It’s been a long two years for the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum. Buck O’Neil died in October 2006, and since then there has been haggling over (a) an education and research center that O’Neil hoped would be his legacy; and (b) a new Executive Director of the Museum itself. As of late Friday, (b) is […]

I’m sure I’ve linked to a story like this at some point over the past year, but I’ll be damned if I can find it. Even if I have, it’s worth linking to again, because silliness never goes out of style: Leaving no merchandising stone unturned, Major League Baseball has authorized the use of team […]

I’m going to intrude on Barbieri’s turf for a moment and note that, on this day in 1974, arbitrator Peter Seitz rules that the Oakland Athletics breached the contract of pitcher Jim “Catfish” Hunter by failing to buy a required insurance policy. As a result, Hunter was released from his contract, allowing him to become […]

I’m not sure which represents a more needless and troubling waste of effort that could ultimately serve to hurt the ballclub: Hideki Okajima running in a marathon, or Jay Bruce openly lobbying for the return of Jerry Hairston. At least Okajima will recover eventually. There is no cure for 500 at-bats from Jerry Hairston.

If you’re looking for a fan of soon-to-be-former President Bush’s, you’ve come to the wrong place. That said, I give credit where credit is due, and I have to laud President Bush for: 1. Throwing the best “first pitch” of any chief executive in my lifetime at Game 3 of the 2001 World Series; and […]

. . . Darren Rovell reports that the Wilpons had money tied up with the spectacularly-disgraced Bernard Madoff: It’s believed Madoff and the Mets owners have been connected for at least 20 years . . . The question now is how much money was invested? If we’re talking hundreds of millions of dollars, which is […]

Mark Anderson of the Las Vegas Review-Journal polled a handful of Winter Meetings attendees about the viability of major league baseball in Sin City: But even though Major League Baseball isn’t coming to the valley anytime soon, that doesn’t mean it shouldn’t be here. Boston Globe writer Nick Cafardo, who was in town this week […]

It’s been a few years since I’ve watched the Simpsons regularly. Like a lot of people have noted, it lost its fastball years ago. But it’s still crafty and knows how to get people out. Like the one from last Sunday, in which the idea of publicly funded stadiums was caught looking. Quoteable moment at […]

So there’s this thing just about every first year law student reads called “The Common Law Origins of the Infield Fly Rule.” It’s a law review note from the 70s that draws an analogy between the infield fly rule and the Anglo-American common law, each of which were refined with incremental changes over time and […]

I’m not smart enough know whether bailing out the auto industry is the right move for America, but I do know one thing: if I had just participated in scuttling it, I wouldn’t be making a beeline for a public appearance in Michigan. I guess that’s just one of the many points upon which Jim […]