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I know it’s a holiday. Who cares? I’m here, I have an Internet hookup and some free time to blog today. The urge to grill and drink beer is probably going to take over sometime early this afternoon, but until then, here are six posts for your edification and enjoyment: Jim Leyritz is only making […]

Angels 10, Dodgers 7: Torii Hunter absolutely destroyed himself running into the wall (and making the catch) in the fourth inning, shook it off, stayed in the game, and then had key run-scoring singles in the sixth and seventh to lead the Halos over the Dodgers. Orlando Hudson got popped in the head by a […]

Friday’s “Infidelity” post led to a moderately heated discussion re: my use of the word “retarded” in the intro. The charge: that it’s insensitive to use that word because it works to demean or insult those with mental disabilities. It probably goes without saying — at least I hope it goes without saying — that […]

After stirring the pot over at NBC with the Chief Wahoo stuff this morning, I exchanged a few emails with regular commenter Sara K. The abridged gist: Sara: You know, eventually, you will have to answer for the Tomahawk Chop. Me: I have no defense for the Chop. It’s beyond retarded. (Note: see this after […]

Sorry to be late jumping back over here, but these people in suits carrying legal files seem to think I have nothing more important to do than help them with their work. It’s a really slow news day, so I lobbed a Chief Wahoo bomb. I get enough heat for that around here, so I […]

Twins 20, White Sox 1: Query: did Peavy reject the trade before, during, or after this massacre? Probably doesn’t matter. Joe Mauer hits a grand slam, two doubles and drives in six, but I think the most amazing thing about this game is that despite all of the runs and baserunners, it was done in […]

TUCK! toons right here, every Thursday. Except this week.

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 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 […]