In terms of posts it was a slow morning, but the morning itself was anything but slow. In the wake of that alleged list of the 2003 steroid test positives, I put on my reporter hat and actually called sources and cross checked and wrote stuff down and everything. That’s hard work! Someone please remind […]

So, Marchman posts a link to a guy who claims to have a list of the 2003 drug test failures. Then Jay wonders whether Marchman posting the link is a hypocritical move based on stuff Marchman has said in the past about trafficking in this kind of stuff. I scanned through the list quickly, and […]

White Sox 6, Indians 3: Nice Indians’ debut for Chris Perez: He hit the first two batters he faced, walked the bases loaded and then gave up a fielder’s choice, an RBI double, a wild pitch and run-scoring single. One of the guys he hit — Alexei Ramirez — took it in the head and […]

Here I am talking Phillies-Braves (mostly Braves) over at Crashburn Alley. This is by far my most humiliating day as a blogger. I posted very few things, and what I did post consisted of two interviews of me and a post about my mail. If I had a publicist I’d give him a raise right […]

Sorry for the slow afternoon, but the day job is kicking my butt today. As such, I may not have anything new this afternoon. In the meantime, know that this morning’s Bucky Dent mystery has been solved. The cards, it seems, were sent by Josh Wilker’s publisher. Wilker, as you all know, is the proprietor […]

I was interviewed by Russ Smith over at Splice Today, and the results are up here. Among the covered topics: the future of the Orioles, the future of the Braves, the future of PED scandals, Eric Wedge’s lack of a future, and whether, if forced to choose, I’d rather watch a national FOX broadcast or […]

Bucky Dent is nice, but I was really hoping for a Joe Shlabotnik . .. Contrary to popular belief, Matt Wieters is not omnipotent. Indeed, he’s not even monopotent these days. Milton Bradley may cause a lot of problems, but trying to draw walks doesn’t seem like it should be listed as one of them. […]

I got a letter in the mail on Saturday addressed to “Craig Calcaterra, Shysterball.” Inside was a mint condition 1978 Topps Bucky Dent card. No return address. No note, no nothing else accompanying it. New York City postmark. Typewritten address label. Hurm. I haven’t died in the last 48 hours, so I’m ruling out anthrax […]

Reds 8, Indians 1: It was Brandon Phillips’ birthday and he beat up his old team to celebrate (3-5, 3 RBI). But he overplayed it: “It’s good to have a game like I did today, especially on my birthday and against the guys you used to play for. Today, I was like, ‘I’m going to […]

I was on News-Talk 1400 WDWS AM’s SportsTalk show this afternoon talking baseball with host Brian Moline. You can hear the broadcast — in fancy podcast form — here. I come in at the four minute mark, and we talk about blogging, the Cardinals, the Cubs, Geoff Baker, Sir Sidney and a few other things. […]