Curveballs: they’re not just for junkballers anymore: The three best visual illusions in the world were chosen at a gathering last weekend of neuroscientists and psychologists at the Naples Philharmonic Center for the Arts in Florida. The winning entry, from a Bucknell University professor, may help explain why curve balls in baseball are so tricky […]

Angels 5, Red Sox 4: The stories today will all be about David Ortiz’s 0-7, 12 LOB performance. Which they probably should be. Pedroia was on base in front of him five times alone. Give the man a day off. Move him down in the order. Something. As for Anaheim, Ervin Santana made his season […]

More Roster Doctor fun today.

Sixteen pick-ups considered for fantasy leaguers.

The aftershocks of the Washington third baseman’s recent 30-game hitting streak could be felt for the rest of 2009.

On May 13, 2009, Richard Barbieri attended the Mets game at CitiField. That game was the last to fit in his current scorebook, which has served him since September of 2002. Richard looks back at some of the 99 games of history contained within.

Texas wins another walk off and the Angels win in Ervin Santana’s return

Yesterday at NBC I wrote with skepticism about Dontrelle Willis’ stay on the disabled list. Today Jayson Stark runs with that — and with a couple of other curious disabled list cases — and asks whether messing with the DL is a common form of shenanigans in Major League Baseball. While he asks a lot […]

I never cease to be surprised at the sheer number of things you can gamble on. For example: The online betting website Bookmaker.com has posted odds on who will be the next player suspended by MLB under the drug policy in 2009. Alex Rodriguez is still eligible at 3/1 followed by Adrian Beltre at 375 […]

From MLB.com: Umpire Paul Schrieber apologized Thursday for making contact with the Tigers’ Magglio Ordonez during a confrontation Wednesday night. “In yesterday’s game, after I called Magglio Ordonez out on strikes, I inadvertently placed my hand on his back and ushered him away from home plate so that I would not have to eject him […]