Got a couple of stories that seem appropriate for Father’s Day.  First, a Shawn Windsor piece about Rick Porcello, the Tigers 20-year old phenom who is seriously helping the Tigers in the AL Central. Though not written as an homage to his father, one can see the relationship between the two is a strong one, [...]

Just a quick little punch-up for the round-table discussion featured in yesterday’s post.  If you would like to see pictures, including a nice photo of the Vietnam Vet, you can visit the slide show. MLB also has some video clips posted on its video website. If you look carefully, you can find me in the [...]

Since I am back in Ohio for family reason, I had the opportunity to attend the MLB Civil Rights roundtable at the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center in Cincinnati, just a little ways down from the Great American Ballpark.  The event, which happens annually around the Civil Rights game, is a wonderful event which ties [...]

In the last few days, a couple of smallish milestones have been reached, interestingly both have been in Texas.
First, Omar Vizquel matched Luis Aparacio’s hits total as most by a Venzualen born player.  Vizquel’s OPS was slightly lower than Aparacio’s, but his fielding percentage was much higher.  Henry Schulman writes a great piece about what [...]

After the ridiculously long rain delay yesterday, the New York Yankees did one thing absolutely right.  They offered fans, whether they sat through the rain delay  or not, another ticket to either a 2009 or a 2010 game in any of three seat locations (provided the seat was not sold, a big if of course.) [...]