Idiots Write About Baseball

"Baseball" archive

Monday 18 June

The Internet is neat (Part 6,443,296 in a series) (11:08) - In order to hype myself up for the inevitable fall of baseball's all-time home run record, I've begun reading "Game...

Friday 2 March

Murray Chass and Willful Ignorance (18:07) - The other day I read the most astounding piece by Murray Chass of the New York Times. Things I don’t...

Friday 1 September

Idiots Talk About Sports: Knoxville Part One (20:24) - So we're in Knoxville for the Cal-Tennessee game. But we also visited the double-A Tennessee Smokies baseball team, played the...

Saturday 12 August

The Latest Reason Why Jeffrey Loria Is Bad for Baseball (13:37) - Via ESPN.com, Loria attended a game and decided to yell at the umpire about a couple of questionable ball-strike calls....

Tuesday 1 August

When Ex-Athletics Attack (23:17) - We are alerted by Deadspin to the battle of wits taking place between erstwhile Athletics Cory Lidle and Arthur Rhodes...

Sunday 30 July

A-Rod Inspires People to Say Stupid Things (21:58) - I will not listen to sports talk radio. I will not listen to sports talk radio. I will not listen...

Monday 24 July

One Man's Trash (22:44) - So on my way to watch a Cal League baseball game being contested on the surface of Mercury -- that...

Saturday 22 July

Idiots Write About Heat Stroke (23:54) - It hit the 80s in Alameda today, which is warm, even for late July, as we are on the water....

Sunday 16 July

Joe Morgan Hates Statisticians and All They Do (20:44) - So I have on the ESPN Sunday Night Game between the Mets and the Cubs, when Joe Morgan says the...

Thursday 6 July

I Do Not Think That Analogy Means What You Think It Means (15:25) - If I were a betting man -- and my willingness to buy real estate in Northern California just as the...

Tuesday 4 July

ESPN Declares Its Independence from Baseball (09:18) - So I called up the TiVo programming guide this morning in order to record the Germany-Italy semi-final while I was...

Sunday 2 July

Tomorrow's All Stars Today (10:29) - Oh sure... you can sit down and write a poorly thought-out treatise about who should or should not be on...

Wednesday 14 June

More Baseball, Less Freddie Prinze Jr. (22:45) - I envy my co-worker Peter. He works out of his home, a joy that I knew for nearly two years,...

Thursday 8 June

Baseball to Slingbox Fans: Screw You (13:45) - MLB: Slingbox owners who watch games are stealing. From someone. For more, read my item at Gadgetbox....

Sunday 4 June

Jeff Kent to Cal: How Hath My Life Offended Thee? (17:47) - So while we're on the subject of Evans Diamond and the games contested there, one of the nicer touches in...
Alameda: Home of Champions (17:42) - Saturday was a gorgeous day in the East Bay, as Ken Korach is wont to say. And the circumstances were...

Tuesday 30 May

Well, This Is Anticlimactic (16:55) - According to Bob Timmermann's blog, the Tampa Bay Devil Rays have completed their exhaustive search for a new nickname and...

Monday 29 May

Managers Say the Darndest Things (09:12) - From my perspective as a neutral observer embedded in Southern California last season, Jim Tracy didn't exactly cover himself with...

Tuesday 23 May

Verducci on Bonds (13:27) - Another day, another Tom Verducci screed about what a bad guy Barry Bonds is. We get it, Tom. We get...

Thursday 11 May

The Next Round's On Sut! (17:36) - I don't care who you are or where you hail from -- nothing chases the work-day blues away quite like...

Thursday 4 May

Free John Lackey! (16:34) - One comment stood out amid all the argle-bargle over Jason Kendall charging the mound in Wednesday's thrashing of the Angels,...

Sunday 30 April

Brush Up Your Shakespeare (21:34) - I enjoy Mark Camps' weekly numbers columns in the Chronicle. I mean, you have to appreciate a guy who can...

Sunday 16 April

Barry's Crisis of Confidence (18:18) - I know I should leave this to the geniuses at Fire Joe Morgan, but I'm sitting here watching the Giants-Dodgers...

