I’m the king of multitasking, there is none higher, sucka part-time bloggers should call me sire: Chiba Lotte Marines’ fans don’t want Bobby V. to go. My initial take on the Jake Peavy-to-the White Sox thing; To be updated when Peavy rejects the deal later today, which I think he almost certainly will. Manny ain’t […]

The Dodgers have let bloggers into their press box. Phil Gurnee of True Blue L.A. gives us the lowdown: First off, front row is tops no matter how high you are, front row right behind home plate, with protection overhead is about as good as it gets. My only concern was taking a foul ball […]

The point of ATH is to distill the boxscore and give a quick thumbnail of what went on — or at least what interesting to me went on — in a game. Obviously I’m going to miss a lot of interesting stuff in the course of a game with such an approach, so I always […]

Tigers 5, Rangers 3: Justin Verlander threw 41 pitches in the fifth inning, yet somehow the Rangers only scored one run off of him. I’m assuming someone has come up with some runs-per-pitch metric that can show us how lame a performance that was by Texas. And the Rangers turned a triple play. Am I […]

Lesley Visser hates them: It’s a joyful moment burdened by a terrible name. It’s a cascade of emotions for the winning players and their fans, yet it’s described in the most negative way. Johnny Damon, after a home run giving the Yankees their third straight come-from-behind win over the Twins, gets a pie in the […]

“My kids already know he throws 102 and throws a slider 88. What do I do? Lay low?” New Mexico baseball coach, Ray Birmingham responding to criticism that he trash talked Stephen Strasburg by telling his team that “102 goes out as fast as it comes in.”

After last night’s game, Mariners’ manager Ken Wakamatsu criticized his putative ace, Felix Hernandez: “Sometimes you’ve got to ask guys to step up. I didn’t think he stepped up today.” This afternoon, the Seattle Times’ Geoff Baker lays down the serious artillary fire. After an extended recap of Roy Halladay’s career arc and an assertion […]

I implore you, do not read Jim Caple’s writeup before watching the YouTube video embedded here. Go in completely blind. You’ll get that much more out of the experience. In other news, I now know what finally caused Bob Welch to quit drinking. UPDATE: Some quick research reveals that Welch quit drinking in the early […]

Lord Haw-Haw reports that Mark DeRosa is on the block: Indians third baseman Mark DeRosa is one of the first veterans to hit the trade block. Cleveland is now fielding offers for the versatile DeRosa, league sources say. The Indians are looking mainly for pitchers who can help them now. Although they are off to […]

Someone needs to buy me one of these. I take a large in most shirts, but if it’s one that will shrink a lot, better make it an XL. (thanks to reader Timmy for the link)