The Pastime

I’m going to head to the A’s minor league camp on Friday to take in some farm system action. It’s much more laid back and open there, which will be conducive to the work I’m doing over at A Minor Consideration.
I stopped in at Papago Park today for a few minutes, before the Rangers-A’s game […]

During batting practice before today’s Rangers-A’s game in Phoenix, some of Nick Swisher’s teammates decided that he needed to learn to hit to the opposite field.
So they gave him an incentive. They pulled his truck onto the right field warning track.

Someone — not the normal stadium guy — came over the PA and announced that […]