Happy San Fermin, everyone. When you get done having fun, read some of this stuff: Ryan Braun to be Doug Melivn’s deputy? I’m not going to judge Manny for doing steroids. I will judge him, however, for being a cheap sonofabitch. Roy Halladay isn’t going anywhere. “The Worst Team That Money Could Buy” could soon […]
This article — which is so full of win that the rest of us will be on win-rationing for the next three days — explores this issue in detail: One possibility is to alternate the colors, creating a vast checkerboard effect that in long camera shots would create the illusion of occupancy. Another plan — […]
He’s bounced around so much since 2004 that I just sort of assumed that this had already happened, but apparently tonight is Nomar Garciaparra’s first trip back to Fenway since the 2004 trade. One of the commenters to that story reminds us that Nomar turned down a four-year, $60 million contract that spring. I only […]
Last week I suggested that the Indians should probably shut Grady Sizemore down, though I did offer the caveat that “I’ll defer to Will Carroll or a doctor or something on this.” I haven’t heard from a doctor, but today Will Carroll weighs in (subscription only): “There’s no value in shutting Grady Sizemore down. The […]