I am perhaps the least interested person in the world when it comes to the entire Pete Rose saga. For whatever reason, I’ve just never been able to get interested in any aspect of it and the neverending debates on the subject really frustrate me. That said, Will Young’s Sports Management class at George Washington […]

In today’s LA Times, new Dodger GM Paul DePodesta says that Tommy Lasorda “is the living embodiment of what the Dodgers are all about. It would be foolish if we didn’t utilize his experience and expertise.” Lasorda will help out in various ways, particularly in the player development area. I’ve gotta say, DePo’s saying all […]

In his preview of the Royals at Baseball Primer, Mike Webber gives the following tip to gamblers: “One of our local broadcasters says that he has never seen a major league manager give up on a game, before it starts, like Tony Pena does.” Mike gives as an example the Royals’ July 5 game last […]

For a member of the World Champion Marlins to get a replica of the World Series trophy, he’ll have to shell out at least $27,000. That’s the going rate for a half-sized replica; a 3/4-sized one is $37K. Mark Redman says what I suspect I’d say in the same situation: “It’s a little too much. […]

I grew up in Wichita, Kansas, and my dad and I had season tickets to the Wichita State Shockers baseball team for most of my childhood. The Shockers have always been a really good team, and Tyler Green was a freshman on the ’89 National Champions. He was a strikeout machine (10.21 K/9 for his […]

Earlier, I mentioned that the Padres hired Ken Caminiti as a part-time coach. Now they’ve re-signed Andy Ashby, in what looks like an attempt to re-construct the team that won the ’98 pennant. Caminiti hit 29 homers for the ’98 Padres, and Ashby won 17 games. Two other guys from that team, Sterling Hitchcock and […]

The Padres have hired Ken Caminiti as a spring training coach. Considering how recent his steroid comments and cocaine problems are, I’m a little surprised to see Caminiti back in the game so soon. Caminiti said that his recovery since the cocaine arrest (in spring 2002) has “been a good cleanup period for me.”

Tangotiger, the analyst extraordinaire at Baseball Primer, has been coordinating an effort to gather and report fielding reports from us fans. This is a great idea which, combined with fielding metrics like Zone Rating and UZR, will tell us a lot about major league fielders. You can review the first results of his study here. […]

Bud Selig recently told Jim Gray, “I don’t think at this point I will do anything relative to Mark McGwire’s records” unless “some day there’s a lot more relevant knowledge.” At the bottom of his column yesterday, Tom Verducci had a nice response to that statement from the Commish. Verducci concludes, “… unless Selig has […]

According to Richard Justice of the Houston Chronicle, Bud Selig is considering invoking his “best interests of the game” powers to implement a sterner steroid testing policy. I think this has about as much chance of succeeding as an attempt by Selig to unilaterally impose a salary cap. Selig is, I assume, trying to leverage […]