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About Last Night ...
What you missed due to that wrong turn onto the missile range ... · It's like taking away Popeye's spinach: non-chemically enhanced Orioles lose again. · T.O. takes a break from being the world's biggest shitheel to attend Eagles camp?. · A's win fifth straight, come within one game of first. We for...
About Last Night ...
What you missed when Tom Arnold showed up, drunk, wanting to talk about his love life ... · Red Sox to Ramirez: "Oh, how can we stay mad at you?" · Vijay wins Buick Open, declares himself "King of Everything." · Giambi's two totally natural, non-chemically enhanced homers lead Yankees (wink, wink)....
Does George Steinbrenner Pee In A Jar?
The investigative minds at Yard Work have uncovered an email from Yankees owner George Steinbrenner that sounds suspiciously Howard Hughes-esque....
Today In MLB Blogs
Remember Sniffles, the naive, fast talking mouse from the old Warner Brothers cartoons? Sniffles hung out with a bookworm and always had a million questions, which gave us painful headaches even as a kid....
About Last Night ...
What you missed while trying to convince Larry Brown to coach your son's 5th grade basketball team ... · Let's mistakenly play two: Blue Jays beat Angels in 18th inning. · Using a branch for a club and a small rock for a ball, Tiger still only seven strokes back at Buick Open. · Braves sweep Nationa...
Red Sox Fans Have Had Enough Of Manny
We have to say, it's a sad day when the city of Boston — or anyone, really — turns on outfielder Manny Ramirez. Maybe because we're not Red Sox fans, but we love Manny. When they say "that's just Manny being Manny," it's not fair, but come on: It's true. The guy wore sunglasses with in iPod in the...
The Trivia That Is Mike Laga
This is the final year for Busch Stadium, the home of the St. Louis Cardinals since 1966. Cardinals fans have a million memories of the old ballpark, but the one that sticks out to many is one that no one seems to be able to document: Former first baseman Mike Laga becoming the one man to hit a ba...
Devil Rays Declare War On Fan(s)
One would think that the Tampa Bay Devil Rays would be so happy to have someone actually show up for their games that they'd pretty much let them set up campfires in the bleachers if they wanted. Apparently not: They're now kicking out fans for bringing in peanuts. That's bad enough, of course; wh...
Today In MLB Blogs
In 2005 Summer Baseball Odyssey, an Australian named Alex takes a tour of U.S. ballparks. How is this different than if, say, you or I did it? Well, Alex uses terms such as "Bloody American Airlines," "centre field" and "winners of three games on the trot." And then there's this report from Busch...
Bob Costas: Hysterical In His Own Mind
Don't know if any of you saw this or not, but everybody's favorite Sports Dwarf In A Suit Bob Costas was a guest on "The Daily Show With Jon Stewart" last evening. It was a bizarre appearance. Our problem with Costas has never been that he isn't smart (because he constantly reminds us that, yes, h...
About Last Night ...
What you missed while attending to your duties as Pope ... · Our long national nightmare is over: Knicks, Brown finally tie the knot. · Yankees stopped by Santana (not the band). · We are filled with shame: < ahref="http://www.suntimes.com/output/fire/cst-spt-fire28.html">AC Milan beats MLS Chicago ...
It's A Freebie Week At Baseball Prospectus
If you're not already a subscriber — we are, because it's a tax writeoff, baby — you can check out the Baseball Prospectus merchandise for free over the next week and a half. (The highlight of Sweeps Week is, of course, a chat with A's general manager Billy Beane)....
Today In MLB Blogs
A few things you should know about MLB Blogs.com: · They like to call their site "The Area." · All the blogs are most likely written by no more than two people, tops, down in the MLB.com basement (one on weekends). · They claim that their bloggers "Get down to the nitty-gritty." If by that they me...
The Tarp That Ate The Cardinals ... On Sale!
St. Louis Cardinals, still reeling from the magical season of 1985 that just missed ending in a World Series win, might not want to hear about this, but you never know: Maybe they'll want to burn it. As the final year of St. Louis' Busch Stadium draws to a close, the Birds are auctioning off some ...
About Last Night ...
What you missed when the Pillsbury Dough Boy had you arrested for inappropriate poking · Maddux: Gets 3,000th strikeout. You: Eat 30,000th Chicken McNugget. · Phelps wins 200 free at World Swim Championships despite that meddlesome Aquaman. · Sosa mistakenly uses non-corked bat, ties Frank Robinson ...
Today In MLB Blogs
We've been following this site for some time now, and to put it plainly, MLB Blogs is in trouble. They are Woodward & Bernstein before Watergate. Drudge before Monica. MLB Blogs needs a big story — a scoop, a defining moment. Also a spell-check function wouldn't hurt....
Stay Classy, San Diego
Yesterday, San Diego Padres first baseman Phil Nevin rejected a trade by the team for the third time, keeping him in San Diego and Sidney Ponson in Baltimore. (In the past, Nevin was almost traded for both Ken Griffey Jr. and Jeromy Burnitz.) The Padres, who are just one game over .500 and three ...
About Last Night ...
You awoke on the front lawn with a dog licking your face and various unexplainable tattoos. We'll bring you up to speed. · OK, that idea the Red Sox had about putting Schilling in the bullpen? Not so good. · Monday Night Golf: Tiger, Daly lose to two guys who just wandered in from a nearby bar. · Al...
Those Partying Sabremetricians
Now, we're not saying that the sainted members of the Society of American Baseball Research (SABR) are complete dorks or anything, but witness these earth-scorching quotes from their announcement that the 2006 SABR convention will be held in Seattle....
Today In MLB Blogs
Casting a wide net, MLB Blogs.com has recruited Alter Bridge guitarist Mark Tremonti to its stable of writers. We weren't quite sure what Alter Bridge was, so had to Google it (they used to be Creed). For those of you now looking up Creed, just skip this item entirely, OK? Attempting to mix profe...