Traveling today, and left my computer power cord at my last stop.  Don’t have much battery power, so will have to get a new one  tomorrow, and then post later in the day.  Just wanted to put a quick note up, to ask for your patience. No winner in Friday’s trivia question, and the answer [...]

So, I was only in Cooperstown for a few hours, but the difference from last year was marked. While last year, with Cal Ripken and Tony Gwynn entering the center of town was packed with wall to wall people, this years there seemed to be hardly anyone there.  Here is a shot of the street [...]

So, with the all the talk about the Yankees taking Jarrod Washbrun to relieve the Mariners of his contract, my stomach turns a little.  With Cashman making every effort to build from within, and not to overspend, to basically play by the rules other teams are held to, I was finding the Yankees fun.  As [...]

Peter Abraham has the details of the how the deal came together, and touches on a possible deal for Jarrod Washburn, which if Cashman is to be believed is just a rumor.  The deal is a steal for the Yankees, though Tabata could bounce back to being the prospect everyone thought.  The deal gives the Pirates [...]

I awoke with the intention to blog about the recent trades, and may still get to that in a later post today.  First, though, I wanted to talk about this crazy brawl in Dayton, Ohio between the Dayton Dragons (Single A-Reds) and the Peoria Cheifs (Single A-Cubs), that left one pitcher in jail and one [...]