I won’t link to the original source because there’s some arguably not safe for work stuff there, but the website sportsimproper.com has Brian McNamee making the whole Clemens affair sound even seedier than it already did: One of the needles I gave the government was used to inject Clemens with steroids in either July or […]

If everyone saying that the Yankees will be better off without Alex Rodriguez is right, why didn’t the absence of Albatross-Rod cause Team Dominican Republic to breeze past the Dutch? Edit: Beat to the albatross reference by nearly a week.

The Tacoma News-Tribune catches up with Lou Piniella and gets him reminiscing about his says in Seattle: “We had Randy (Johnson), Junior, Alex (Rodriguez), Edgar (Martinez), (Jay) Buhner to name a few. That’s a pretty impressive array of talent,” Piniella said, adding quickly: “I didn’t screw it up.”

The only thing worse than having the racist visage of Chief Wahoo staring down at you as you drive around the Indians’ spring training facility is having the racist visage of Chief Wahoo staring down at you as you drive around what is no longer the Indians’ spring training facility: The face of Chief Wahoo, […]

Attorney General Eric Holder and the guy he and Obama have chosen to head up the Criminal Division of the DOJ are recusing/will be recusing themselves from the Roger Clemens investigation and any potential prosecution: Attorney general Eric Holder has cited a conflict of interest in recusing himself from any legal matters involving Roger Clemens, […]

The Padres have been spoiled, er, I mean lucky enough to have the the city of San Diego footing the bill for much of the cost of Petco Park. Now San Diego, like every other city, is strapped for cash, and has had to look for help to make the debt payments on the ballpark […]

Here’s the kicker of that Dominican Republic-Netherlands elimination game I linked this morning. Manager Felipe Alou started David Ortiz at first base — a position he hasn’t played in the Majors since 2007, and hasn’t played well since God knows when — because he wanted extra offense. The result: Ortiz goes 1-4 and the D.R. […]

Things to read while you realize that anything can happen in this crazy game: Dave Studeman and Mike Webber were tasked with finding little statistical nuggets for inclusion in Bill James’ new Gold Mine book. Bill axed a bunch of them, even though they were pretty darn good. He’s Bill James. He can do that. […]

Someone has placed a camera in my head and has recorded my every memory of Jeff Francoeur. (thanks to Crowhop for the link)

I hadn’t heard about this, but there’s a new Manny Ramirez biography coming out today. It’s called “Becoming Manny,” and its co-author is a clinical psychologist named Jean Rhodes. Rhodes is interviewed today in the Boston Globe: Q. If you had to diagnose him, what would you say? A. Well, he has an incredible ability […]