Getting everything in order and closing on a house can be hectic enough, so I wouldn’t recommend doing it during as important a week as baseball’s first of the season — particularly if your job revolves around said week as…
If I decide to follow up on last season’s “Faces on the Mound” mosaic, the first image will be that of Paul Byrd, whose Pitcher Face may indeed top all of those I used last August. I mean, how hilarious…
Bordering Maple Street, Paterson Here, the ghosts of past indiscretions — others’ indiscretions — still play. Tucked into a corner of Paterson, New Jersey, stands a massive stadium now overgrown with more than just grass and weeds. Trees sprout from…
An article in The New Yorker this week (and last week, this being a well-deserved double issue) sorts out some misconceptions when it comes to famous quotations. Sherlock Holmes never said “Elementary, my dear Watson.” Neither Ingrid Bergman nor anyone…
For Valentine’s Day yesterday, there was a story on Mets.com in which various players and other baseball people explained why they loved the game so much. I know I’m a day late, but the snow and the warmth of home…
Steve Trachsel The right-shoulder injury sustained by Kris Benson leaves the Orioles in a lurch, because the team felt rather comfortable up to this point with its pitching situation. Baltimore went out and spent more than $40 million to bolster…
I noted once before that Barry Zito is an avid amateur photographer. That’s sweet. So am I, which is why I like it. But the guy is a little loopy…
Omar Quintanilla (001) The University of Texas had an alumni baseball game last week, inviting former Longhorns back to campus to play a little ball. But rather than outfitting them in UT uniforms, they have them bring the jerseys of…
First Chase Utley and now Brett Myers. The Phillies are tying up their young stars with multi-year contracts and buying them out of their arbitration years. It’s definitely a good move (when not applied to Pat Burrell, at least not…