Not a surprise. Even if he had made the Jays more competitive with the Sox and Yankees, his utter inability to communicate with people, including the press and his underlings should have doomed him. When J.P. started, he had a good team of people around him, including our buddy Keith Law. Slowly but surely he […]

I don’t necessarily agree with the Kevin Towers firing — I think he’s always been a good GM — but you never know what happens behind the scenes. Maybe it was someone else who was the driver behind the Jake Peavy trade and other good deals, and thus Towers shouldn’t get the credit. Maybe he […]

Really, he did. The Reds pitching staff wasn’t that bad. (hat tip to Mrs. Shyster for the headline. Seriously)

Ed Wade chuckles: Authorities now have an arrest warrant for former major league pitcher Shawn Chacon as a result of his alleged failure to pay Caesars Palace $150,000 in gambling markers. The 31-year-old Chacon — a onetime All-Star whose up-and-down career as a big league pitcher ended abruptly last year following a physical confrontation with […]

Five starters have had outstanding seasons in the American League. But only one can win the Cy Young Award.

This is starting to get bizarre: The intrigue about “Ballgate” continued this morning when a Cincinnati Reds clubhouse attendant who is in charge of rubbing up the baseballs, stopped by Cardinals manager Tony La Russa’s office to tell his side of the story as to how the balls used in the game seemed so slick […]

The mound is too steep. The balls weren’t properly rubbed. The other guys are cheating. Just another day in St. Louis: [Dave] Duncan, who said the umpires told him the baseballs indeed were rubbed up, said Arroyo was able to deal with the issue because “I’m sure he had pine tar on his cap. He […]

We all had a lot of fun with the Derek Jeter thing yesterday, but I think today brought the absolute best comment ever: Who of any of you have the right to call the number one hitter ,an all star,a local hero to thousands of Yankee fans a thief.99% of you could not carry his […]

Lincecum and Cain should just kiss already: SN: If you could take from both of you to build some kind of four-pitch robo-ace, which pitches of each of yours would you want to have? Lincecum: I would take his knuckleball. Cain: (laughing) It’s not very good. We’re taking his changeup no matter what. We know […]

If you would have told me that either (a) the tough future Hall of Famer John Smoltz; or (b) the flaky Bronson Arroyo would be whining about the quality of the baseballs in a given game, I would have guessed (b) in a heartbeat. Shows you what I know: Starter John Smoltz and manager Tony […]