To follow-up on Neyer's excellent point about the idiotic Team Marketing Report, the one that he quotes (despite the large amount of discretionary purchases it includes) is actually a little more reasonable that the one reports typically cite. I can at least see an argument...
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It's been a bad day for baseball, with the death this morning of legendary Phillies announcer Harry Kalas, and now the sudden passing of Mark Fidyrch. Fidyrch, who was only.
1. Captain Richard Phillips is freed after a brief firefight. Fabulous news, indeed. 2. Aaron Harang goes nine, strikes out nine, allows three hits and no walks against the Pirates..
Via DMZ, I learn that this year, the Metro shuttles that connected park and rides to Safeco field before and after Mariners games will no longer exist. The Mariners paid for some but not all of the cost and the riders paid three dollars. Congestion...
This is, indeed, horrible news for an organization that has seen more than its share of same. Being in my vacation quasi-cocoon, I hadn't even heard about it until the.
West: 1. LAAOA 2. OAK 3. SEA 4. TEX I would really, really like to think that the gig is finally up for the Angels, whose record last year is.
West: 1. LA 2. ARI 3. COL 4. SF 5. SD I'll pretty much go chalk here. Signing Ramirez makes this a relatively easy call; their offense is by far the best in the division and the rotation and bullpen are both good. The top...
Praise your preferred deity for baseball. Cincinnati has stepped up to the plate with an offering of 37 degrees and snow; it was 71 yesterday. Hopefully it will be better.
...I believe that it's down to Shooting in the Dark vs. bail this out in the LGM Tourney Bracket.I've set up the 2009 LGM Baseball Challenge league. Apologies for tardiness;.
In light of what appears to be yet another successful extortion of taxpayers to get a new ballpark in Florida, Rob Neyer ponders the question of why these irrational deals continue to be made:There has been a great deal written about the lousy economics related...
Trend has the evidence.
While he's wrong about the filibuster, I should note today that Brien Jackson (at 10:40 A.M.) is completely right about PEDs. As I've said before, I have no problem if.