I love the readers at NBC. I really do! And despite my worst fears going in, I’d say 99.9% of them are reasonable people. But then there’s that .1% . . . Here’s a comment that came in response to my saying — with my tongue very obviously in my cheek — that it would […]

I like organ music. I like the Braves. Ergo, I like articles about organ music at Braves games: For the past four years, the Atlanta Braves had used recorded organ music for games at Turner Field, but it wasn’t the same. Fans heard the familiar, traditional sound of an organ, but without a living, breathing, […]

The best hitters at getting to 3-0

I feel like I’m trampling on David Pinto’s in-game-update turf, but Mark Buehrle is perfect through seven innings against the Rays. UPDATE: Perfect through eight . . . UPDATE: And he did it!! I didn’t see it, but I was told he was saved by a spectacular catch by DeWayne Wise in center off the […]

Won’t someone please tell Dodgers fans how angry and betrayed they’re supposed to feel about Manny Ramirez? Note: link goes to shaky and kind of loud video of fans goin’ kind of crazy. (Thanks to Hollywood Joe for the link. Wait — I once fought a pimp named Hollywood Joe following a disagreement related to […]

The Orioles, like my mother in law, will now winter in Sarasota: The Orioles ended one era and began another on Wednesday, when they learned that their deal to relocate to Sarasota from Fort Lauderdale had been approved. The Orioles had agreed on Tuesday to a 30-year lease with Sarasota County that calls for more […]

This is a couple of weeks old, but I haven’t seen it elsewhere and it’s pretty cool: As many of you know, I have written about my love of the Houston Astros uniforms from the 1970’s and 1980’s several times. The Astros were by far my favorite team growing up and the whole thing started […]

Look out Jeff!!!! UPDATE: Now with animation!

TUCK! toons every Thursday

Chris Duncan: hated one day, demoted the next, and then traded: Confirmed on the STL end: Cardinals are not responsible for the $13.5 million that remains on Lugo’s contract. Boston is eating that money. The Red Sox just wanted to get something in return. Red Sox will also receive the infamous Player to Be Named […]