The Movember MLB Mustache Madness continues.  Shortstop mustaches are in short supply, but they are a bit like the Marines.  The few.  The proud.  The current MLB shortsops with mustaches. Brendan Ryan Another contender to win it all.  Ryan is another player who offers us multiple looks and is the rare middle infielder who has […]

The Movember MLB Mustache Madness continues.  Time to break up the weak middle infield mustache offerings with some hot offerings from the hot corner (I kind of hate myself for that sentence).  So who brings the heat? Eric Chavez To think that Eric Chavez wasted all those years in Oakland.  Maybe if he had grown […]

The Movember MLB Mustache Madness continues.  OK, not every mustache matchup can be an epic slugfest.  The crop of current MLB second basemen brave enough to muster a mustache is pretty thin, but we still found two entrants for our tournament.  Still, I find myself wishing I had successfully talked Jeff Kent out of retirment. […]

The Movember MLB Mustache Madness continues.  The days of Mattingly and Hernandez are long gone, but mustaches for first basemen are making a comeback in today’s game.  Check out or two nominees. Jason Giambi The Giambino may have seen better days as a player, but at least his mustache prowess has developed while his physical […]

The Movember MLB Mustache Madness continues.  Once upon a time, catchers used to be a go-to source for great mustaches, but that isn’t the case anymore.  We had to look long and hard for these bristled backstops, but both definitely qualify as true tournament contenders. Corky Miller Corky Miller may be a journeyman back-up catcher […]

The Movember MLB Mustache Madness continues.  Our next match-up comes takes a look at the star ‘stache offerings from current MLB starting pitchers.  Who makes our mustache rotation? Carl Pavano To be honest, I didn’t like Pavano’s mustache before, but it (excuse the pun) grew on me.  This bristly offering is an homage to eras […]

In our first mustache matchup, we are coming out strong.  Relief pitchers seem to always lead the pack when it comes to facial hair, so selecting just two players to square off in the current player relief pitcher dual was no easy task.  Let’s take a look at who got the call from the mustache […]

The greatest month of the year is nearly upon us.  No, I’m not talking about November.  Sure, it is great what with Thanksgiving and, more importantly, the start of of MLB free agency.  I’m talking about Movember, the month in which we celebrate the great, wondrous and manly mustache, all while raising money for a […]

Last night’s Game 6 was one for the ages.  The drama was truly epic, but it wouldn’t have been nearly as epic if not for Ron Washington making the wrong managerial decision at almost every turn.  Here are just a few of the “highlights”: Continuing to insist on Mike Napoli batting no higher than seventh […]

Darn the luck!  Game 6 of what has thus far been a pretty great World Series had to go and get rained out yesterday.  Whatever is a baseball fan to do?  Two days with no baseball just seems unfair and, frankly, MLB needs to make it up to us. OK, maybe this isn’t exactly a […]

News broke yesterday that the Los Angeles Angels are actively pursuing Tampa Bay Rays GM Andrew Friedman, a man who is widely considered to be one of the top general managers in the game, if not the very best.  His reputation stems from turning a moribund Rays franchise into an annual contender despite a shoestring […]

The Seattle Mariners spent the first half of the season looking like a nice collection of overachievers and a team possibly on track to getting back to respectability.  Then they went and lost 17 straight games and undid any progress that their surprising start had built. Even with that embarrassing streak marring their season, 2011 […]

Coming into the 2011 season, many had the Oakland Athletics tabbed as a dark horse to win the American League West.  Um, yeah, not so much as it turns out.  The resurgence of the Oakland A’s looks like it will have wait a year after a rash of bad decisions and bad luck sank Oakland’s […]

The 2011 Angels enjoyed quite the eventful season.  The former kings of the AL West finally got displaced by the Texas Rangers in 2010 and had big plans to try and reclaim their crown.  Those plans quickly went awry after a tumultous off-season that included an embarrassing failed attempt at Carl Crawford which they only […]

It was reported earlier this week that the Chicago White Sox briefly considered making Paul Konerko their manager, even though he is still an active player.  Had they gone through with it, it would have made Konerko the first player-manager since Pete Rose did it for the Reds in the mid-80’s.  Having a player simultaneously […]