All across the land, people are falling all over themselves to anoint Kirk Gibson National League Manager of the Year, and rightly so.  They might as well not even hold a vote because with Gibson leading the surprising Diamondbacks to an even more surprising NL West division crown, he is going to take home the […]

Jesus Montero has been impossible to avoid the last two years. The nature of baseball in the early 21st century is that when a Yankee prospect begins destroying the ball at the age of 19 in Double-A, it’s impossible to not know about the guy. So Montero entered the collective consciousness of baseball fans after the […]

Get your sunglasses ready folks, because the images in this post might burn your retinas.  Thanks to the University of Maryland’s football team, there is a new entrant into the “Worst Uniform Ever” contest, a title that MLB had an ironclad hold on.  That was until the Terps came out and played in these monstrosities: […]

(The Brewers’ unofficial good luck charm is apparently a pool enthusiast) It’s been entirely too long since we brought you an update on the saga of “Front Row” Amy Williams so as a public service announcement, we’re going to take care of that now. Front Row Amy’s life changed for good about a week ago […]

Author’s note: For the month of September, we’ll be looking at prospects who have had weird and/or unexpected seasons, and we’ll ask what we should make of it. After that, we’ll examine the Arizona Fall League rosters and who you should be paying attention to when prospects head to Arizona in November. When Tyler Matzek […]

For anyone familiar with “Country” Joe West’s long body of work as big league umpire, you will not be surprised that he managed to find a way to make himself the focal point of a baseball game.  What will surprise you is that we may all be thanking Joe for it years from now. West […]

The Tigers made a sweeping statement on Sunday Night vs. the White Sox, drubbing them 18-2 in front of a national audience on ESPN’s Sunday Night Baseball. The White Sox are now 8.5 games out of first in the Central and all but out of contention.  In the Tigers’ slugfest, White Sox skipper Ozzie Guillen […]

Here is part one, talking about the eastern divisions, and here is part two, talking about the central divisions. It’s now time for part three, where I’ll compare NCAA football teams to the western divisions of the MLB. AL WestRangers: Auburn TigersThey were often given less attention and had much less success than the other […]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=4N1iwQxiHrs?version=3 There are few British bands with baseball-themed names that have tasted success in mainstream American popular culture…in fact, now that I think about it, I can’t recall any. Except for, of course, The Outfield. Wait a second, who? That’s the general reaction I get when mentioning the band who is best remembered for “Your Love”, […]

Time for part two of this brief three part series comparing MLB teams to their equivalents in NCAA football. AL CentralTigers: Virginia Tech HokiesLike the Hokies, the Tigers are usually competing for a spot at the top of their division. Both teams also have experienced, highly touted coaches in Jim Leyland and Frank Beamer. Another […]

Yesterday was the first full day of NCAA football action. What did I do all day? I watched 12 hours of football. Now, I love baseball with all my heart…but nothing compares to plopping down in front of the TV on Saturday morning, starting with Gameday, and going all the way to the west coast […]

When you step in to the seating bowl at Wrigley Field, you’re almost blown away by the amount of green that comes at you. For nowhere else in the city of Chicago will you find as much of the color as you will at the well-manicured but emotionally forlorn corner of Clark and Addison in […]

  Tom Milone made has Major League debut yesterday, starting on the mound for the Nationals against the Mets. And what an eventful debut it was; 4.1 IP, 6 H, 4 R, 0 BB, 2 K, 1 HR. The Nats ended up with the win (with Ryan Zimmerman delivering the walk-off hit), but it was […]

  The Athletics beat the Mariners yesterday. That’s not a huge surprise (especially with the game being in Oakland). They only allowed 2 runs – also not a huge surprise. The A’s themselves scored 9 runs though, which is a bit unusual. This was a team whose offense was one of the worst in baseball […]