Bring Back the Doubleheader to End World Series Weather Woes
There are 162 games in a baseball season these days, and inevitably this time of year, people say it is too many. You see, no one likes playing or watching baseball in the cold, and that’s pretty much what you’re stuck with in October in most of the country.
Baseball season has been 162 games [...]
Why the Rays in the World Series is Good for Baseball
The success of the Tampa Bay Rays may be the final nail in the casket of the argument that small-market baseball teams just can’t compete. This myth has been perpetrated by many, but the proof just isn’t there. The fact is, teams with good management win. Teams that try to pay for [...]
To Kill a Legacy: An Examination of Former Sports Heroes
You want the blueprint for how not to end your career? What Roger Clemens and Brett Favre have teamed up to accomplish in “retirement” is practically as legendary and impressive as their actual careers were.
Chris Snyder Has Broken Balls
Well, one broken ball to be precise. That’s right, Diamondbacks catcher Chris Snyder was diagnosed with a fractured left testicle. I’m going to say that again because you might not have heard what I just said. Chris Snyder has a fractured left testicle.
Between Felix Pie’s twisted testicles and Kaz Matsui’sanal fissure, this [...]
Willie Randolph Inexplicably Retained as Mets’ Manager
After a disappointing 23-25 start, following a disappointing collapse at the end of the 2007 season, Willie Randolph was inexplicably given a vote of confidence and was not fired when he met with the top brass in the Mets organization.
Randolph met with GM Omar Minaya, principal owner Fred Wilpon and chief operating officer Jeff Wilpon [...]
MLB to ‘Draft’ Negro Leaguers
It seems that Major League Baseball has finally come around to the idea of integration, and they will hold a “draft” of surviving Negro League baseball players (from Deadspin) at the First-Year Player Draft next month. The draft will be more of an “honorary” type of deal, with the players selected getting a small [...]
Was Roger Clemens Banging 15-Year Old Country Singer?
Word on the street these days is that Roger Clemens had an affair that lasted 10 years with country singer Mindy McCready — beginning possibly when she was just 15.
Clemens denies that the relationship was anything but platonic, but there is really no reason to believe anything that he says these days. This certainly [...]
Hank Steinbrenner: The Donald Trump of Baseball
The only thing he’s missing is the bad hair, otherwise I’d say that Hank Steinbrenner and Donald Trump are brothers. They are both completely inept at what they do, yet survive based on the money that their fathers accumulated and their names. Neither one of them is worse than the other at sticking their foot in their mouth, and they both seem to get more chances than a cat.
Cubs Threw the World Series in 1918, Says Black Sox Ace
The Chicago Cubs threw the 1918 World Series, providing the inspiration for the White Sox to do the same thing the following year, according to a recently unsealed affidavit from Eddie Cicotte, ace pitcher for those White Sox.
The Sporting News’ Sean Deveney was given a sneak preview of some of the documents that are being [...]
Major League Baseball and Race
Major League Baseball finally got an ‘A’ for race for it’s diversity in hiring, but the number of black players in the league has fallen once again, reaching the level of just 8.2 percent. Is this a problem, and if it is, how do we solve it?
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