While the mantra out of the south side of Chicago the last few months has been to go younger, the team has been signing the all-stars from the 2000 season.  In Omar Vizquel though, they get an extra coach.  In Andruw Jones, the latest player to be locked up by the White Sox, they get [...]

If you see a latin short-stop in baseball wearing the number 13, its often a safe-guess that he is from Venezuela- of course the most current famous #13 is latin and used to be a short-stop, but he just happens to know his baseball history pretty well.
No most #13’s, who play short that is, follow [...]

In the last few days, a couple of smallish milestones have been reached, interestingly both have been in Texas.
First, Omar Vizquel matched Luis Aparacio’s hits total as most by a Venzualen born player.  Vizquel’s OPS was slightly lower than Aparacio’s, but his fielding percentage was much higher.  Henry Schulman writes a great piece about what [...]

First, just have to say that I’d like Donald Fehr, head of the MLBPA, to tell me what exactly he thinks is working when he says testing is doing what it is supposed to be doing.  Do fans know their players are clean?  Sure the press is responsible for some of the doubt, but no [...]

So remember when the Tigers set a record for games lost a few years ago, then made the surprising run and almost win of the World Series in 2006?  Well, the Giants have been selling 2008 as a rebuilding year, yet as Henry Schulman writes, it really isn’t a true rebuilding year of any kind.  The [...]