“My kids already know he throws 102 and throws a slider 88. What do I do? Lay low?” New Mexico baseball coach, Ray Birmingham responding to criticism that he trash talked Stephen Strasburg by telling his team that “102 goes out as fast as it comes in.”

After last night’s game, Mariners’ manager Ken Wakamatsu criticized his putative ace, Felix Hernandez: “Sometimes you’ve got to ask guys to step up. I didn’t think he stepped up today.” This afternoon, the Seattle Times’ Geoff Baker lays down the serious artillary fire. After an extended recap of Roy Halladay’s career arc and an assertion […]

I implore you, do not read Jim Caple’s writeup before watching the YouTube video embedded here. Go in completely blind. You’ll get that much more out of the experience. In other news, I now know what finally caused Bob Welch to quit drinking. UPDATE: Some quick research reveals that Welch quit drinking in the early […]

Lord Haw-Haw reports that Mark DeRosa is on the block: Indians third baseman Mark DeRosa is one of the first veterans to hit the trade block. Cleveland is now fielding offers for the versatile DeRosa, league sources say. The Indians are looking mainly for pitchers who can help them now. Although they are off to […]

Someone needs to buy me one of these. I take a large in most shirts, but if it’s one that will shrink a lot, better make it an XL. (thanks to reader Timmy for the link)