Phillies 5, Rockies 1: Man, when Cliff Lee is on he’s on, isn’t he (CG, 6 H, 1 ER, 5K)? Nice of him to spare Charlie Manuel the need to fret over his bullpen for a day. Every Phillie had a hit, Lee included. Jayson Werth said the sun and wind made it “the toughest […]

First Brian, now Marcus: Former Padres second baseman Marcus Giles was arrested early Wednesday morning on charges of domestic battery involving his wife, El Cajon Police Sgt. Fenton Sue said. Sue said police were called to Interstate 8 at Greenfield Drive at 3:20 a.m. by California Highway Patrol officers who were with Giles, 31, and […]

1. Play emotionally-draining game; 2. Drink lots of beer and champagne; 3. Immediately board a flight to New York; 4. Arrive at, like, 3 A.M.; 5. Sleep the sleep of the drunk and the red eye air traveller; 6. Play game against the best team in baseball at 6 P.M. Sounds like a recipe for […]

Twins 6, Tigers 5: You didn’t know it you didn’t think it could be done in the final end they won the war. After losing every battle. Greatest game in Metrodome history? With all apologies to Chris I’m inclined to say no, simply because I don’t equate high drama with greatness. There were all manner […]

Ted Williams’ youngest daughter is “horrified and shocked” by the fact that a judge won’t restrain an author from exercising his First Amendment rights. No word on how she feels about lab goons smacking her daddy’s frozen brain pan around with a monkey wrench.

Seems that Miguel Cabrera doing stupid drunk things in suburban bars is nothing new: During an altercation at a Birmingham bar in August, Detroit Tigers slugger Miguel Cabrera allegedly mocked a teenager about his weight and challenged a man to a fight in an incident that resulted in no criminal charges but prompted Tigers management […]

It’s going to take me a while to figure out how the hell to structure my mornings without recaps. I might just link the NBC stuff as it goes live, foregoing the “Exile” post. I may make the mornings more of a series of quick links to other stuff as opposed to full blown posts. […]

It can be heard here. It’s not pleasant. None of them are, actually, but Roseangel Cabrera clearly says that Miguel Cabrera hit her. As Aaron notes, this is beyond baseball at this point.

Maury has everything you ever wanted to know about 2009 attendance. Upshot: it was down 6%. While a steep drop, it (a) reflects smaller capacity stadiums in New York; (b) is basically what the owners predicted before the season started and; (c) overall, is still the fifth highest attendance of all time. Given where unemployment […]

It’s always a tough competition when disease is not involved: Chris Carpenter has been voted NL comeback player of the year and Aaron Hill has won the AL award. Limited to four starts over the prior two seasons because of elbow surgery and a shoulder injury, Carpenter was 17-4 with a league-leading 2.24 ERA for […]