Yet another Hall of Fame post mortem

Most folks got to this yesterday, but around 3pm my boy got all of the Hot Wheels out and made a big parade in the hallway with them and, well, that was pretty cool, so I played too. Anyway: A new report by the Justice Department’s inspector general finds that a lawyer for the U.S. […]

One of the best things about blogging is that I’ve met a lot of smart and interesting people. Well, sort of met them in that way you meet people on the Internet. Commenters and emailers and folks like that. Even better, is that since I’ve started this blog, a handful of these folks have started […]

Alyssa Milano is engaged. After going through Carl Pavano, Barry Zito, and Brad Penny — each of whom left her company a worse and more injured pitcher than when they entered it — pitching coaches and trainers across baseball are rejoicing that the lucky groom-to-be is not a ballplayer.

Baseball Prospectus’ Derek Jacques has been watching the MLB Network and believes he’s found evidence that the on-air talent is whitewashing history: However, there was a stray phrase in one segment of Tuesday’s Hot Stove that made me do a double-take, and risks dampening my enthusiasm for the network as a whole. The segment was […]

For three days straight I’ve been seeing the headlines about how the Yankees are planning to “unveil” Teixeira in some sort of news conference and have been wondering why, exactly, this is big news. We know who he is. We basically know about his contract. What is there really to unveil? It’s an empty exercise […]

Neate Sager passes along an interesting column from Sports Business Journal offering predictions about the year in sports media. Here’s one we can wish for: Postseason baseball games will start earlier this year. First Fox announced that it is canceling its pregame show during baseball’s regular season. Now look for the broadcaster to start World […]

I sometimes pick up comments from threads that are a couple of days old and give them their own post so more people can see them. I don’t have a name for this little featurette, however. “Comment of the Day” is kind of bland and often not accurate given that the comment may have happened […]

Ever work in retail? I worked at the office supply counter at the Ohio State Bookstore for a couple of years when I was in college. The worst thing ever was when it was five minutes from closing, you were all set to bust out of there and go throw back beers at Larry’s (RIP), […]

The New York Times takes a look at the way those of us whose cable company isn’t carrying the MLB Network will be watching its content next season.