Big Props to Nick Cafardo of the Boston Globe for this post.  Though his entire notes column has some interesting tid-bits this week, I am borrowing his list of the team that could be made out of the still unsigned players based on how they performed last year. Some are unsigned because there is a [...]

Willie Mays has begun telling his story, and thought the book isn’t out yet, there probably are going to be a ton told to reporters to get each of us to buy the book.  Nonetheless, here is a good one about how he kept both himself and Willie McCovey in a game in Phillie.  By [...]

Two weeks ago, the Arizona Diamondbacks released Eric Byrnes, agreeing to pay his $11 million salary for 2010 while he played for another team.  The Seattle Mariners are that team.  They signed Byrnes to a league minimum contract, roughly $450,000 yesterday.  The remaining balance on his salary will come from the D’backs.  Byrnes will become [...]

Contributed by Ryan Campbell
Events
1958 – Commissioner Ford Frick announces that fans will no longer for All-Stars, a privilege that was lost until 1969.
1994 – Deion Sanders plays in the Super Bowl, becoming the first professional athlete to play in the Super Bowl and the World Series
Deaths
1948 – Herb Pennock, a Hall of Fame pitcher whose [...]

Here is a link to a David Brown story about Baseball Prospectus and their predictions for this season.  Using PECOTA, their unique way to determine wins for a team, they have determined that the Yankees will be third in their division with, get this, 93 wins.  Generally, Baseball Prospectus puts this stuff behind a pay [...]

It looks like the Cubs will remain in Mesa, AZ, where they have trained since the 1950s, unless of course the Arizona legislature votes against the necessary spending to keep them.  The city of Mesa has found the land and their part of the money to use towards building the Cubs the largest spring training [...]