Finally. This has to be one of the worst moves the Red Sox have ever made, simply because it never looked good. Not when they signed him, not when he gave up two hits and a run against the Kansas City Royals on opening day, and not now, as Pineiro has struck out 4.9 batters […]

I got invited to go to the Red Sox game today with a bunch of people from Sons of Sam Horn. The game was a blast, but I did notice one weird thing: Every time John Danks issued a walk (three in all), Toby Hall, the catcher, would come up and talk to him for […]

A fascinating post on Baseball Think Factory from poster “jmac66”: “# of rsb threads with the word ‘steroid’ 1997–0 1998–1 1999–8 2000–8 2001–3 2002–358 2003–135 2004–510 2005–934 2006–387″ Scroll down to post 20.

The search is over. In the quest to find the next journeyman minor leaguer most deserving of a big-league opportunity, Oklahoma DH/LF Jason Botts stands above the rest. The Rangers farmhand, who turns 27 next week, leads all of Triple A with a .439 OBP and is second with 51 extra-base hits despite a slow […]

Earlier this week, Jack Cobra published an interview with THT writer Carlos Gomez. It contains some good background about Carlos, so check it out.

The Giants’ brass in attendance had to be watching Ichiro’s inside-the-park home run in today’s All-Star game with more than casual amusement. If Ichiro was in a Giants uniform in ’08, he could use that right-center gap to run all over the place. If a Barry Bonds “Splash Hit” into McCovey Cove is no longer […]

Our Win Shares are up to date as of the All-Star break. Congratulations to all of you who predicted that Carlos Pena would be leading all major league first basemen in WSAB at this stage of the season.

Hit Tracker, the website that measures the “true” distance of every major league home run, will provide live coverage of major league Home Run Derby Monday night. Be sure to check out Hit Tracker’s sophisticated measurement of each home run as you watch it on television.

I know you’re very uncomfortable with Barry Bonds approaching the all-time MLB home run record. The indisputable evidence of whether Bonds used performance-enhancing anabolic substances hasn’t come to the fore, so you’re unsure of how, or if, you should commemorate the feat. Complicating matters is your relationship with Hank Aaron. If I might offer a […]

In a shocking, completely unexpected move, Mariners manager Mike Hargrove suddenly resigned today. He is managing his final game starting at 4pm EDT and will then be succeeded by bench coach John McLaren for the remainder of the year. There was no forewarning of this with the Mariners 11 games over .500, winners of seven […]