There is a piece in the New York Times today about all those fans who purchased expensive tickets in the new ballparks with the thought that they could resell them for a profit., only to discover that not many folks want to pay those prices to see a baseball game.  As our newest front office [...]

9th inning ballgame with the Cards down 3-1,  a man on second, Albert Pujols at the plate. That’s a moment any great baseball fan dreams about witnessing.  Its also well-told in this Phil Miller piece, which clearly wasn’t written until after the game… something you rarely see from the media anymore.  The description and the [...]

Don’t worry, its doubtful this will become a regular thing, but I read this story and just thought we all needed a simple piece about the good that can come from athletes.  After all, I wrote last week about the Vietnam Vet who asked the MLB civil rights panel, made up mostly of athletes, if [...]

Ichiro is leading the majors with a .369 average and Art Thiel is pointing out that no one is noticing.  He’s right!  I was thumbing through the sports section left on a table in a local watering hole and found a note about how well David Wright is hitting, and when I looked up the [...]

I’m not in the Bay area, and away from my Direct TV MLB package so I didn’t get to hear the Jose Canseco diatribe that Gwenn Knapp talks about in her column today, but reading through this piece about the different roads of Jose Canseco and Barry Bonds it makes me think about another ex-player [...]

So a few readers have mentioned to me how hypicritical it is to let Manny Ramirez do a rehab assignment prior to his return to the major leagues after a suspension for a banned substance.  For my part, I think its more ridiculous that he could be voted into the All-Star game after such a [...]