Ozzie Guillen saying what I suspect a lot of managers think: “I’m always bored,” Guillen said. “I’m not playing. You’re sitting around for seven innings. My game starts in the sixth [or] seventh inning. That’s when you see me look around the stands a lot, because you play this game for that many years and […]
Just reading some cards from the suggestion box . . . “You suck” “You suck” “Howard Stern rules” “If you can read this you are a dork” “Coupon for one free kiss from Treder if you are a girl” “We need more complaint cards” “Coupon for one free kiss from Treder if you are a […]
A series of funny anecdotes about how the anniversary of the moon landing intersected with baseball. I’m a little dubious of the Gaylord Perry story — the home run was legit, but I’m guessing Alvin Dark’s comments wouldn’t stand up to scrutiny. This one was pretty good though: It was 10:56 p.m. when Armstrong walked […]
One scans the wire reports in this line of work, and sometimes the wire reports contain strange things. Like this list of remaining free agents: BOSTON (5) – Paul Byrd, rhp; Sean Casey, 1b; Curt Schilling, rhp; Mike Timlin, rhp. CLEVELAND (1) – Scott Elarton, rhp. DETROIT (2) – Todd Jones, rhp; Kenny Rogers, lhp. […]