We knew this was going to happen, we just thought it was going to happen sooner: In the middle of his third season as manager, Manny Acta has been fired by the Washington Nationals, a source with knowledge of the situation said tonight. Asked in an e-mail about his job status, Acta replied, simply, “Thanks […]
Why do we need an All-Star break? I’m not even tired . . . Tigers 10, Indians 1: I listened to this game on the radio while painting the railing and trim around my front porch with ShysterFather. ShysterFather is great, if for no other reason than he’ll help me paint my porch, but he’s […]
I’ve never felt more loved and cared for in the world than I do right now. No less than 25 people have emailed, Twittered, Facebooked, and/or smoke signaled me to give me this glorious, wondrous news: Two National League East foes swapped outfielders on Friday, as the Mets traded Ryan Church to the Braves for […]
Given that about 40% of my posts simply come from Googling the word “baseball,” I fail to see the humor here.
Joe Hamrahi tweets: The Royals have acquired SS Yuniesky Betancourt and cash from the Mariners for minor league pitchers Danny Cortes and Derrick Saito! The Royals are probably the only team to which Betancourt could have gone and represented an upgrade at short. How much of that contract is going to be paid by the […]