It hasn’t happened in the minors since 1961. The Pacific Coast League hasn’t seen it since 1933. And the major leagues haven’t experienced it since 1941. It’s a .400 season, and Rick Short of the New Orleans Zephyrs is in…
Which Simpsons character best represents your favorite team? You know that article started with the first team and character listed. Like the Yankees could be anyone but Monty Burns. It’s how he ran the power plant’s softball team.
I was a little behind on my reading last week (nevermind how far behind I was on my blogging the last two weeks…), so I only got to the once-famous, now-way-in-the-past New York magazine interview with Gary Sheffield. Forget about…
I have to say I’m stunned. Shocked. Knock me over with a feather. It’s not so much that Rafael Palmeiro tested positive a banned substance under MLB’s new drug policy, it’s that so many people are being so damn quick…
Another reason I am growing to love Mets announcer Ted Robinson (other than the alma mater we have in common) is that he took a moment to use the Telestrator a moment ago to ridicule the Astros for their “pennant”…
With his home run in the first inning tonight, Craig Biggio now has 251 in his career. He has 16 this season after hitting 24 last year. Say he finishes with the same number as last year, two dozen. That’s…
The fans in Washington have taken to the Nationals as everyone — outside of Peter Angelos — expected. You’ll even see some Expos caps in the crowd at RFK Stadium, as I did on Saturday, a sign that those who…
Before I started this weekend endeavor, I had my doubts. I wondered if my enthusiasm would hold through the weekend. As much as I wanted to take the weekend and see three major-league ballgames in three different ballparks, there was…
“First in war, first in peace, and last in the American League.” That’s what they used to say about the old Washington Senators, the hapless bunch of baseball men who couldn’t do much in two separate attempts at playing baseball…