Rockies 5, Braves 1: The word “outdueled” should not appear within 50 yards of Jason Marquis, but there it is in the AP writeup. Even when he pitches well he sort of just bulls his way through the game, with none of the grace implied by a word like “dueled.” As for the Braves, Mac […]
This sounds like a fabulous idea: The Reading Phillies are looking for big eaters to attend Gluttony Night when the New Britain Rock Cats (Twins) visit FirstEnergy Stadium on Tuesday, May 19 for a 6:35 PM game. For just $12.00 fans can eat as much as they want from the time the gates open at […]
The most protracted sale in the history of team sports is rounding third and racing, er, jogging, er, kind of shuffling for home! Chicago Cubs buyer Tom Ricketts is close to lining up three banks to arrange the $450 million financing necessary to complete his acquisition of the team, financial sources said, positioning him to […]
Great stuff from Lar at Wezen-Ball, as he goes back to 1992 and re-runs the Marlns/Rockies expansion draft with the benefit of hindsight and adds a couple of choice free agent signings for good measure: What is the Internet good for, though, if we can’t take the time to figure this out ourselves? So I […]
Our friend Pete Toms has a new regular feature over at Maury’s place: The Business of Sports Network is pleased to announce the first instalment of “Last Week in Bizball”, a weekly notebook column from staff reporter Pete Toms. Each week LWIB will compile opinion and reporting on topical baseball biz subjects from the preceding […]