Great historical post today from Scott Simkus about the Negro Leagues and the semi-pros: Did you ever wonder how well the Negro League teams did against semi-pro teams? If the answer is “yes” then we have good news and bad news. First, the bad news: You’re a dork. Okay, that’s fine. So, what’s the good […]

Things to read as you sit at home, overestimating your value and your bargaining power: Steve Treder writes about a league that existed once upon a time called the Sunset League. Goes to show you that you can poke your nose around this game for years and still find stuff you’ve never, ever heard of. […]

Two fun things, actually, both found via Brew Crew Ball: 1. Oil Can Boyd wants a tryout. With all of the dudes gone to pitch in the WBC, Florida and Arizona vacationers are getting rooked as it is, so why not give Oil Can a look? It’ll be fun. 2. K-Rod is experimenting with red […]

Tony Massrotti talks to Jason Varitek about the possibility of ditching the switch and hitting only right-handed: “Oh my goodness. Hell, no,” Varitek said this morning at the Red Sox’ spring training complex. “Have you ever all of a sudden tried to hit right-on-right when you haven’t done it in 15 years? . . . […]

Many are speculating in the comments to the Marlins post this morning about where the Marlins might move if Miami falls through. The discussion thus far has focused on Las Vegas, as it often does when new potential Major League cities are mentioned. For what it’s worth, I’ve often been dubious of Las Vegas as […]

Miguel Tejada should have gone to law school: A recently released report from DOJ’s Inspector General found that Acting Assistant Attorney General Bradley Schlozman gave false testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee (both in his oral testimony and in written supplemental testimony) regarding his partisan misuse of his office and his violations of the Civil […]

This photo was put up because A.J. Burnett is holding his junk, and man, ain’t that a hoot? However, am I crazy or does CC Sabathia look like he dropped some weight this offseason? I realize that the blue-with-white panels on the practice jersey may be creating an artificial slimming effect, but he does seem […]

Baltimore Sun baseball writer Peter Schmuck has often been something of a polarizing figure among statheads and blogger-types, but I have usually enjoyed his work and, for some reason, give him a pass when I wouldn’t give other writers one for the same content. Don’t ask me why. Maybe it’s because his self-deprecating shtick seems […]

First it was baseball with Moneyball, and then football with The Blind Side. Now Michael Lewis focuses his attention on the undervalued in the world of basketball: The virus that infected professional baseball in the 1990s, the use of statistics to find new and better ways to value players and strategies, has found its way […]

Though they didn’t win a lot of games that season, 1987 was an interesting year to be a Braves fan. A trade involving John Smoltz gave us something to talk about, a shaky Tom Glavine took the hill a handful of times, and an aging but still famous Ken Griffey patrolled left field. In other […]