Phillies 10, Dodgers 4: At some point this winter, Ned Colletti and Joe Torre are going to have an epiphany in which they realize that having to rely on Vicente Padilla to save their butts in an elimination game means that they screwed something up somewhere along the line. Torre may not have deployed his […]

Don Fehr’s severance package comes in at about $11 million. He made $1 million a year for the past decade or so, which is way below his worth based on what he does and who he tangles with on a day to day basis. His work has put hundreds of times that amount of money […]

I don’t have anything snarky to say about Steve Phillips’ situation. Some bad judgment on his part has led to an ugly and possibly scary situation, and that’s no good for anyone involved, whatever their foibles. But man, if the dude was going to get kicked off ESPN for a week, you’d at least hope […]

Yankees 10, Angels 1: I-95 Series here we come. As the geniuses out there predicted, CC was studly on short rest. As has been the case all postseason, A-Rod was huge (3-for-4, two-run homer, three runs scored). Man, that umpiring. Calling Swisher out on the tagup play was an obvious makeup call. Of course, like […]

The Mariano Rivera stuff obviously struck a nerve today. For what it’s worth, I stand by my posts on it, both here and at NBC. There was a video that showed something interesting. I raised some questions about it and doubted whether simply saying “Mariano would never do such a thing” was enough to put […]

I suppose this closes the case: The Commissioners Office reviewed available video and still photography from Mariano Rivera spitting toward a baseball in ALCS Game 3 and “found no evidence that Rivera spit on the ball,” a spokesman for the commissioner told the Post. The initial reaction by the league had been that the video […]

Check out the video here. I’ll hear all evidence to the contrary, but that looks to me like he (a) looks up to see if anyone is watching; and (b) spits right on the damn ball. Is that the secret to the unhittable cutter? UPDATE: The Yankees’ bad day in multimedia continues . . . […]

Angels 5, Yankees 4: Girardi, on the decision to replace Dave Robertson with Alfredo Aceves: Joe Girardi: The bullpen goes up to eight. Look, right across the board, eight, eight, eight and… Beat Reporter: Oh, I see. And most managers only use the number of relievers they actually need? Joe Girardi: Exactly. Beat Reporter: Does […]

If St. Louis baseball fans are so great and “die-hard” why aren’t the Browns still in St. Louis? — Commenter “Bamboozled” in “Teh Yankees are the greatest, dood!” post. I often use this feature to mock, but I can’t decide if this one is mock-worthy or brilliant. I’m leaning brilliant. The actual mouth breathers over […]

From the military police blotter: The Marine Corps said Monday a sergeant charged with faking war injuries to obtain freebies intended for wounded warriors will plead guilty . . . The 34-year-old Marine from Springhill, La., faces eight counts carrying prison terms of up to 31 years. He is accused of bluffing his way into […]