TUCK! toons, right here, every Thursday

TUCK! toon goodness every Thursday!

We knew this was going to happen, we just thought it was going to happen sooner: In the middle of his third season as manager, Manny Acta has been fired by the Washington Nationals, a source with knowledge of the situation said tonight. Asked in an e-mail about his job status, Acta replied, simply, “Thanks […]

TUCK! toons every Thursday!

Following my anti-Phillips and Sutcliffe rant yesterday, some discussion broke out regarding the best way to avoid the national broadcasters. One of the suggestions was to run MLB.tv through your television. It sounded complicated to me. Of course, I can’t even make iTunes, the DVR or my clock radio work, so what the hell do […]

With a couple of exceptions, the Hall of Fame gets it right

A look back at the Rocky Mountain career of Clint Hurdle.

Russ Smith at Splice Today, after some kind words about Tim Marchman with which I wholeheartedly agree, wonders what it might look like if managers went all Connie Mack on us, sartorially speaking: I really think it’d be swell to see managers in Sunday church threads, making their way to the mound with a tie […]

In his 37th and final season as a big league GM, did The Mahatma go out with a bang, or a whimper?

Onto the fourth year of his five-year rebuilding plan, was Mr. Rickey ready to show any progress? Any?