I try not to get to philosophical when I write. You don’t follow baseball to understand yourself better—that’s what your shrink is for. So when I drop quotes on you like “you can’t know where you’re going until you know where you’ve been,” don’t be shocked that it’s from a movie like “Hitch,” not an […]

Phillies 7, Nationals 6: The Phillies are white hot and may very well be the best team in baseball at the moment. They were down 6-3 in the ninth but, hey, no problem: They got a two-run single by Ryan Howard and a two-run homer by Jayson Werth and with that they won their seventh […]

Happy Friday. Building on last week’s visual, here’s a look at the San Francisco Giants roster based on WAR and salary. Some things that caught my attention: the amount of money sitting on the Giants’ bench, Barry Zito’s looming presence, and how Aubrey Huff and Andres Torres have really been a godsend to GM Brian […]

Twins 8, White Sox 5: Juggernaut. Five wins in a row for the Twins and their 11th in 12 games after making short work of the White Sox. Minnesota is 42-16 since the All-Star break. Mark Buehrle after the game: “Obviously they came in and kicked our butt every which way.” Cardinals 4, Padres 0: […]

This article from the Chicago Sun Times reveals two things. Well, technically it reveals one thing that many Chicago Cubs followers already knew, and then it goes back to the well for something that Cubs fans hear around this time most seasons—the desperate hope for good news for next year. First, Gordon Wittenmyer points out […]

Random thoughts from the week in baseball: On Wednesday night after the Yankees and Rays game a reporter (not wearing tight jeans) from the Yes Network did a fantastic job at getting Derek Jeter to admit the ball hit the bat instead of hitting him. While he didn’t break any official “rules” and faking it […]

I prefer good news. Perhaps it’s because I’m an optimist. I want to tell you the “glass half-full” side of the prospect story. But sometimes, that’s just not the case. It doesn’t always work out for all prospects. If it did, following them wouldn’t be nearly as much fun. Of course, this isn’t becoming much […]

Rays 4, Yankees 3: Dan Johnson hit two homers off Phil Hughes. But really, the fun story here was Derek Jeter acting his way onto first base with a phantom HBP in the seventh. He grimaced and called the trainer out and everything, even though replays clearly showed that the ball hit the end of […]

Thirty-five years ago today on September 16, 1975, one of the most one-sided baseball games in history took place in Wrigley Field. As you can probably guess by that opening sentence, the Cubs were on the receiving end of the epic butt kicking as the Pittsburgh Pirates mauled them 22-0. The Pirates sent 14 batters […]

Yankees 8, Rays 7: There won’t be complaints about the bullpen management this morning. After Ivan Nova got beat up through four and two-thirds (and Boone Logan gave up a homer), Chamberlain, Wood, Robertson and Rivera held the Rays scoreless. The Rays pen was a bit more porous, allowing the Yankees to tie it in […]