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April 2011

April 01, 2011

New baseball season scouting reports

Now that baseball season has started, what I need from you are scouting reports. What...

October 2010

October 25, 2010

Sporting News

The weekend's big loser in sports was conventional expectations. My Oklahoma Sooners, BCS #1 for...

October 07, 2010

No-hitter in the playoffs

Baseball's playoffs--generally the best games of the year--got off to an amazing start as the...

August 2010

August 05, 2010

Interesting jobs

To celebrate the doctrine of vocation and as a build up to Labor Day, let...

June 2010

June 10, 2010

May 2010

May 28, 2010

The count

Thomas Boswell, one of the better baseball writers, says that the real key to understanding...

April 2010

April 05, 2010

Unwritten rules

George Will has a great column on the unwritten rules of baseball: With the Twins...

April 02, 2010

The Ultimate Zone Rating

The latest thing in baseball is to emphasize defense. And to help make that happen,...

March 2010

March 27, 2010

Spring training reports

Spring training! Hope springs anew. Even for the Washington Nationals, last place though they were...

November 2009

November 06, 2009

The winners

The Yankees won the World Series, so that means that commenters Pete and Sam, who...

October 2009

October 28, 2009

World Series features serious pitching

In our previous baseball playoff prophecy contest, the winners were Pete and Sam, both of...

October 09, 2009

Baseball playoff predictions

It's the season for baseball playoffs. Make your predictions now, and we'll see later who...

September 2009

September 24, 2009

Hu's on first

The Dodgers are in town, on the verge of giving the Nationals their 100th defeat....

August 2009

August 21, 2009

Pitching upgrade

Here is what the Washington Nationals have in Stephen Strasburg, the pitching prodigy they drafted...

August 19, 2009

The $15 million man

The deadline was Monday at midnight. At 11:58 and 43 seconds, Stephen Strasburg--who is supposedly...

August 05, 2009

The mysterious Marlins

The Florida Marlins have won two World Series in their brief 17-year life span. But...

June 2009

June 22, 2009

Taken out to the ball game

For Father's Day, I got taken out to a Washington Nationals' game. The Nationals are...

February 2009

February 09, 2009

Calling his pitches

Stephen Strasburg is the 19-year-old pitching prodigy from San Diego State who looks to be...

February 06, 2009

Unemployed Superstars

Unemployment is rough for auto workers, mid-level managers, and retailers. Also superstar baseball players in...

December 2008

December 10, 2008

Brewer becomes a Yankee

Well, the Brewers' rent-a-super-pitcher C. C. Sabathia was snapped up by the New York Yankees...

October 2008

October 30, 2008

End-of-the-world series

The Phillies won the World Series in a twice rain-delayed, Obama-pre-empted, three-inning make-up game. This...

October 20, 2008

World Serious

So it's the Tampa Rays vs. the Philadelphia Phillies in the World Series. I think...

October 03, 2008

Playoff thoughts

Well, the Cubs and the Brewers are both one game away from elimination. My team,...

September 2008

September 29, 2008

Sports happiness

After the dust settled, after three out of the top five college football teams were...

September 17, 2008

Firing a winning manager

The Brewers have their best season in years, leading the wildcard race and headed for...

August 2008

August 15, 2008

Olympics abuse baseball before killing it

Yes, I know baseball is being eased out as an Olympic sport, though not understanding...

July 2008

July 17, 2008

An All-Star game that meant something

I actually went to an All-Star game once, that 2002 game in Milwaukee that ended...

May 2008

May 28, 2008

Post-steroid baseball

You will note that this season baseball players no longer have Popeye arms and thick...