From Peter King, the latest from Yankee Stadium: So I went to Yankee Stadium the other night to watch Yankees-Angels. Pretty cold. In the bottom of the fourth, a vendor came by. “Hot chocolate!” he yelled. “Hot chocolate!” I looked at his badge: Hot chocolate $10. Sixteen ounces of chocolate-flavored water. Ten bucks. I went […]

So I go to the science museum with the kids yesterday. They have this feature where, via a gigantic lever, a person can lift up a full-sized car. My five year-old daughter and four year-old boy think it’s awesome. When they ask me how they could lift a car, I tell them that the thing […]

Phillies 11, Dodgers 0: I’d jump all over the Kuroda start, but (a) the alternative would have been Chad Billingsley, right, and he didn’t have much of anything himself last night; and (b) even if he gave up one run over eight innings or something, he still would have lost because Cliff Lee is the […]

The Philadelphia Daily News’ Paul Hagen on Pedro in Game 2: If it works out, if Pedro Martinez pitches well, it will only buff Charlie Manuel’s reputation as a baseball savant to a high luster. If it explodes, if it blows up in his face like a trick cigar and the Phillies are eventually eliminated, […]

There are many reasons I like the cut of CC Sabathia’s jib. This is the latest: Rain can delay Friday’s Game 1 of the ALCS between the Yankees and Angels, which would give starter CC Sabathia time to play his favorite video game. “I’m pretty relaxed, hanging out,” Sabathia said. “It just gives me a […]

Pete Abe has the story. I know it’s cold and rainy, but you CAN use the tickets when they reschedule, you know . . . (thanks to Ernest O. for the heads up)

Query: Is George Sherrill really “the Pride of Memphis” as Chip Caray said last night? How many people in Memphis actually know him and what he does for a living and truly take pride in it? You certainly have family, some high school teammates and what, a few dozen other people? I bet the number […]

Phillies 8, Dodgers 6: We’ve taken your National League division champions and secretly replaced them with the Red Sox and Yankees! Let’s see if anyone notices! Four hours+. Lots of homers. Not my kind of game, but I suppose the Phillies will take it. I had thought that Kershaw would be sharp and Hamels not […]

With a question raised in a St. Louis Post-Dispatch mailbag: if you were the Cardinals, would you trade Albert Pujols for Clayton Kershaw and Matt Kemp? No, no one is really suggesting it. It’s more of a “would you rather . . .” kind of game. And for the record, my usual answers to these […]

The Giants’ Double-A team moves to Richmond and gets a new monicker: “Flying Squirrels” was announced this afternoon as the nickname for the new Richmond Double-A baseball franchise. Also under consideration as finalists were Rhinos, Flatheads, Flying Squirrels and Hush Puppies. The new team will begin playing at The Diamond next season and is affiliated […]