Good thing the West Coast guy got Dugout Digest duties tonight, huh? All my other TOC associates would have been deeply sleep-deprived this morning if they stayed up to watch the end the Red Sox-Rays game last night… that is if they didn’t fall asleep due to sheer boredom before the game finally came to […]

This time it counts… for a ninth time!  Can you feel the excitement!!  Who doesn’t love the idea that tonight’s All-Star Game will determine which league will get homefield advantage in the World Series? Oh, right, everybody. Fans hate it.  Players hate it.  Managers hate it. Ever since Bud Selig grossly overreacted to the league’s […]

Fool me once, shame on you.  Fool me twice, shame on me.  And by “me,” I mean Eric Wedge and his Seattle Mariners who for the second time in nine days fell victim to a three-ball walk. You would have thought that the Mariners would have learned their lesson after losing a game last week […]

First, I would like to say congratulations to Derek Jeter on reaching the fabled 3,000-hit milestone and for doing it in such dramatic fashion.  It is truly a great accomplishment in a great career. Second, I would like to say… yaaaaaaaaaaawwwwwwwwn. No disrespect Captain Jetes, but waiting for you to reach 3,000 hits is like […]

After pitching his third consecutive complete game shutout, Cliff Lee has become the darling of the baseball-loving world.  We are all impressed with Lee’s amazing stretch of dominance, but what really makes it so special is that he is dominant AND durable.  Nothing screams “old school” like a pitcher going the distance to finish what […]

We already knew that Frank McCourt was morally bankrupt and now, thanks to his steadfast refusal to let the Dodgers go, the Dodgers are bankrupt too, financially speaking. This is a move that many have expected McCourt to take for weeks now and it comes just as Frank McCourt is days away from being unable […]

To improve upon his last start, Madison Bumgarner set the bar pretty low.  All he needed to do was get two batters out and the day would be considered a rousing success.  After needing 25 pitches to allow eight runs on nine hits while getting just one out on Tuesday against the Twins, Bumgarner needed […]

Oh, Josh Hamilton, you crazy fool!  How could you be so ignorant as to suggest that having blue eyes makes it harder for you to hit during day games?  Quick, everyone, let’s all point and laugh at Josh Hamilton’s stupidity!   Ha, we all scoff in your general direction!!! The above paragraph is what I wish […]

Why is it every time that it seems like the league is about to clean up the mess the McCourts made of the Dodgers a new hurdle emerges?  The answer to that question is surprisingly simple. in fact, it is just one word: FOX. After weeks of a circling in a holding pattern, Major League […]

Albert Pujols slammed a homer and then a little bit later Wilson Betemit slammed into him.  Now, every Cardinals fan is slamming their head against their desks as they await test results on Pujols’ injured wrist. Now, before all you good people in the city of St. Louis go and address a bomb to Mr. […]

Bud Selig has made some pretty big mistakes in his long tenure as Commissioner, several of which have had a great deal to do with Selig’s propensity for hand-picking owners whenever a team goes up for sale. We all know how poorly his decision to hand the Dodgers to Frank McCourt has been.  The people […]

If you thought the potential introduction of a second wild card in each league was a good but poorly thought-out idea, just wait until you hear about the league’s supposed plans for realignment. Actually, you don’t need to hear much more because that is all there is to the plan.  MLB wants to do some […]

Redemption, thy name is Vin Mazarro. The last most of us saw of Vin Mazzaro, he was leaving a game with his head hung lower than low after finishing up one of the worst pitching performances in MLB history.  Mazzaro got pounded for 14 runs in 2+ innings of work, a beating so bad he […]

According to Shin-Soo Choo, he is suffering from the worst hangover mankind has ever seen. Choo was asked yesterday about his struggles this season and Choo made the surprising admission that he felt his May 2nd DUI arrest was affecting his game, causing him to think too much and be too hard on himself. On […]

Sorry, baseball fans, but we don’t have Jo-Jo Reyes to kick around anymore.  Our favorite lovable loser had to go and spoil all the fun by actually having the audacity to win a game and thus snap his 28-start winless streak.  Now what are we supposed to do? Yeah, yeah, yeah.  It is great and […]