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Player From The Past: Pete Rose Jr., written 3 days ago, Peter Edward Rose Jr.Born: November 16, 1969 in Cincinnati, Ohio Major League Debut: September 1, 1997Final Game: September 28, 1997 Pete Rose Jr. like many sons of famous major leaguers fell short of his goal of playing in the major leagues e...

Former Sun Devil Wakamatsu gets managing gig, written 3 days ago, The lowly Seattle Mariners couldn't help themselves ... they went for a former ASU catcher. (Two positives: ASU alums know their baseball and so do catchers.) New manager Don Wakamatsu is going to have his hands full though. The M's a...

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War Criminal: Thunder Matt's Saloon, written 1 week ago, All good things must come to an end. As of Tuesday morning, Thunder Matt's Saloon will, for all intents and purposes, cease to exist. Though it will still float in cyberspace, it will no longer be updated. Our efforts will be directed to th...

Red Sox, Royals Improve Depth With Trade, written 2 days ago, It’s saddening to see now former Red Sox center fielder Coco Crisp being traded to the Kansas City Royals. Come on, what starter will he flail his fists at in the AL Central? Boof Bonser? In all seriousness, with Boston trading Crisp to...

Don’t call what your wearing an outfit. Don’t ever say your car is broke. Don’t worry about losing your accent, a Southern Man tells better jokes.

* "Five minutes 'til curtain, Mr. Canseco.", written 3 days ago, What took so long? From The New York Times, this review of Back, Back, Back, an off-Broadway play about steroids in baseball. No even a walk-on part for Jose? After all, he was in that reality TV show. Upshot: Mr.

These are the things that keep me up late - at 11:30 or 12:00, my mind is still racing, still going. So, I’ll be writing here until 3 a.m., or at least until I can fall asleep. Sports, books, movies, music, television, art… anything that comes to mi

It's Official: Cuban Out as Potential Owner Because He's an Idiot, written 5 days ago, This morning, the Securities and Exchange Commission filed the civil charges in a federal court in Texas. The agency accuses Cuban of selling 600,000 shares of Mamma.com, the Internet search company, using materia...

Yankees Possible Free Agent Signings, written 3 days ago, The Yankees have made no secret of the fact that they have a lot of money to spend this winter. As I detailed in my last post, they have about $70 or $80 million coming off the books this winter, and Brian Cashman has already begun putting th...

Cubs - Signed Dempster, written 4 days ago,

The Revolving Door....., written 2 days ago, The Red Sox have released IF Chih-Hsiang Huang. Huang is the third Taiwanese player to have been let go by the Sox (Kevin Huang, TJ Yeh, and now CH Huang) - leaving the organization with 4 remaining native sons. He played three seasons in the GCL (Rooki...

Playing for Peanuts - Episode 2.4, written 1 week ago, Episode 2.4 Download this segment for your iPod/iPhone for 99 cents - CLICK HERE Download this entire episode (20+ minutes) for your iPod/iPhone for only $3.99 - CLICK HERE VIEW MORE EPISODES VISIT PLAYING FOR PEANUTS - WEBSITE and BLOG    Â...

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Baseball Player Name of the Week, written 3 weeks ago, Via RAB, The Yankees have just added to their 40-man roster... Eric Hacker. Good thing he's a pitcher. If he ever makes it to the majors, though, I hope he gets to bat in a few interleague games in NL parks.

The Griddle: MLB's frustrating blackout policies to remain in place for a while, written 2 days ago, From Maury Brown's Biz of Baseball:

Dos Pitchers, Dos Enigmas (Two Pitchers, Two Enigmas), written 3 days ago, Hace unos días fallecieron 2 renombrados lanzadores que dieron mucho de que hablar a su paso por las Grandes Ligas. Preacher Roe era un pitcher de control que basaba su permanencia en el montículo a base de sliders. Herb S...