Yesterday, Joba was pulled from his regularly scheduled start after three innings. It had bee decided days before that no matter the state of the game, he would go three and no more.  Since the earlier plan to have Chamberlain skip starts throughout the rest of the season didn’t work, they have moved to one [...]

Joe Strauss writes a long piece about Cardinals pitching coach Dave Duncan and his possible departure from the Cardinals after this season.  Duncan, who many believe might be the most gifted pitching coach with a major league team today, has been Tony LaRussa’s coach since 1983.
Strauss delves into issues Duncan has had with the team [...]

“Led by young guns Marte, LaPorta, Cleveland Indians rally past Baltimore, 5-3 ”
This story links to a Paul Hoynes game story, which I haven’t actually read.  I just loved the headline, because it sounds as if someone might actually care about this game.  And I know there are folks that care about this game, [...]

David Waldstein writes an interesting piece about the suspected case of Miguel Tejada tipping pitches when he was with the A’s in 2001.  The piece talks to many of Tejada’s teammates about a meeting that took place when the suspicians came to a head. Waldstein draws no conclusions, and ends the piece with words from [...]

So, in reading the Tampa coverage of the Kazmir trade, there isn’t much talk about why the team would actually get rid of what those not local might think is their staff ace while they are still in the playoffs.  But just a quick look at his year, and the Rays page on Baseball-Reference.com, can [...]

This might have been covered ad nauseum somewhere else, but one more idignity for the Mets- The New York Times doesn’t seem to be sending a writer to cover the team on this road trip.  They are simply buying the game story from the Associated Press.  Now, that really isn’t surprising, since the Times isn’t [...]