Farewell, Mike Mussina, written 1 day ago, Yankees pitcher Mike Mussina has announced his retirement. I was going to write a long piece examining his Hall of Fame chances, but Salon's King Kaufman beat me to it. Read that one. I saw Mussina pitch when he was at Stanford and I was at Cal, about 19 o...

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Tampa Bay Rays to Face Philadelphia Phillies in World Series, written 1 month ago, The ALCS series was was getting a little bit too close for comfort with the defending World Champion Red Sox making a valiant comeback but the Tampa Bay Rays finished the Red Sox off and are headed to their first Worl...

Happy Feet Takes Batting Title, written 2 weeks ago, Video of Happy Feet in action. Happy Feet, aka Chelsea Dye, took the Jackson JV batting title with a .364 mark.  The daughter of former Holcomb standout Terry “Slow Feet” Dye, she is a sophomore third baseman for the Indians’ softball team....

Your 2008 NL MVP is..., written 5 days ago, For once, the BBWAA got it right. My anger is stilled; my sagging faith in this organization is buttressed. Congratulations, Mr. Pujols, and WELL deserved.

Chicago White Sox off Season Report, written 2 days ago, Season Wrap-up Baseball fans last saw the White Sox lose to the Rays in the divisional round of the playoffs. They were by no means a power during the season, but they play in a weak division and were able to stay above water enough to make it...

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Mikey Likes Retirement, written 3 days ago, The fact that Mike Musina has been surounded by alot of other talented starting pitchers while on the Yankees, has taken away from the legend of what kind of pitcher this guy was.  As, he came up in Baltimore in the early 1990s and showed from day one he ...

So I Guess This Office Show Is Here to Stay, written 1 week ago, FJM is gone. I think it’s the first blog I ever read religiously and it will be missed, even if it sort of seems like it’s time to go. On the bright side, I haven’t been this upset since FOX canceled The OC. Sometimes it’s just...

BECAUSE SOMEONE HAS TO TO REPLACE CARL PAVANO ON THE DL:, written 1 week ago, Yankees intend to blow Sabathia away (SI: Fan Nation, 11/13/08) CC Sabathia does not need the Yankees to flirt with him. He knows their intentions already. All things being equal, Sabathia wants to go home to California an...

I'm Moving My Blogging To WordPress, written 1 week ago, I'm going to move my blogging to Wordpress as of today. I've been with Blogger a long time and it seems to me that it hasn't really done me any wrong, so I really shouldn't walk out. However, people have been telling me just how wonderful it i...

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A Training Guide to Baseball, written 2 days ago, Handling the beater or putting wood at the ball, is the key with the success or the failure of the club of ball and the individual. There is no great mystery about what makes to a boy a good bruiser. He must have: 1. A certain quantity of normal ca...

Furcal's worth tough to calculate, written 2 days ago, Looks like the earlier rumors about the Athletics' interest in Rafael Furcal have come true; as MLB.com reports, the A's are kicking Furcal's tires : OAKLAND -- Having set club records for use of t...

Tatis wins NL Comeback Player of the Year, written 1 month ago, The Major League Players Association has named Fernando Tatis the National League Comeback Player of the Year. Tatis batted .297 with 11 home runs and 47 RBI in 92 games in 2008. He was disabled in...

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Worst Player and Pitcher of 2008, written 3 weeks ago, Defining "Worst Player/Pitcher" First of all, let’s define “worst player/pitcher.” There were likely some part-time players or players who merely had a cup of coffee in the majors who were worse, in terms of talent, than my pi...

CONGRATULATIONS TAMPA BAY RAYS, 2008 ALCS CHAMPIONS!, written 2 days ago, CONGRATULATIONS TAMPA BAY RAYS, 2008 ALCS CHAMPIONS!

Arizona Fall League Prospect Bios (Sixth Week 2008 Season), written 5 days ago, AFL Prospect Bios (Sixth Week 2008 Season) Cleveland Indians prospect Josh Tomlin was one of the pitchers knocked around in the 28 - 1 “AFL supersized beatdown” on October 20th. Outside of this start he’s been de...