Another story I’m probably late on — stupid day job — concerned Ron Gardenhire’s comments in the wake of Monday night’s botched call at the plate: Ron Gardenhire has what he considers the perfect plan for reviewing close calls in baseball: red flags that managers throw like in the NFL . . . . . […]

Tony La Russa yesterday, responding to the considerable criticism of leftfielder Chris Duncan by everyone who isn’t Tony La Russa: “I get so tired of the unfair treatment of Chris Duncan. It makes me want to vomit. And you can quote me on that. This guy is treated unfairly. These fans have a reputation of […]

Man, the Pirates trade another veteran. Adam LaRoche is really gonna bitch about this. Oh wait . . . 12:12 p.m.: LaRoche has been traded to the Boston Red Sox. No word on return yet. Still no official word of any kind from the team. 12:46 p.m.: Strange, but LaRoche is still sitting in the […]

All Star Game ratings continued their decline, and two franchises choose a new spring training home.

Everyone says baseball is fun, well, you know what? It is. — Greg Maddux, as usual, making something everyone else makes so difficult seem so simple.

At least that’s the hearsay Heyman is peddling via Twitter: based on halladay’s candid comments about wanting to win, a halladay acquaintance says this: “he’s emotionally gone.” Of course, given how wrong Heyman was about the Mets rumor, it’s just as likely that Roy is in the clubhouse dancing jigs and talking about how these […]

Boy, Bruce is dealing today. I serve this one up without comment, Quote of the Day-style: Aside from building a deeply flawed ballpark that has done nothing but embarrass upper management (absurd ticket prices, right field playing like a Little League park, you name it), the Yankees play a loud, ominous-sounding siren — suggesting air […]

Also inspired by Jenkins: Jason Giambi goes on the disabled list and the Athletics’ offense explodes. Coincidence? Quite probably! But that doesn’t mean that Giambi doesn’t suck!

We all kind of knew that already, but Bruce Jenkins tells us why: Jason Schmidt took the mound for the first time in a couple of years, and he was unbelievably bad. Three guys crushed the ball in the first inning. His curveball was all over the place. His fastball had no life. He hit […]

The possibility was broached back in May, but now it’s official: The Yankees said Notre Dame and Army would play the first football game at the new stadium next year, reigniting one of college football’s great rivalries. The game, which is scheduled for Nov. 20, 2010, will most likely be the first of several football […]