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 [...]

My favorite baseball writer from my youth, Hal McCoy, who is about to retire has written down his favorite baseball cities.  Keep in mind he has written for a National League team, so all of his choices are NL choices.  Even with inter-league play, its hard to find the best spots in just three days. [...]

This might have been covered ad nauseum somewhere else, but one more idignity for the Mets- The New York Times doesn’t seem to be sending a writer to cover the team on this road trip.  They are simply buying the game story from the Associated Press.  Now, that really isn’t surprising, since the Times isn’t [...]

In June, when Farrah Fawcett and Michael Jackson passed away, I had a couple of moments where I was really stunned.  Real parts of my youth were gone.  Though Farrah hadn’t been my favorite Angel, the show was without doubt my favorite at one time.  Michael was a kid, just a tiny bit older, who [...]

Jason Schmidt returned to the mound on Monday for the Dodgers.  He was far from a feel good story as he struggled through the first inning givin up 3 runs, but returned to the mound after his offense drove in 4 in the first the bottom of the inning, making him the winning pitcher.
Still, after [...]