Wednesday 22 March

Lost in Translation (19:57) - While perusing the Inter-Web for A's-related news this morning, I came across this Baseball Musings entry referencing an article from...

Monday 13 March

Cuba Closer Saves, then Closes (13:35) - Interesting thing I noticed while watching yesterday's Cuba-Venezuela game. Cuba led 1-0 in the bottom of the fifth inning when...

Sunday 12 March

Let the Hate Flow Through You (14:14) - Over at The Juice Blog, Scott Long asked a fairly innocuous question: Who is your least favorite player in baseball?...
Credit Where It Isn't Due (13:50) - Jason and I are down here in Southern California, preparing to attend tonight's Korea-Mexico World Baseball Classic tilt by watching...

Friday 3 March

Not Quite Classic (20:33) - I caught some of the historic first-ever game of the World Baseball Classic last night. Not sure how something can...

Thursday 2 March

Pitch Counts (23:52) - While we are on the subject of the A's spring training opener, I wanted to pass along a brain-teaser from...

Monday 27 February

Getting bled Cubbie Blue (21:38) - I wasn't going to go to Spring Training this year. First off, I really didn't have anyone to go with...

Saturday 7 January

Take Me Out to the International Incident (08:27) - Jason and I bought tickets for the World Baseball Classic when it's down in Anaheim in March. Or rather, Jason...

Sunday 4 December

Your Winter Meetings Cheat Sheet (21:59) - Having trouble staying on top of all these Winter Meetings a-doings? Not sure whether the Boston Red Sox are trying...

Wednesday 16 November

The Artless Dodgers (13:07) - See, Dodger fans? It's not so hard to make ax-grinding, sabermetrics-and-young-people-hatin' Los Angeles Times hack Bill Plaschke happy when hiring...

Monday 14 November

Name That Award (21:31) - If the value of a day can be measured by the simple question "Will you go to bed tonight knowing...

Friday 11 November

Fire Steve Phillips (16:57) - (apologies to Ken Tremendous and company) ESPN "Insider" (that means you have to pay to read him) Steve Phillips today...

Monday 31 October

Fighting the Good Fight (21:04) - You are doing the Lord's work, Rob McMilllin. In other DePodesta-bloodletting-related news, check out my special message to Tommy Lasorda....

Sunday 30 October

Bill Plaschke Knows About Mistakes (17:02) - As Phil has noted on many occasions, L.A. Times columnist Bill Plaschke is horrible. I'd call him the worst sports...

Saturday 29 October

Thank You, Mr. McCourt (14:24) - On behalf of all Giants fans, I'd like to thank Frank McCourt for firing a young, smart general manager and...

Wednesday 26 October

Villainy Rewarded (21:14) - In 2003, the Florida Marlins won the World Series with the trophy being presented to owner Jeffrey Loria. Loria took...

Tuesday 25 October

Dumb World Series Pronouncement of the Day: Outstanding! Edition (15:26) - Phil Garner was an outstanding baseball player. This observation from Fox's Game Two telecast comes to us from Tim McCarver,...

Sunday 23 October

Dumb World Series Pronouncement of the Day (14:59) - Scott Podsednik is one of the best in baseball when it comes to getting on base. Don't know where I...

Saturday 22 October

Lightning Round Predictions (16:16) - So that Red Sox-Cardinal re-match I predicted at the start of the postseason gets started in a little less than...

Wednesday 19 October

Bill King Tributes Better Than Mine (13:20) - As always, Ken Arneson sets the bar high for A's bloggers with this recollection, plus a collection of previous posts...

Tuesday 18 October

In Memoriam: Bill King (13:45) - I miss you already, Bill. Update: OK, I've had some time to gather my thoughts into something that is hopefully...
Except For That Other, Bigger State (13:40) - Actual dialogue from last night's Astros-Cardinals tilt, during that giddy 20 minutes when the Astros were rubbing their hands over...
Department of Schadenfreude (13:39) - When Pujols hit the home run, I turned to my wife and said, "I don't feel so bad about the...

Thursday 13 October

Oh No, Joe (17:42) - Not to muscle in on the noble work being done so selflessly by other Web sites, but I happened to...

