In one of the best uses of a slideshow to tell a story by a newspaper, I thought I would link to  Tom Groeschen about how Dusty Baker sets a line-up.  I am not sure anyone could argue that Baker thinks too much, but this piece demonstrates the factors that make Baker look like he [...]

“If you love the game, it will love you back,” Andre Dawson said several times last summer during his moving Hall of Fame induction speech in Cooperstown. Among the people he thanked was Mel Didier, the Montreal Expos scout “who didn’t let a knee brace scare him off and got me invited to a tryout [...]

OK, forgive me here, but I read this post tonight from one of my favorite writers, Hal McCoy.  He talks with Dusty Baker about this springs camp.  The style of writing may not be what you find on ESPN, but it is very good, and you get a great picture of what it feels like [...]

Yesterday there were two stories in sports- at least in New York. One was the acquisition and first game of Carmelo Anthony with the Knicks- which I have little to say about. The second was the injury to Adam Wainwright, which significantly changes the landscape of the St. Louis Cardinals, and the honestly the Central [...]

By now, you must have heard, Roy Halliday pitched a no-hitter, only the second no-hit game in post-season history.  He was amazing from the start, my Reds never had a chance, or did they?  The thing that stands out for me is just how easy it all went down.  How easy each Red went down.  [...]