The first pitch forecast for tonight’s game between the Milwaukee Brewers and Colorado Rockies is sunny and 64 degrees, an ideal night for baseball if there ever was one in Southeastern Wisconsin. And yet the Brewers have made the decision to close the roof at Miller Park tonight. Because of something that’s happening in Minnesota. […]

There were some players that played pretty dreadfully in 2011. There are every year. But who were the worst of the worst? Let’s take a look. One criteria for this list: you had to have at least 250 plate appearances. This will help weed out some players who were struggling, but got hurt or demoted […]

Drafted out of high school by the Washington Nationals in the 41st round, there weren’t a lot of expectations for Brad Peacock, but while many consider this to be Peacock’s breakout campaign, there were indications this might be coming, not to mention that 2010 might have been a breakout. Peacock was one of the last […]

The Cardinals recently agreed to a two year contract extension with Chris Carpenter, that will see him get $21 M – replacing the $15 M club option for 2012 (with a $1 M buyout). Carpenter was set to become a free agent after this season, but it looks like he’ll be staying in St. Louis through age […]

It’s a little early to be making assumptions about 2012 based on a couple of meaningless games in September. But then again, that’s what Cubs fans do — make sweeping generalizations based on small sample sizes, anything really to give them some semblance of hope. Team history is littered with guys who got a shot […]

After our esteemed Outside Corner team took a long look this afternoon at two late-charging entries into this season’s wild card races, the Tampa Bay Rays and St. Louis Cardinals both found themselves in position to make even more headway in their improbable playoff runs. Only one team succeeded, though, while the other was left […]

The defining moment of the St. Louis Cardinals’ 2011 season may have happened in the 10th inning of Friday night’s game against the Atlanta Braves, the team they’ve been chasing for the NL Wild Card. With his team’s season literally hanging in the balance at 7.5 games behind the Braves for that final playoff spot, […]

When the Red Sox added Adrian Gonzalez and Carl Crawford this past offseason, many baseball minds anointed them the favorites to win the World Series. On paper, there was plenty of reasoning behind those predictions, but a lot can happen over 162 games. The Rays came into their three-game series against the Red Sox 6.5 […]

Leave it to Major League Baseball to find a way to screw up the tenth anniversary of 9-11. For some reason yesterday, the geniuses at MLB decided that they were not going to allow the Mets to wear commemorative hats honoring the fallen NYPD and FDNY members during their game IN NEW YORK yesterday.  The […]

Most of the players in the MLB are millionaires. Hell, once a player becomes arbitration available, he usually starts making seven figures on their contract. My goal today was to create an All-Star team of players making LESS than a million dollars on their 2011 contract. Since this is an All-Star team, and not a […]

Cliff Lee had his worst start in almost a month yesterday against the Brewers, getting knocked around by the NL Central leaders. He only pitched 7 innings, and gave up 2 runs (!) on 6 hits (!) and 2 walks (!). Sure, one of the runs was unearned. And he did strike out 7. And […]

Quick trivia question: which catcher in baseball has the highest fWAR this season? Is it Brian McCann? Joe Mauer? Matt Wieters? Nope. It’s Alex Avila of the Tigers. The 24 year old Avila has blossomed in a big way for the Tigers this season. He’s been worth 5.4 fWAR on the season, more than any […]

A bizarre season for the defending world champion San Francisco Giants took yet another snakebitten turn on Thursday. Reliever Jeremy Affeldt has been ruled out for the season because of a backyard BBQ. No, really. Per MLB.com’s Adam Berry: “Affeldt hurt his hand while slicing frozen burgers in his backyard, and the paring knife cut […]

The Braves were leading the Cardinals 3-1 going into the bottom of the 9th yesterday. That scenario has been pretty much automatic this year. Craig Kimbrel comes in, strike out 1-2 guys with 96+ mph gas, and Atlanta fans leave happy. Especially recently, as Kimbrel just set the major league record for the longest streak […]