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Phillies 2, Giants 1: Fast Eddie beats Vincent. Or if you prefer, Jheri Curl beats Mullet. OK, fine, so Lincecum’s isn’t really a mullet. Maybe if it was he wouldn’t have given up that double to Ryan Howard. Or did you not think of that? White Sox 5, Cubs 0: Nothing like interleague play in […]

It’s ShysterDaughter’s first day of kindergarten today. It’s afternoon kindergarten, so I’m going to bust out of here soon to go be that dad who stands at the bus stop taking pictures and holding back tears as my kid rolls her eyes. I’ll be back later this afternoon, however. In the meantime: The Rays didn’t […]

Giants 4, Phillies 0: See a Penny, pick it up, and all the day you’ll have good luck (8 IP, 5 H, 0 ER). Padres 7, Nationals 0: The Nats hit two first-inning singles off Kevin Correia, but then he set down 19 in a row. This awful stretch the Nats are in has likely […]

I’m going to take a quickie trip to California in a couple of weeks for a friend’s wedding. The beautiful Bay Area! The wonderful wine of Napa! The first chance at a romantic, kid-free getaway in years for Mrs. Shyster and me! So what did I do this morning? Sat bummed after realizing that the […]

Warning: I’m just not feeling the gravity of the baseball season this morning, so there’s gonna be a lot of randomness in today’s installment. Phillies 1, Giants 0: Philadelphia was cruising before Cole Hamels woke up. Now they’re positively terrifying. Two hitter. Nine Ks. Dear God. Braves 4 Marlins 3: Tim Hudson is back, pitched […]

I often accuse ballplayers of being kinda dumb. It’s not meant as a slam, really. At least not a harsh one. Ballplayers are what they are, and what they usually are are guys who didn’t go to college and spend a lot more time thinking about where they’re going to build the tree stand this […]

I had no idea: Why all the baseball? Don’t blame me. Blame the Vikings, who introduced the concept of a “pitch count” for their expensive and risky new quarterback addition after his Minnesota preseason debut Aug. 21 vs. Kansas City. It isn’t a widely used or at least commonly known metric in football, but numerous […]

Reds 4, Pirates 3; Reds 6, Pirates 3: Darnell McDonald scored on a wild pitch by Jesse Chavez with two outs in the bottom of the ninth to win the first game of the doubleheader. There was no one there. Like, 2000 people. Which is a crime considering how nice a day it was in […]

An ode to outfielders who rub fans and the media the wrong way and to the best pitcher in the AL

Chris has fun combining the national pastime with Beloit’s annual list of life according to freshmen.