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Lousy Closer Spurs T-Shirt Sales
Danny Graves, the firestarter who was designated for assignment by the Reds yesterday, continues to inspire considerable consternation from his supporters and his detractors. Strangely, his biggest boosters seem to be the teammates whose lives he has made miserable all season; Cincy social climbe...
Baseball Prospectus Nerds Make Our Head Explode
We love the Baseball Prospectus guys. They're fun, they're smart, they're scrappy and they're usually right. But sometimes they exhaust us. In a story about the offensive explosion of the last decade (subscription required), they produce the above graph....
Mike Piazza Goes (Log Cabin?) Republican
That photo to the contrary, we now have definitive evidence that Mike Piazza is not, in fact, gay: He loves Rush Limbaugh. Upon spotting Limbaugh at Turner Field yesterday, Piazza — whose brother is head of the Montgomery County, Pa. Republican Party — stepped away from pregame warmups to shake L...
About Last Night ...
What you missed while dangling from a tree in your parachute ... Pistons go up 1-0 on Heat. As it turns out, Shaq still has some parts on back order.Anastasia Myskina ousted in French Open. The good news: You've never liked women's tennis. Danica Patrick on Letterman: Female Indy qualifier has cab c...
In Praise Of The Guy Who Ruined Sports
Marvin Miller is essentially the guy who invented free agency. He demanded player's rights, he fought for pensions, he made the players' union among the most powerful unions on the planet. Gee, thanks, dick. All-baseball.com's Peter Handrinos argues that Miller should be in the Hall of Fame. Handrin...
Today in MLB Blogs
MLB Blogs wants you on board, and official spokesman Tommy Lasorda isn't taking no for an answer. In an effort to entice you, the site has an exclusive Lasorda video up today, which features old clips of Tommy when he managed the Dodgers, about 50 years ago. Then comes the hard sell, as Tommy is see...
Where's Barry?
All kinds of news happening with Barry Bonds. He deigned to bless the world with his presence at the Giants-A's series, reports have him off his IV and ready to begin rehab and even inspiring ESPN village idiot Skip Bayless to write another 1,000 words about nothing at all. But where, we ask, are...
Carlos Zambrano's Internet Addiction
It's a shame the Chicago Sun-Times had to go and ruin all our fun; they've refuted the story that Carlos Zambrano's recent injury woes were due to too much time on the computer. The Cubs say that Zambrano's injury is not carpal tunnel syndrome, though they admit they did ask him to spend less tim...
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What you missed while secretly watching Desperate Housewives ......
Today in MLB Blogs
Where We Look At MLB's Charming Attempts To Revolutionize The Interweb ... First they went on strike, and you welcomed them back. Then they admitted to taking performance-enhancing drugs, and you shrugged as you renewed your season tickets. Then they invaded Iraq on false intelligence claims, and ....
Steinbrenner Still Alive And, Apparently, Vaguely Alert
Like everyone, we were beginning to wonder if George Steinbrenner was stashed away in an old-folks home somewhere, terrorizing the arts and craft room and insisting that old ladies shave their facial hair. But alas: He's still around, giving an interview with the YES Network that will air Sunday...
MLB.com Cleans Out Some Junk
As part of its neverending quest to try to figure out a way to make money off the Web, MLB.com has launched its Opening Day Auction site. The site features all kinds of crap that only collectible weirdoes would pay good money for, including a game-used base from a Texas-Anaheim game ($375), a Tim...
Barry Bonds "Taking Fluids"
Remember that '90s movie, "The Doctor?" William Hurt played a hot-shot, cocky doctor who ended up getting sick himself and ultimately learned to be a more humble, warm human being who was nice to puppies and children and plants. Today's question: Will that happen to Barry Bonds? ESPN's Jayson Sta...
About Last Night ...
What you missed while waiting in line for Star Wars tickets ... Suns go up 3-2 on Mavericks: Revenge of the Ewok as Nash goes for 34 against old team. Another setback for Bonds: He's attached to an IV in emergency attempt to distill some humility. M's end Yankees' win streak at 10: You may now resu...
Today in MLB Blogs
Where We Look At MLB's Charming Attempts To Revolutionize The Interweb ......
California Legislature Publicly Confesses Boredom
Angels owner Arte Moreno is the type of guy we like. In case you forgot, this guy got around the Angels' agreement with the city of Anaheim that he would keep their city in the team's name by calling them the "Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim," knowing full well that the name would just be shortened...
About Last Night ...
What You Missed While Fishing The Remote Out Of The Koi Pond ... Pistons Go Up 3-2 Against Pacers. Scoring 67 points in the first half, Indiana went on to ... wait ... 67 points for the game? The fat fan who tried to slug Ron Artest suits up for Pacers in Game 6. Yankees Win 10th Straight. Jason Gia...
Rose Talks To Stat Nerds
We have always liked Baseball Prospectus: It's just a bunch of scrappy guys with laptops who realized it was possible that everyone in charge of baseball was an idiot. But now that they've gone mainstream, they've grown up from crunching stats on the back of Outback napkins to rubbing elbows with th...
Creator of Batting Helmet Dies From Something Other Than a Head Injury (Obviously)
Charlie Muse, the inventor of the batting helmet, has died. He worked for the Pittsburgh Pirates for 52 years, mostly as the traveling secretary (his assistant was not George Costanza). "The players laughed at the first helmets, called them miner's helmets," Muse said about his invention. "They said...
About Last Night ...
What You Missed While Trying To Figure Out If Ray Romano Is Actually Older Than Peter Boyle ... Yankees Win Ninth Straight. Corpose of Bernie Williams hits a grand slam and, somehow, makes his own way all around the bases. Padres Move Into Tie For First. Somehow, Julio Franco stole a base. Seriously...