Monday, June 20th, 2011
One of the most underrated elements of free agency in baseball is the involvement of a player's agent. Obviously agents negotiate the deals, but they also use their influence to steer players towards certain teams. If an agent has a solid prior relationship with a team, the likelihood that he ...
Posted in MLB, MLB Rumors, Rumors | 2 Comments »
Wednesday, July 7th, 2010
The World Cup is great. Really is. But it's still got nothing on baseball.
Yesterday, when the Netherlands scored to make it 3-1 in the second half, the commentators conceded that it was all but over and the Dutch were headed to the final. And this was with a good 20 ...
Posted in 2010 World Cup, Baseball, Colorado Rockies, St. Louis Cardinals | 53 Comments »
Friday, June 4th, 2010
Meet Phillips and many other blog luminaries in person at Blogs With Balls 3 in Chicago this weekend! - BWB
LeBron is planning a Stones-like world tour before he picks a team - Fanhouse
Not to celebrate an injury, which I'm not, I swear, but this ought to help team USA's chances ...
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Tuesday, May 11th, 2010
My roommate’s birthday was last week and as a supplementary gift his mom gave him two suite tickets for Monday’s Indianapolis Indians game.
It's 5:30 p.m. He walks into my room asking if I’d like to make a 7 p.m. first pitch. I figure it’s a Monday night, the tickets provide ...
Posted in Chicago Cubs, General, Indianapolis Indians, Jacque Jones, Minnesota Twins, Minor League Baseball, Rochester Red Wings | 3 Comments »
Friday, April 16th, 2010
There's been a minor hubbub about Yankees' fans treatment of Javier Vazquez in his first start at Yankee Stadium this year. Vazquez didn't pitch very well, but he wasn't awful either (5.1 IP, four runs, six hits). But depending on the which account you read, he either ...
Posted in MLB, Moron Fans, New York Yankees | 2 Comments »
