On this day in 1988, the A’s Jose Canseco became the first player in Major League history to join the 40-40 club, when he swipes his 39th and 40th bases, according to nationalpastime.com.  Canseco will finish the season with 42 home runs and 40 steals and help lead the Athletics to a World Series berth, [...]

As part of our need to track the good guys in baseball, we often try to track down the charities that they become involved in.  For an extensive list of charities associated with MLB or with particular players, click here. Today, though, this Dan Mcgrath piece looks at the life and struggle of Ryan Dempster, [...]

One might think that headline pertains to great sweeping social change, but really its just means that we are about to see the batting helmets of the past 3 years disappear.  MLB has agreed to require all minor leaguers to wear the S100 model helmet next season, and Rawlings is sending three different models to [...]

Gordon Wittenmyer writes a nice piece about Ryan Dempster and his recent off-field ordeal. (I always hate it when writers use the word “ordeal”- sounds too melodramatic, but honestly, I couldn’t find another word this morning!)
Dempster’s wife gave birth to a baby girl in late March, premature and with a rare disorder that doesn’t allow [...]