There certainly are some surprises as we look at the standings on this Memorial Day morning. After all, who could have expected that the Reds and the Padres would lead the National League in wins. The Rays were always thought to be very good, so it isn’t as surprising that they have the [...]

There are just a handful of stories to spend time on today. The biggest event yesterday was obviously Roy Halladay’s perfect game. Here is a pretty good Matt Gelb piece about the locker room after the game. Halladay giving so much credit to his catcher, Carlos Ruiz. Apparently, [...]

A reader recently gave me a new idea to up the ante on the Tuesday Trivia contest.  Instead of yours truly coming up with a question each week, why not let the readers do it.  So here is the deal: If you think you have a good trivia question- can’t be too out in left [...]

Bill Dwyre writes a timely piece today explaining (somewhat) the rules surrounding options.  Actually, his piece explains what happens when a player is out of them.  In terms of options, I believe, the rule is that once a player has been added to the major league roster- the 40-man- he uses an option in each [...]

Contributed by Ryan Campbell
Events
1922 – The Supreme Court rules that baseball is a sport, nota business, exempting it from antitrust laws.
1928 – Bill Terry hits for the cycle, and is the first player to do so with a grand slam.
1976 – Joe and Phil Niekro go head to head on the mound, with Joe’s Astro’s [...]