A-Rod-free for three Thursdays in a row!

Those of us who are both (a) familiar with the concept of Pythagorean record; and (b) kind of glib and lazy about our use of sabermetric terminology, have often, at least subconsciously, used it as a synonym for luck. But is it really? Sam Miller at the OC Register isn’t so sure. A block quote […]

Our long national nightmare is over: The Dodgers have agreed in principle on a two-year, $45 million deal to re-sign free agent left fielder Manny Ramirez, a baseball source said on Wednesday morning. The deal was closed, pending a physical, at a meeting in Los Angeles attended by Ramirez, his agents Scott Boras and Mike […]

To tell you how emotionally estranged I’ve been from the Braves lately, it hadn’t even occured to me that there is competiton for the fifth spot in the Braves rotation, and it’s between Tommys old and new. From Dave O’Brien’s notes column today, after Glavine went on about how his shoulder was kind of sore: […]

The Padres are responding to the bad economy: The Padres’ much-maligned $9 beer vanished with an ear-ringing bang yesterday as the team cut, slashed and exploded prices on tickets, food and drink. “There will be no price increase on any concession item in 2009,” proclaimed Mark Grant, one of the team’s broadcasters. “And beer prices […]

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Each year, Geoff Young blows his whole winter (and then some) putting together the single most comprehensive single-team book you’re ever going to find. It’s called Ducksnorts, and it has everything you ever wanted to know about the San Diego Padres. It’s so detailed that I’m putting even odds on Geoff being called as a […]

If only changing one’s luck were as easy as changing one’s name.

Everyone figured Jim Bowden wasn’t long for this world, and as you probably saw, over the weekend he resigned. Tom Boswell comes to bury Caesar, not to praise him: Jim Bowden was never going to be the Nationals’ ultimate general manager, the man who, the franchise hoped, would oversee a potential champion. His methods were […]

Summer 2007: Posada kicks butt Fall 2007: Posada signs gigantic contract 2008-onward: Posada breaks down: Yankees catcher Jorge Posada said the new soreness in his surgically repaired right shoulder was nothing to worry about. But there was enough concern within the Yankees’ medical staff for Manager Joe Girardi to scratch Posada from the lineup for […]