Geoff Baker of the Seattle Times writes a well reasoned piece about why Ichiro in Seattle is not the same as Derek Jeter in New York.  (The 5 rings are only a small part of the argument.) This is about a franchise player in decline.  See, even though Ichiro’s numbers are way down this year, [...]

No-hitters are today’s theme (maybe today’s the day for you Mets fans. Dillon Gee’s been looking pretty good lately) as on this date in 1938, the Reds Johnny Vander Meer threw nine hitless innings against the Boston Bees (now the Atlanta Braves) in Cincinnati’s Crosly Field. Four nights later Vander Meer would repeat this feat [...]

“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 [...]

When a team is 20 games out of first place, its hard to take much notice of them, even with the amount of issues the Mariners have had this season.  But yesterday, one more issue boiled to the surface when Chone Figgons was benched for not backing up a play.  Manager Don Wakamatsu told Figgons [...]

Shockwaves went through the AL West yesterday, as the Texas Rangers acquired Cliff Lee from the Seattle Mariners.  The Rangers have made the moves that should keep them in first place, and give them their first playoff berth since 1999.  It gets hot in Texas, but hopefully, Lee, who started the season a bit late, [...]