The Mariners are 14 games out in the AL West, so yesterday when they traded for Russel Branyan of the Cleveland Indians, it seemed a bit of a surprise.  Afterall, it seems they should be the sellers, and they also had an opportunity to keep Branyan after his amazing season in Seattle in 2009.
Branyan is [...]

It certainly seems as if Zambrano is headed down the same road as Milton Bradley with his histrionics par for the course.  Of course, if you are at the top of your game, some of that can be tolerated, but when you are blaming others for your own shortcomings it gets old fast.
Interesting that the [...]

With all the talk about Edwin Jackson’s wild no-hitter, I thought I would dig up the other no-hitter that set the record for walks in a no-hitter: AJ Burnett’s no-no against the Padres in 2001, when he walked 9.  Here is a Bernie Wilson piece about the Marlins win, back when AJ was 24 years [...]

Was back in Philly very briefly yesterday afternoon, and walking on South Street where I came a across a t-shirt shop with some great Phillie Fan gear. It also had the shirt below, which might be taking things a little too far…..

Sorry about the quality- the store was quite dark.  I little research shows [...]

It sounds like Bobby Valentine will get the job in Florida.  It sounds like he has a long standing friendship with current owner Jefferey Loria, who is renowned for making hasty managerial decisions, such as firing Joe Girardi who was actually named Manager of the Year that year.  Sure he also fired Jeff Torborg, replaced [...]