The Pastime

I’m watching the A’s - Devil Rays game, and the A’s scored 5 runs in the bottom of the second in the most boring way possible.
They advanced a runner to third on a ball that bounced off of Jorge Cantu’s glove. They then scored a run on a Marco Scutaro single to centerfield, which is […]

David Pinto, Rob Neyer, and a Devil Rays blog seem to think that the A’s are a boring team. Pinto says this is because they don’t take risks, and risks are fun.
The Oakland Athletics defeated Tampa Bay last night 5-2 behind solid pitching from Dan Haren and a 10 hit, four walk attack from the […]

So last night I was watching the end of the Reds and Phillies game, and I noticed how many players named Ryan were on their rosters. That got me thinking… There sure are a lot of Ryans in MLB these days. It was a very popular name in the early to mid 80’s. I should […]