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The Minor League War Zone
Rickey Henderson might be plying his trade with the San Diego Surf Dawgs, but his former team, the Newark Bears, are still playing their games in one of the country's worst hellholes. The blogger Extrawack went to a Newark game this weekend and came away depressed and terrified....
Rickey Does What Rickey Does, Baby
Surprising no one, Rickey Henderson rocked in his San Diego Surf Dawgs debut last night. We honestly would lose our collective minds if Rickey made it back to the bigs; we think we would just follow him around, like Phish or the Grateful Dead or REO Speedwagon....
Today in MLB Blogs
Today's MLB Blogs home page is actually sort of jarring. It features a rouge's gallery of mugs of club broadcasters, all demanding that you join their mother site. It kind of reminds us of the final scene from Return of the Jedi — spectral images of heroes from the past, standing together and smili...
Without Updates, Bonds Falls Back On Baby Pictures
Well, we suppose it's better than showing Barry in a hospital smock....
How To Give College SIDs Something To Do Over The Summer
As former sports editors of our college papers, we can assure you: There is no more loathsome creature than the college sports information director. Secure that what they're doing is important, believing they're really a part of the team, they wield their small-town "power" as if they truly hold the...
Rickey Henderson: The Last Refuge Of The Tortured Cubs Fan
Things are getting so bad on the North Side of Chicago that Cubs bloggers are pleading for them to sign Big Bad Rickey....
Tom Seaver Discovers Fire
Join Us! Still not sure if you want to pay MLB Blogs.com $4.95 per month for the privilege of blogging about baseball on their site? (Hint: you can do it just about anywhere else on the web for free). Well, check out today's latest MLB Blogs shill, Tom Seaver....
Bored Red Sox Fans Complain Quietly, Shuffle Off
It's difficult to listen too much to complaints Red Sox fans have about their team right now, not after last year. They might only be a half-game up on the Yankees going into their three-game set this weekend, and they might have nightmares about Jimmy Fallon, but they still aren't allowed to so m...
And You Thought The Baseball Prospectus Guys Were Nerdy
Because cancer, AIDS, Alzheimer's and Robin Williams have all been cured, scientists are now tackling the big issues: How To Hit A Baseball. (Because you know these dorks were cut from the tee-ball team.) In an article in American Scientist magazine, three eggheads explain the physics of baseball,...
Derek, Meet Barry. Barry, This Is Derek.
It gets lonely out there in cyberspace — even for megamegamegastars. Barry Bonds pioneered the art of the MLB-hosted huckster Web site with , and that trail was blazed for ... Derek Jeter. MLB.com announced late Wednesday night — gotta hit the news cycle! — that Derek Jeter has launched DerekJeter...
Colin Powell Set To Be Marginalized Again
This is what President George Bush did to Colin Powell: He saw that he was an extremely popular public figure; gave him an initial high-ranking, visible position (Secretary of State); did all the real maneuvering behind his back (with Dick Cheney); waited until he needed his public persona the mos...
Bonds Finally Pees In The Damn Cup
For all the suspicions and assumptions made over the years, they finally did something to Barry Bonds yesterday they've never done before: They tested him for steroids. ESPN's Bonds Groupie Pedro Gomez — realize that this guy has done nothing but follow Bonds around for months — reports that sever...
Blogger's Stockholm Syndrome
One of our favorite unheralded blogs is The Yankee Despiser. Essentially, some guy who can't stand the Yankees writes just about everything you'd ever need to know about the Yankees. Frankly, we find more information and commentary about the Yankees there than we do at most fan blogs. Anyway, TYD — ...
Today in MLB Blogs
We see a time in the future when independent baseball blogs will be hunted down and persecuted — forced to assimilate with the all-mighty MLB Blogs.com corporate giant (motto: $4.95 per month; it is futile to resist!). But a handlful of brave resistance fighters will carry on the fight for blogging ...
The Sad Tale Of Alex Rodriguez
Fun story in the New York Daily News today. At a benefit for a mental health clinic in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan, Alex Rodriguez admitted that he receives therapy to deal with his "issues." He told TV's "Extra" that "therapy is an incredible thing and you might get to know ...
Barry Bonds' Email Of The Month
One of the great parts of BarryBonds.com — the portal with which Mssrg. Bonds chooses to communicate with the groundlings — is the "contests." One of the contests is the "Fan of the Month," an award given to the best email Bonds' site receives. This month's winner, announced yesterday, was Michae...
Yes! Barry's Back!
Barry Bonds' journal has returned! After a torturous 11 days of waiting, we have been blessed with the presence of Our Precious once again. Because he has been hooked up to IVs and heard dire warnings of possible leg amputations, Barry's journal is awful sobering this week. Just a bunch of stuff ...
Today in MLB Blogs
Here at MLB Blogs, we care about you, the blogger. Except for those of you in the greater Chicago area, whom we would prefer to mock (see the photo now up at the top of our site). You all remember Steve Bartman. Welcome back, Steve. Um, that is you there in the middle, right? Moises Alou is nowh...
We're Sorry, But For Wearing Arroyo's Haircut To School, He Deserves Execution, Not Suspension
Student Suspended For Wearing Arroyo Haircut To School [Boston Herald]...
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...