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Braves 9, Diamondbacks 4: Max Scherzer’s arm is probably going to fall off after starting two games in this series. Oh wait, the first game was back in May and this was a makeup? Forget I said anything. Also forget the fact that only three of Scherzer’s nine runs allowed in this one were “earned.” […]

Sean O’Sullivan and Roy Oswalt have rough weeks. Lucky, but rough.

No, wait. It’s just gas: Yankees Class AAA right-hander Russ Ortiz has exercised his right to become a free agent, according to his agent, John Boggs. Ortiz, 35, had the right to become a free agent if the Yankees did not promote him to the majors after three starts. No pushing, no shoving. Everyone gets […]

Royals 3, Tigers 2: A lot of people experience anxiety about taking a day off work. They check their email a lot, allow themselves to be preoccupied, and generally feel as though the office can’t get by without them. This is baloney, of course. The world goes on fine without you. No one is so […]

Bronson Arroyo has been called on the carpet for his honesty yesterday. At times like these, it’s worth remembering that baseball is a part of corporate America, and that corporate America is not a big fan of honesty. The Wrigley beer-tosser has turned himself in. Our long national nightmare is over. Personally, I hope he […]

Reds 7, Nationals 0: Johnny Gomes (Johnny Gomes?) hits three homers and Bronson “Flintstones kids, ten million strong and growing” Arroyo throws a two-hit shutout. Obviously his best game of the season, so maybe he decided to use his one DUI last night. Hey man, he earned it. Tigers 2, Red Sox 0: Justin Verlander […]

Sorry folks — the law has once again called me to duty, so I’m gonna have to maintain radio silence for a while. I had a big old Bronson Arroyo post in the works too, but it’ll have to wait. I suppose it can be summed up thusly: Bronson Arroyo has over-shared, and it’s more […]

ShysterBall wants to be 100% clear on this: we have no interest whatsoever in signing Michael Vick, and all reports to the contrary are false. The Phils made the right move with Jamie Moyer, even if Rick Sutcliffe says otherwise. The Nats have, in all likelihood, made an offer to Stephen Strasburg. Scott Boras, as […]

Phillies 12, Cubs 5: Pedro Martinez wasn’t spectacular in his 2009 debut, but he was effective enough and showed that he still belonged on a Major League mound (5 IP, 7 H, 3 ER, 5K). I was most impressed by his first inning strikeout of Jake Fox where, after consistently hitting 88 on the gun […]

There’s a new batting helmet design (pic in article) that is supposed to provide substantially greater protection from beanballs, but no one — apart from David Wright and Edgar Gonzalez, who is still suffering the effects from one to the head — seems to like it all that much: “No, I am absolutely not wearing […]