Is that it overshadows what — if true — would have been one of the most astounding things to ever take place in the history of baseball: So now here stands Minaya, unofficially at war with one of the main papers that covers his team, which is hardly in the Mets’ interest. His judgment is […]

Here’s a topic that will interest all the little shysterlings among you: It’s surprising how often America’s national pastime, baseball, finds itself snugly entrenched with the country’s second-favorite hobby, litigation. Over the years a number of baseball incidents and disputes have found their way into courtrooms. Here are five examples . . . . . […]

No, the White Sox didn’t reconsider. The Red Sox actually traded for him: The Red Sox today traded for righthanded hitting White Sox outfielder Brian Anderson, sending Mark Kotsay to Chicago in return. Anderson, who is hitting .238 with two homers on the season, was optioned to Triple-A Charlotte on July 20. Kotsay was designated […]

Debbie Schlussel is of the obnoxious, attention-whoring, race-baiting school of political commentary. And good for her. The First Amendment wasn’t made just for reasonable people. And though I find just about everything that she and people like her spout to be cynical at best, deplorable and hateful at worst, a certain part of my psyche […]

So I’m reading the AP game story from the Phillies-Diamondbacks game last night, and I come across this sentence: Jamie Moyer allowed seven baserunners before recording an out in the third inning. Somehow, none of them scored. Upon reading it, I had to go back to the play-by-play to see just how Moyer got out […]

In case you don’t read the comments that often, there’s a fantastic Star Wars conversation happening in “And That Happened.” I’m preoccupied with the OSHA violations on the Death Star, Lar worries about whether C-3PO was unfair to R2 when he left him after the escape pod crash-landed, and everyone wants to know whether or […]

Maury gets a zillion guys — myself included — to weigh in on their use and abuse of social networking stuff like Twitter and Facebook and the like. I don’t use Twitter and don’t have any plans to, so I was curious if the assembled brains over there could convince me that I’m making a […]

The Giants picked up a new first baseman: The Giants acquired first baseman Ryan Garko from the Indians on Monday, filling a big need in the infield and adding a key right-handed bat . . . The Giants, who fell out of the wild-card lead with a 3-7 road trip, gave up Class-A left-hander Scott […]

Adam Rubin has responded in print to Omar Minaya’s mad ramblings. I’m pretty satisfied with it. My take on it all is up here.

A very grand-slammy day around the Majors . . . Nationals 14, Brewers 6: Josh Willingham with two grand slams and eight RBI. I think that’s more production than his trade counterpart Emilio Bonifacio has had all season. Mets 7, Rockies 3: An eighth inning pinch hit grand slam by Fernando Tatis puts a happy […]