Tuesday 11 October

The Wizard of Gahs (22:35) - I didn't figure I'd be the only one puzzled and confused by Ozzie Guillen's strategic voodoo Tuesday night. Rob Neyer...
Cowardly Red Sox Fan Update (20:17) - After the analysis comes the taunting... Let us travel back in time to the heady, optimism-filled days of August 21,...
Cal is Everywhere! (19:53) - I have no idea why, but there's a guy sitting in the first row of Comisk-- er, Overpriced Cell Phone...
Guh? (18:52) - Did I just witness Jermaine Dye -- he of the 31 home runs this season -- try to bunt his...
Angels Vs. Yankees: What Went Sort of Right (15:32) - Ah, that's more like it. I didn't have any particular dog in the New York-Metropolitan Los Angeles Area series --...

Sunday 9 October

Boston Vs. Chicago: What Went Wrong (09:29) - What kind of moron writes things like this? • Boston over Chicago in five. Count on Ozzie Guillen doing at...

Wednesday 5 October

You'll Never Get Away With This, Tracy (09:04) - This one just in off the crazy wire in my head... Tracy out as Dodgers' manager LOS ANGELES (AP) --...

Tuesday 4 October

Dullsville, Baby (09:26) - And so begins the sure-to-be-exciting baseball playoffs in which we, the paying customers, will be treated to such rare, never-before-seen...

Thursday 29 September

Unclear on the Concept (14:11) - We have never really made at a secret here at Idiot World Headquarters that we think very little of Phil...

Wednesday 28 September

Alien Planet Baseball Standings (16:22) - The comments to my Baseball Fever - Inoculate Against It! post made me think once again about what would happen...

Monday 26 September

Baseball Fever -- Inoculate Against It! (09:56) - So the Giants, who have now clinched a losing record for the season, are still alive in the season's final...

Tuesday 13 September

Barry's Boo Birds Besmirch Bay Baseball Buffs (23:09) - Well, Barry Bonds is back, and much to this hapless Padres fan's chagrin, he's playing almost exactly like he did...

Monday 29 August

Line of the Night... (23:25) - ...comes to us courtesy of David Pinto: Jason Giambi hit a home run off Ryan Franklin tonight. How do you...

Friday 26 August

Ker-Plaschke (16:07) - Pressed as I am for time this afternoon, I cannot spend the proper time outlining the idiocies advanced by Bill...

Thursday 25 August

My Own Private Highlight Reel (12:57) - I've had my share of honors and laurels tossed my way over the years. Way back in 1990, I was...

Tuesday 23 August

So... No "Ebony/Ivory" Duet During the Post-Game Buffet? (19:25) - Way back when, just after the Dodgers inked Jeff Kent to a free agent contract, yours truly made the following...

Wednesday 17 August

Must... Not... Listen... to... Sports... Talk... Radio... (Vol. 1) (11:47) - Had to run to the bank this morning to get my finances in order. Made the mistake of turning on...

Tuesday 16 August

Weaver on Cursing (11:21) - From time to time, I get depressed. Sometimes, it's about the A's and their fortunes. Other times, it's about more...

Monday 15 August

...Or Else (10:09) - At long last, new A's owner Lew Wolff has unveiled his plans for a new stadium just north of the...

Monday 8 August

Collectors' Items (13:12) - Thank you, Phil, for keeping the news about how freedom is slavery alive and well on Idiots Write About Sports....

Wednesday 3 August

Palmeiro's Steroid Boner Penetrates Beyond Players, MLB (17:47) - With the media frenzy surrounding Rafael Palmeiro's alleged steroid abuse and ten-game suspension, it's easy to lose sight of the...

Monday 1 August

And the Socrates Memorial "I Ingested What?" Award Goes to... (11:25) - ...Rafael Palmeiro....

Sunday 31 July

Fun and Games for Idiots, Hall of Fame Edition (23:33) - The Hall of Fame ceremony isn't just about pomp and circumstance and cranky speeches from embittered baseball players who sure...
Hall of a Day (21:50) - As mentioned in this very space last year, your humble correspondent is a big fan of the Baseball Hall of...

