The Rangers clinched yesterday.  The Twins clinched last week.  Everyone else, apparently, wants us to care about the season for a few more days, and I have to say I don’t mind that at all, though I am glad the Yankees finally managed a win against the Red Sox last night.
Since there are only a [...]

We hashed this out when the story broke back in March, but the New York Times’ Tyler Kepner wrote an insightful piece into the story and well, I thought it might be worth adding my additional two cents.
It seems the Rangers were considering giving Washington a contract extension prior to him failing the drug test.  [...]

Ron Washington used cocaine.  He has admitted that.  The Texas Rangers organization, from President Nolan Ryan on down, while giving him warning, are forgiving him- and giving him a chance to remain with the team. Tim Cowlishaw questions whether that should be the case.  Managers don’t win ball games, players do- and what kind of [...]

So Ron Washington’s job appears to be safe, at least until the All-Star break, according to reports today.  Thought from team President Nolan Ryan show that Washington isn’t completely in the clear, but that you can’t just make changes without some idea what you are changing too, and its too early for that decision.  My guess [...]

This post was written on March 16th, but not posted until March 22nd due to technical issues.  We apolgize for the inconvenience.
Today was one of those days where most baseball fans would be jealous of me. I started the day at Cubs camp where I got to are some up and comers doing some basic [...]