This comment, from J.W. in the Enemies/Smurfs thread, comes the closest to capturing my inner monologue at almost every moment of every single day: You know what I don’t get? Luke’s plan for saving Han basically boiled down to using his lightsaber and jedi jumpy abilities to take out some enemies, grab his buddies and […]

Because the universe and my cable company hate me, I don’t get the MLB Network. I’m not sure, though, whether not having it is a good thing or a bad thing in this instance: The Pen, debuting Sunday on MLB Network, might be something like the 11,000th TV reality series. But David Gavant of MLB […]

What would Batman be without The Joker? Luke without Vader? The Smurfs without Gargamel? The answers are (a) still really disturbed; (b) still whiny and annoying; and (c) still strange, three apple-tall blue things that kind of creep me out. The point remains, however, that a good enemy always makes things more interesting. And for […]

Conversation I had with a coworker yesterday: Him: So, who are the Braves going to draft? Me: No idea. Him: [mildly mocking me] Really? And you call yourself a fan? I quickly changed the subject. I’m surrounded by football fans in central Ohio who simply don’t understand baseball. I think I’m going to email Rob’s […]

Tigers 7, White Sox 6: A bullpen collapse in the ninth inning for the Tigers transformed a relatively easy win into an extra innings salvage job, but Detroit will take it. OK, maybe “easy” isn’t the right word, because this game featured yet another lackluster Dontrelle Willis start. Disastrous? No, but I don’t know that […]

That’s not an assertion by me, it’s the name of a blog with a pretty straightforward purpose: After the scandals of baseball, track and field and cycling, no one in charge took any responsibility – Not the athletes nor the “professionals” running each sport. There is an obvious problem in tennis. I first noticed this […]

There have been gay baseball players in the past, there are almost certainly gay baseball players today, and there will no doubt be gay baseball players in the future. Jeff Pearlman is eager for one of them to come of the closet. I don’t disagree with his general rationale. A lot of good could be […]

Ten minutes to Wapner! Judge Marilyn Milian, from “The People’s Court,” was at Yankee Stadium on Monday to present Rivera with a robe and gavel before the Yankees’ game against the Rays, which was won by New York, 5-3. The producers of the TV show read about the kangaroo court, which took place before the […]

For those who have missed it, there’s an extremely lively conversation going on in this thread about the pros and cons of abolishing the draft. The only thought I have on it that has yet to be voiced (at least I don’t think it’s been voiced) is that while there is a lot of surface […]

It’s been a a better blogging day than yesterday. I credit the 75 pages of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy I read before I went to bed last night. It always inspires: The Astros are gouging their fans. More musings on what a thoughtfully renovated Tiger Stadium could have meant. Scouting is a tough […]