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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...
Proving Once Again: Best-Selling Authors Are Morons
The book Freakonomics has become a mammoth bestseller, with its askew looks on just about every measure of economic analysis. As would have to inevitably happen, one of those askew looks ended up landing on baseball, specifically Michael Lewis' own bestseller Moneyball and the Oakland A's. Author St...
Schilling's Late Night At The ESPYs
There are all kinds of reasons to not get enough rest before a baseball game in which you are required to perform. Maybe you had a crying baby who woke up at inconvenient hours. Perhaps you're jetlagged from an overnighter to Colombia. It's possible that you just, lo, spent a little too much time ...
Today In MLB Blogs
One thing about Tommy Lasorda: He's not afraid to tackle the tough issues. Have steroids tainted the record book? Should Pete Rose be in the Hall of Fame? What of the Kenny Rogers incident? These are issues that will, um, have to be addressed at another time. Right now Tommy wants to remind us that...
Bonds Still Giving Away All His Scoops
To remind you: At the beginning of the season, San Francisco roid monster Barry Bonds said that his true fans would ignore what they read in the bastard media and trust only the updates he gave on BarryBonds.com....
Today In MLB Blogs
Zack Hample, author of The Baseball Collector, is somewhat of a legend in the sports memorabilia world. His claim to fame: He's caught at least one ball in 404 consecutive Major League games. But now the ugly, horrible truth. As we learn in his latest entry, Hample's pursuit is not all that glamo...
Mr. T Joins Sox's Regular Gang Of Idiots
According to the Boston Herald, the first pitch at Friday's Red Sox-White Sox game is going to be thrown out by Mr. T. Strangely, the big takeaway from this little stunt is that T will be wearing socks. For a guy who we don't remember ever seeing in a shirt, we can't say this shocked us too much....
Tommy Lasorda Returns To Action
Attention Mr. and Mrs. America and all the ships at sea. Tommy Lasorda has updated his blog! Everyone please turn on your computers! Every month or so, perhaps simply to justify the free laptop computer, our man Tommy does his duty for MLB Blogs.com. This time he pecks out a loving tribute to the A...
Today In MLB Blogs
Oh, MLB Blogs, you're so cute. Noting the controversy over the final fan voting for the All-Star Game, the site points out that some of its bloggers don't agree on the winners. Inside the White Sox believes that Scott Podsednik is deserving. But over at Bleeding Pinstripes, there's a difference o...
The Cool Kids At MLB.com "Rock" "Out" In Detroit
One of the best things about baseball's All-Star Extravaganza — which begins Sunday — is how much of a spectacle Major League Baseball thinks it is. Commissioner Bud Selig and Co. pull out all the stops and bunting, making sure the world sees the game of baseball at its best....
Yankees Promote The Bong
The Yankees have promoted former Mets pitcher Grant Roberts to their double A Trenton squad, which gives us the opportunity to gleefully run the above picture of Roberts, which ran in Newsday three years ago next month. Thank you, Yankees....
Today In MLB Blogs
Is there controversy in MLB Blogs Land? Disharmony among the celebrity bloggers? Brian Kamenetzky writes for ESPN the Magazine. He lives in Los Angeles and writes screenplays (or so it says in his bio). And he has a blog on MLB Blogs, where he writes about such topics as venison, monkeys and All-...
Life As A Mets Fan
You kind of have to hate yourself to be a New York Mets fan. You're second-tier in your own city, your team is always just good enough not to be awful but bad enough not to be good and your stadium is right next to the freaking airport. This torture is brilliantly realized in this post from Mets b...
MLB.com Eats Itself
The inherent conflict of interest at MLB.com is consistently amusing. Those who work for MLB.com are:...
Children Lose A Little Minor League Power
Sad news from the minor leagues: The Kansas City T-Bones, the Northern League team which announced it would allow schoolchildren to play the first two innings of a game in August on a video game, have been thwarted in their plan. Northern League Commissioner/Killjoy Mike Stone said the game had t...
Wily Mo Pena's iPod
Cincinnati Reds outfielder Wily Mo Pena is one of the hottest young prospects in baseball, in addition to having a wonderfully wacky name. He also has rather curious taste in music. According to the great Reds web log Red Hot Mama, when Pena comes to the plate at Great American Ball Park in Cincin...
MLB Makes You Work Hard For Their Money
From the useless junk on MLB Auctions department comes this gem: For $1,640 (and counting), the Chicago Cubs will put your ass to work. If you're the winning bidder — auction closes on Friday — you will be "allowed" to work on the grounds crew at Wrigley Field in August, when they play the rapidl...
Pinella Officially Just Sets The Season On Fire
It's now pretty much settled: Devil Rays manager Lou Pinella has lost his mind. According to the St. Petersberg Times, Pinella is going to start the rest of the D-Rays games with a reliever, with a starter to take over in the third inning. He's not kidding....
Today In MLB Blogs
Today's quiz: Which has more long-range potential — any recent Jason Alexander sitcom pilot, or The Roid Room, the latest entry over at MLB Blogs? The young Republicans over at MLB Blogs must love their latest tenant. While Tommy Lasorda is saluting himself over on their flagship blog, Roid Room ...
Today In MLB Blogs
Occasionally we like to take a scenic carriage ride through MLB Blogs to soak in the landscape:...