Pete Toms is the dean of ShysterBall commenters. His son — age 6 — is a Blue Jays fan. His son — age 6 — has a blog. He needs traffic. Let’s all go read it and leave some comments. And remember: he’s 6, dudes. Be cool. And don’t patronize him. Let’s talk Jays ball.

So sayeth the Times: Manny Ramirez and David Ortiz, the sluggers who propelled the Boston Red Sox to end an 86-year World Series championship drought and to capture another title three years later, were among the roughly 100 Major League Baseball players to test positive for performance-enhancing drugs in 2003, according to lawyers with knowledge […]

Cleveland Frowns does not like the Cliff Lee trade, but it’s for bigger picture reasons, not necessarily because of the return realized by Mark Shapiro: But it becomes harder and harder to care about how these trades pan out as it becomes easier and easier to be sure that any real star developed by the […]

Over his last two starts Joba Chamberlain has pitched quite well. Did speeding up his game have anything to do with it?

TUCK! toons, right here, every Thursday

On Monday Daisuke Matsusaka spouted off. Yesterday, Terry Francona and John Farrell spouted back. Today, we may have achieved detente: But it appears that, contrary to speculation, this relationship can be salvaged. During his weekly radio appearance on WEEI’s “Dale and Holley Show,” Francona said he spoke to the starting pitcher on Wednesday morning and […]

MooseinOhio has a friend named Mike, who has followed the Indians for decades and decades. His friend reacted somewhat colorfully to the news of the Cliff Lee trade, and all involved were gracious enough to share that reaction with the rest of us: Only Cleveland would trade the reigning Cy Young Pitcher who is currently […]

Because Lord Haw Haw always seems to rile you people up: #sfgiants in serious talks for freddy sanchez. bowker, frandsen, guzman 3 of many names being discussed. Sanchez would actually be a really good pickup for the Giants.

Is that it overshadows what — if true — would have been one of the most astounding things to ever take place in the history of baseball: So now here stands Minaya, unofficially at war with one of the main papers that covers his team, which is hardly in the Mets’ interest. His judgment is […]

No, the White Sox didn’t reconsider. The Red Sox actually traded for him: The Red Sox today traded for righthanded hitting White Sox outfielder Brian Anderson, sending Mark Kotsay to Chicago in return. Anderson, who is hitting .238 with two homers on the season, was optioned to Triple-A Charlotte on July 20. Kotsay was designated […]