You guys are probably sick of me railing against the Marlins’ stadium deal by now. I’ll stop railing when they stop giving me things to rail against: If the devil is indeed the details, then the devil casts an awfully long shadow in the construction agreement between Miami-Dade County and the Florida Marlins for a […]

Things to read while wondering if anyone has ever done the moonwalk better than Derek Jeter: Colin Wyers considers whether pitchers can but the kibosh on the old advice to “hit ’em where they ain’t.” Brandon Isleib continues to mess with God and Nature by imagining what would have happened if the three division setup […]

What’s worse: that the Nats gave a big signing bonus to a guy who has been found out to be four years older than they thought he was, or that the guy wasn’t even all that good to begin with: A top Washington Nationals prospect and recipient of the largest international signing bonus in team […]

I was among the first to note that Jose Canseco, for all of his issues, has been right about most of what he has said about steroids, but this is a bridge too far: Jose Canseco believes he was the only player telling the whole truth about steroids. Who used and when. For how long. […]

Since yesterday’s post, A bunch of other guys have written their own “25 Baseball Things” piece. Click here for The Common Man’s. Here for Wezen-Ball’s. Click here for Joe Hojnacki’s at The Pitch. Longtime reader TC Shillingford, late of Mr. Thursday’s Curious Mechanism, emailed me his own 25 things. Many of them were interesting, but […]

When new ballparks open, you always hear about how they’re going to be a boon to local business. I’d suspect that there’s some truth to that, even if it’s overstated. I mean, you won’t be able to open up seventeen restaurants, a miniature golf course, and a shopping mall tomorrow afternoon, but you’d at least […]

Still running with a skeleton crew today, but considering that every damn story is about A-Rod’s press conference, I don’t really think we’re missing anything, do you? Dave Studeman has a major piece about baseball, steroids, A-Rod, heroes, and that sort of thing. It’s reasoned, measured, and logical, so obviously it won’t get the kind […]

Unemployment had me doing a lot of things I wouldn’t have otherwise been doing. Wearing slippers during all waking hours was a new thing for me, as was talking to the preschool moms about what was on sale and where each week. But perhaps the weirdest thing I did was spend a lot of time […]

As I’ve mentioned a number of times recently, I’ve been a stay-at-home dad/blogger since the first of the year. But that’s over now, as today is my first day at my new job. Part of me is sad about this. I’ve enjoyed the time home with the kids. I’ve enjoyed not having to shave if […]

Richard Sandomir notes that the YES Network is trying, at least temporarily, to airbrush A-Rod out of Yankee history: To an extent, Rodriguez is fighting for redemption at YES, which Scott Boras, his agent, said in 2007 would see its worth rise with long-term aid from his client’s so-called “iconic value.” But recent actions taken […]