Friday 22 July

See a Ballgame with an Idiot (15:08) - Earlier this month, I went to an A's game against the Chicago White Sox. This was the 6-2 win in...

Tuesday 12 July

All Star Game: Ill-Advised Live Blog (17:05) - 8:31 p.m.: Used to be that I couldn't watch an All-Star game without keeping score at home, thus cementing my...

Monday 11 July

Long Day's Derby Into Night (22:06) - As I am fond of telling anyone ever button-holed into a baseball-related conversation with me, I attended the 1987 All-Star...

Sunday 3 July

Time for Smash Mouth's Royalty Checks to Increase Ever so Slightly (22:08) - Traditionally, I have two interests in baseball's all-star game: 1) to see the unusual pitcher-versus-batter match-ups one just doesn't get...
Unfortunate Headline of the Day (15:22) - Sitting at home, watching the suddenly resurgent A's try to take two-of-three from the White Sox, and scrolling through the...

Thursday 30 June

The Los Angeles Angels of Your Ad Here (23:30) - I went to a baseball game in Anaheim last week. Or perhaps it was in Los Angeles. Iim not really...
So Much for that Kenny Rogers Camera Day Promotion (00:35) - Texas Rangers pitcher Kenny Rogers does not like cameramen. Not one bit. The 40-year-old left-hander first shoved Fox Sports Net...

Saturday 25 June

The Return of Johnny Nemo (20:05) - A few years ago, back when the Oakland Coliseum was a 15-minute drive from my apartment instead of a five-and-a-half-hour...

Tuesday 21 June

The Long and Winding Road (10:45) - If you live on the West Coast, at some point in time, you will find yourself driving up and/or down...
Monstrous (03:46) - No, I haven't been posting much lately. Yes, I feel like a schmuck about it. The crippling injury you already...

Saturday 4 June

Petco Goes to the Dogs (14:05) - Tonight marks the second annual "Dog Days of Summer" promotion at Petco Park, which involves people dressing up their canine...

Monday 30 May

What to Root For (10:13) - I go into each season with a simple hope -- that the A's will play meaningful ballgames deep into September....

Tuesday 24 May

Let the Death Spiral Commence (19:08) - By most measures, 2005 has so far been a Bizarro season for the San Diego Padres. Standard operating procedure dictates...

Thursday 19 May

Should Have Kept the 'Stache, David (17:13) - As you may have noticed during yesterday's trouncing of the World Champions by the usually overmatched Oakland Athletics, David Wells...

Monday 9 May

Tiger vs. MLB.TV (17:29) - Apologies for the disappearing. Tiger kicked my butt and, frankly, having an 8-month-old in the house hasn't helped either. (Yeah,...

Wednesday 20 April

Say It Ain't So, Joe (16:42) - For those who've missed the latest chapter in Joe Morgan's brave public battle against common sense, the grumpy, old "in-my-day-we-always-bunted-in-runs-and-we-liked-it"...

Sunday 17 April

Off to the Fortress of Solitude (10:27) - What an A's-Angels game yesterday. Two stellar pitching performances! A taut, thrilling game! A shocking A's bunt! A game-deciding error...

Thursday 14 April

Comcast: Where Quality is Job 148 (19:39) - Actual letters from actual cable services providers (with emphasis added in italics): August 6, 2004 Thanks for subscribing to MLB...

Tuesday 12 April

We Pick 'Em; You Pan 'Em (03:14) - Just noticed we're a week into the 2005 season, and I hadn't made my division race predictions known to a...

Monday 11 April

Pinhead! (21:27) - One of the pleasures of working at home is that I can turn on my TV and have the occasional...

Friday 8 April

Rockie VIIth (22:56) - The Giants' bullpen is, to put it mildly, not really working out so far this year. Noah Lowry pitched an...

Wednesday 6 April

Nickname Vindication (20:10) - For at least three years I've been calling Pedro Feliz "Happy Pete." Three long years of attempting to make a...
Ballparks From Space (14:26) - No, this is not going to be an entry about the delightful finals of this year's Xxyxxl Stix series between...
I Have No Mascot Heroes Anymore (11:04) - Were you rocked by the Pete Rose gambling scandal? Shocked by the allegations of widespread steroid abuse in Major League...

