Archive for the 'General' Category

As I’ve mentioned a number of times recently, I’ve been a stay-at-home dad/blogger since the first of the year. But that’s over now, as today is my first day at my new job. Part of me is sad about this. I’ve enjoyed the time home with the kids. I’ve enjoyed not having to shave if […]

Two fun things, actually, both found via Brew Crew Ball: 1. Oil Can Boyd wants a tryout. With all of the dudes gone to pitch in the WBC, Florida and Arizona vacationers are getting rooked as it is, so why not give Oil Can a look? It’ll be fun. 2. K-Rod is experimenting with red […]

The best thing about the major league season are games which are, in and of themselves, meaningless. Wednesday night tilts between teams only marginally in contention, about 17,000 fans enjoying a beer and a game on a nice summer night. We can enjoy them for their own sake without worrying about WHAT IT ALL MEANS, […]

Remember a couple of years ago when Jose Offerman went nuts? No, not that time. No, the other time. No, the time he hit those dudes with the bats. Yes. Anyway, he’s getting sued for it now: Former all-star Jose Offerman is facing a federal lawsuit for a bat-wielding attack at a minor league game […]

Just when you think this offseason couldn’t get more sordid and sad: Baseball great Roberto Alomar has full-blown AIDS but insisted on having unprotected sex, his ex-girlfriend charged Tuesday in a bombshell lawsuit. The shocking claim was leveled by Ilya Dall, 31, who said she lived with the ex-Met for three years and watched in […]

Apologies in advance, but some stuff has come up today that is going to keep me out of blogville. I may be back in blogville this afternoon, but I can’t make any promises. Again, sorry for the content interruption. Believe me, it hurts me more than it hurts you.

The opposition didn’t need to sweat the defense when these guys came to the plate.

I got a Pottery Barn Kids catalog in the mail today because I’m a suburban father and that’s what they send us when they stop sending our wives the Victoria’s Secret Catalog. Anyway, I was kind of interested in one of their new product lines: Introducing our Major League Baseball collection of officially licensed products. […]

It’s a slow news day, so let’s leverage the ShysterBlogosphere for some content: Jason joins the chorus of people who believe that Jeter needs to step up and defend his emotionally-stunted teammate from the attacks of their former boss. I see the point — and apparently so too does Jeter — but it’s gotta be […]

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