THT alum Maury Brown does a ton of in depth research on the top 10 potential new locations for an MLB franchise. One additional factor to consider, however, would be that unless a team is in the west, it would almost certainly require some kind of re-alignment. With the NL currently carrying two additional teams, […]

Squawking Baseball asks an interesting question: If Mark Cuban is denied an opportunity to buy the Chicago Cubs by Selig and the other owners, would he and Sam Zell challenge baseball’s antitrust exemption in court?

Nobody but Vin Scully should be allowed to call a baseball game. There’s an exception to every rule. Skip Caray was the exception to that one. Let me tell you why. I started out to be a play-by-play broadcaster. Did about one-fourth of a Class A season while I was in college. Eighteen years old, […]

Craig Calcaterra reports that a University of Pennsylvania researcher has discovered a gene that boosts muscle growth in mice, increasing their strength by 50 percent. Apparently, this guy was immediately mobbed by athletes wanting to take the still experimental treatment. While it’s unlikely that this will become a thing in the near future, we’ll probably […]

Metsblog reports that the Mets are offering season ticket holders the opportunity to purchase their actual seats from Shea Stadium for $869, a number with some significance for Mets fans.

R.J. Anderson does some back of the envelope calculations and comes to the conclusion that David Price could be best leveraged as a reliever for the stretch run. Doing so would allow the Rays to get the most out of him while still limiting his innings for the rest of the season, similar to what […]

Disappointed that your favorite team didn’t pick up a lefty reliever for the stretch run? Eric Seidman does a good job of pointing out why a guy like Ron Mahay would likely have minimal impact on the stretch run. It’s very possible that more teams are realizing this, making them more reluctant to deal prospects […]

Tim Marchman notes that parity between baseball teams is actually down this year, with only 13 teams within five games of a playoff spot this year.

In case you missed it, Aaron Gleeman covered Francisco Liriano’s return in detail.

IATMS notes that virtually every high-profile player traded before the deadline is off to a good start with his new team. Everyone’s a genius!