The Pastime

David Pinto is running his annual drive to raise money for his blog. He’s made this his full-time job, and we’ve all benefited from it. I use his Day-by-Day database three or four times a week, and it’s simply irreplaceable. I dropped a couple of bucks in the hat, won’t you?

With the season bearing down on us (only a month away!), I’m going to run through the divisions and pick out one thing that interests me for each team. This isn’t intended to be something that’s key to their season, or the most compelling story, but just something that caught my attention. It’s the one […]

So, as most everyone knows, the Veterans’ Committee met for their bi-annual vote to exclude Ron Santo from the Hall of Fame. OK, that’s a little unfair, because it’s not the Committee’s fault that they’ve failed to elect anyone in the past six years.
I’m of the opinion that the Hall of Fame should be a […]

Recently I was asked to do a preview of the Oakland A’s for Chad Gramling’s Baseball Blog, one of the sites I read on a regular basis. Well, I’ve now written it, and it’s been posted.
I’m not very optimistic about the A’s, but I’m still going to pick them as the team to beat in […]

I’ve written about each round of the DirecTV brouhaha so far, so I might as well keep it updated.
There’s now rumors flying about (from CNN Money, no less) that the still-unannounced exclusive DirecTV deal is about to bite the dust.
From CNN Money:
One source familiar with negotiations said he now believes that the Extra Innings package […]

- I love the eephus pitch. Kaz Tadano throws one, so I wrote about it at Catfish Stew. It includes this very scientific diagram:

- Nebraska took 2 of 3 at the Rice Invite this weekend. They took a 5-0 lead into the 4th against the Owls of Rice, but had one of the more […]