Hal Bodley writes this nice update on Don Zimmer, who turned 79 last week, and is receiving the lifetime achievement award from the American Baseball Writers at a dinner tonight.  Luckily, I will be in attendance, and am looking forward to hearing the stories Zim’ shares from the dais.  The piece though gives a nice [...]

I love the trade for Gary Matthews Jr.  But I also love that Matt Cerrone of Metsblog.com is questioning the move from a decision-making point of view.
The Mets say one thing, and they do another.  Sometimes you have to punt, and without a doubt, the Matthews trade is that.  He makes a nice point about [...]

No one else seems to be as big on the trade of Gary Matthews Jr. to the Mets as I am, and yet I think this is one of the best trades of this off-season.  Sure Matthews is 35 years old and hasn’t done much of anything since 2006, but the Mets Matthews gives the [...]

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Events
1962 – Bob Feller and Jackie Robinson are voted in to the Hall of Fame in their first year of eligibility. 
1975 – Ralph Kiner exceeds the 75% threshold by one vote to gain entry to the Hall of Fame on his final attempt. 
Deaths
1989 – George Case, a 3 time All-Star [...]

Miguel Cabrera announced Wednesday that he has undergone treatment for Alcoholism. Its got to be a hard thing for a 25 year old young man on top of the world to do, but his behavior last October, the night before the 163rd game of the season for the Tigers, showed that he did indeed have [...]