Tuesday 5 April

161 to Go! (Giants 4, Dodgers 2) (16:20) - Whose Mondo? Our Mondo. Sterling defense from Giants new and old, and a nifty save in the Benitezenth, er, Beninthtez...

Monday 4 April

So Much for Going 162-0 (23:01) - You see a lot of posts on assorted baseball blogs about the sense of promise and spirit of unfettered optimism...
BALCO Luck Next Year (14:51) - Hey! The Pulitzer Prizes were announced today. Notice what didn't win any awards? The Chronicle's award-begging series on the BALCO...
But We're Still Tied For First For Another Eight Innings! (13:33) - Approximate time of first pitch in season opener: 1:07 PM Approximate time of first use of the phrase "stop the...

Sunday 3 April

What a Relief (16:24) - The talking heads are yammering on on ESPN2. But it doesn't matter. Behind them is green grass, Yankee monuments, and...

Monday 21 March

Enough With Your Lip, Kid -- Just Pee in this Cup (10:17) - I'm very happy that Skip Bayless and I are on the opposite side of the steroid issue -- I favor...

Thursday 17 March

Tell the Dogs and Ponies They're On in Five (08:32) - My wife, whenever faced with a topic of discussion she finds insipid or uninteresting, dismisses any further conversation by singing,...
A Ballclub By Any Other Name Would Still Be Favored to Win the AL West (07:50) - Word has reached these shores, courtesy of 6-4-2, that the city of Anaheim has recieved a favorable ruling from a...

Tuesday 15 March

Peter Angelos Has a Plan for Besting the Nationals... (15:10) - ... and according to Ball-Wonk, it relies heavily on Hessians....
Dumb Things in the Chronicle (09:55) - I don't subscribe to a major metropolitan newspaper. I read the San Francisco Chronicle. I don't know if I used...

Monday 14 March

Witch Hunt (14:23) - Thumbs up to Murry Chass of the Gray Lady for likening the steroid hearings to McCarthyism not once but twice....

Sunday 13 March

Someone Who Gets It (14:18) - We are very hard on the media here at the Idiot Sports Weblog (and looking at their collective body of...

Friday 11 March

I'm Not a Lawyer, But I Play One in My Column (13:47) - Answering a letter from a reader who wonders why Mark McGwire, Rafeal Palmiero and anyone else fingered by Jose Canseco...

Monday 7 March

Live from Arizona: Phoenix Municipal Assessed (10:38) - We bring you this post live from a nondescript part of Tempe, where one-half of the Idiots Who Write About...

Wednesday 2 March

This Time, It Doesn't Count (09:30) - One of ESPN's greatest contributions to sports broadcasting in recent years marks its return today: televised spring training games. The...

Thursday 24 February

Sensible Journalism (10:03) - You will not find a more sensible article about the Barry Bonds story than Joe Sheehan's piece at Baseball Prospectus....
Bad Journalism (09:57) - So Barry Bonds complains that journalists are out to get him because he doesn't kiss their asses. What's the response...

Tuesday 15 February

Ramon Hernandez: Like Wall? (15:00) - ESPN.com's Phil Rogers -- whom Jason thinks is just a wee bit insane -- looks at the cavalcade of catchers...

Monday 14 February

The Roar of the Cannons, Silenced (13:07) - Words has reached these shores (courtesy of Ball Wonk) that the Potomac Cannons -- formerly the Carolina League affiliates of...

Sunday 13 February

An Idiot's Guide to Spring Training: Part Two (17:11) - In part one of our epic-length, extended-dance-remix-version Spring Training Guide, we talked about the various venues in the Phoenix-Scottsdale area....

Saturday 12 February

An Idiot's Guide to Spring Training: Part One (14:51) - Pitchers and catchers report in less than a week. Are there nine words in the English language that sound so...

Wednesday 9 February

Mags to Riches (22:52) - Over at USS Mariner, David Cameron takes four paragraphs to explain why Detroit's gift to Magglio Ordonez of $75 million...

Sunday 6 February

We Have So Much to Learn From Korea (11:23) - Why are you wasting your time with this site? Really -- why? All the cool stuff is over at Rob...

