Want to see the guy who was the heart and soul of the Hardball Times for our first couple of years? Take a look… That’s Aaron Gleeman, who’s become so famous that they’re now painting his portrait. Which just scares the heck out of me.

The Wall Street Journal considers whether Joe Torre is worth the money, with help from our own “Mr. Gassko.”

Ugh. The Giants lose to their AAA affiliate, Fresno. A sign of things to come? Absolutely.

Phil Birnbaum continues to research the issue of why and how pitchers seem to hone in on 20 wins. The biggest surprise is that their offenses tend to let them down after winning the 20th game. I wonder if managers tend to rest their regulars more often in those games?

Seems like rumor-mongering by the LA Times to me, as the actual Mike Scioscia quote is as follows: “We’re still confident that, in house, we have enough depth on the pitching side,” Manager Mike Scioscia said. “The short-term answers are in-house. If we lose guys for longer, the answers might have to come from the […]

Cool post over at Rays Index ranking all the players on their 40-man roster on the basis of their perceived trade value to other teams, starting with Scott Kazmir and ending with third catcher Shawn Riggins. My only quibble here would be Edwin Jackson at 11, above good prospects like Reid Brignac and Jeff Niemann, […]

Phil Birnbaum follows up his previous post by trying to explain why there are more 20-game winners than you would expect. He finds that most of the effect can be attributed to usage, or in other words if you have 18 or 19 wins in September, you get more starts and may even be thrown […]

Rays fans over at DRaysBay certainly think so.

Not really important from a baseball perspective, but it’s kind of awesome that current Marlins minor league manager Dean Treanor was an undercover cop in San Luis Obispo, Calif. back in the day.

The San Francisco Chronicle is reporting that Giants ticket sales are suffering now that they don’t have Barry Bonds or a competitive team. Their sales still seem strong overall though. Hilariously, Giants commercials on Fox Sports Bay Area right now are touting the Giants as division contenders. I wonder if fans in Pittsburgh or Kansas […]