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From yesterday’s New York Times, a walk around Busch III, which greatly impressed George Vecsey. This had me nodding in approval: The playing field has avoided the intentionally quirky corners and gimmicks of many newer ballparks. “Our No. 1 criteria was that we wanted it to play like the other Busch,” said Tony La Russa, […]

In December, the Red Sox agreed to a 30-year deal with Lee County to keep their spring training facility in Fort Myers. As part of the deal, the county agreed to build a new spring training complex. Now, it seems, that the FBI is interested in, well, something relating to that process: Florida’s Lee County […]

Eric Wedge is looking for leadership among his players: Manager Eric Wedge is looking for leaders. He says they have to come from the Indians’ position players and they better not take too long to get here . . . . . . “There are certain things that are happening that shouldn’t be happening,” Wedge […]

We’ve read about Yankee Stadium’s problems for two weeks now. Too many home runs. Not enough fans in the seats. Too expensive. Frankly, it’s played out. But now comes news of a truly serious problem*: THE new Yankee Stadium has a problem. No, it’s not all those home runs, it’s the beer. The stadium pushes […]

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I’ve enjoyed Doug Glanville’s New York Times’ pieces quite a lot since he began them last season. As one of the rare ballplayers who was an intellectual without being marginalized or considered an eccentric (See, Bouton, Jim and Lee, Bill) he provides a unique view into the game. Unlike so many other retired players, he […]

I certainly wouldn’t consider it, but there’s a fun discussion over at Chop-n-Change this afternoon regarding whether the Braves should trade Jair Jurrjens. To be fair, I’m viewing the notion of trading Jurrjens as a red herring. The real conversation is what the Braves (or any team in their position) do when they have some […]

In this week’s edition of Lost in Transactions, we applaud the Mets for picking up Wily Mo Pena. The Brewers look to turn fortunes around with Trevor Hoffman returning and Andrew Miller hit the DL for the Marlins.