading, but some of these predictions seem a couple bubbles off plumb. Here’s Matt Holliday (the “me” is Heyman’s guess): Agent: $147 million, 7 years. GM: $80 million, 5 […]

Sorry, can’t answer that question until September 22nd: Tom Lasorda will soon take his place alongside other Los Angeles Dodgers stars in the Smithsonian Institution. The Hall of Fame manager will have his portrait hung in the museum’s National Portrait Gallery. The unveiling is set for Sept. 22, Lasorda’s 82nd birthday. The life-sized portrait, measuring […]

A look at the apparently very common use of corporal punishment in both amateur and professional Korean baseball: Corporal punishment has long been part of the way sports teams operate here. The way it is dealt with by the teams and the media generally follows the same playbook. Whenever reports of a violent incident surface, […]

The Yankees are lowering some ticket prices next year. So are the A’s. I’m sure others will follow. That sound you hear is every hack sports writer changing their annual “tickets are too expensive” groan fests into “these changes are welcome, but tickets are still too expensive” groan fests.

I have a question: Indians center fielder Grady Sizemore underwent successful surgery to repair a sports hernia, his second operation in a week. Has there ever been a report immediately after an athlete’s surgery in which the procedure was characterized as “unsuccessful?” Tiny Bonham, I suppose. Neal Finn. Doc Powers’ biggest problem was pulling a […]

Chipper Jones recently dropped hints that he may not play out his contract. Could Bobby Cox be gone soon too? When asked if he would come back for a 25th season as the Braves’ manager next year, Cox would not commit one way or the other. “We’ll see,” he said. Anticipating a follow-up question, he […]