Sunday 30 January

Slam Sammy (17:13) - The news that Sammy Sosa's Cub career is just about over -- he's apparently headed to Baltimore for Jerry Hairston...

Saturday 29 January

Great New Giants Site (12:43) - Grant of Waiting for Boof fame has launched his new site, McCovey Chronicles. Highly recommended. His pieces are often hilarious,...

Thursday 27 January

FanCam (16:24) - Did you know that I'm terrifically popular among baseball teams? I mean, not only are the Oakland Athletics offering to...

Tuesday 25 January

Sissy-Boy Slap-Party (12:09) - From the All-Baseball-News-Must-Come-From-the-Eastern-Seaboard department, it seems that Alex "Slappy" Rodriguez does not care for Curt Schilling's critique of A-Rod's unconventional...

Monday 24 January

Deep Hurting (21:57) - The Dodgers have completed their ill-advised Ross Porter Replacement Plan, adding ex-Dodger Al Downing and current halfwit Steve Lyons to...

Saturday 22 January

Yankees, Red Sox to Begin Spring Training Next Month -- 28 Other Teams Rumored to Do Likewise (10:11) - When the Randy Johnson trade was finally completed after what amounted to a year-and-a-half worth of "Johnson to the Yankees...

Wednesday 19 January

Anonymity Is the New Popularity (22:40) - 6-4-2 points us to this Los Angeles Business Journal article on the marketing challenges facing Southland baseball teams in general...

Monday 17 January

Una Gran Serie de Historias sobre BEisbol (21:53) - Since I spend a lot of time here -- too much time, really -- ripping apart stories that offend my...

Saturday 15 January

Ain't That a Kick in the Pants? (10:29) - I'm not much of a boo-er at ball games. I certainly don't go in for that rote booing of opposing...

Monday 10 January

Little Big Unit (18:46) - I haven't had the time or inclination to weigh in on the Randy Johnson-to-the-Yankees trade. (Abridged version: the Yankees make...

Tuesday 4 January

Almost Fame-ous (04:59) - I should really get around to writing the obligatory Who I'd Put in the Baseball Hall of Fame If I...

Monday 3 January

The Your City Here Angels (10:42) - The Major League Baseball franchise down in Anaheim has itself a new name: The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. Really...

Wednesday 22 December

The Miller's Tale (16:45) - From our Department of Unintentionally Amusing Roster Moves: the Boston Red Sox have signed Wade Miller to a one-year contract....

Tuesday 14 December

So Much for Basking in the Glow of that World Series Title (11:55) - Well, it took about seven weeks for Red Sox fans to bring the "Oh, woe is us!" act out of...

Sunday 12 December

Is That All There Is? (09:33) - The New York Post, in its typically self-assured fashion, reports that a Tim Hudson-to-the-Dodgers deal is all but complete. Oakland's...

Tuesday 7 December

'Roid Rage (12:55) - If you happen to be one of the people who reacted to last week's not-really-all-that-surprising steroid relevations by beating your...

Wednesday 24 November

Crummy Pitchers, Begone (18:27) - Word around the campfire is that Jason Kendall is this close to becoming an Oakland Athletic, once the A's and...

Monday 15 November

Arr, Matey (21:59) - I haven't had much to say about Bobby Crosby winning the Rookie of the Year award. Maybe it's because things...

Wednesday 10 November

Secret Agent Man (23:01) - Scott Boras figures to be a very busy man in the next few weeks. The baseball agent represents Carlos Beltran,...
Maybe Next Year, He Can Go on the DL for Laryngitis (22:12) - Couple weeks back, I wrote in the comments thread here about how I was not that big a fan of...

Friday 5 November

Time Flies (23:10) - I was over at Jason's tonight, playing dice baseball. Yes, we are two grown men in our thirties, and we...

Thursday 28 October

Art Imitates Life (16:34) - Remember how I was ranting a while back about the forthcoming Americanized-version of Fever Pitch? (Short summary: Fever Pitch is...
The Best Team Money Can Buy (10:41) - Not to keep seeding the clouds to rain on the Red Sox victory parade, but... Who would you figure are...

Wednesday 27 October

Let's Go Red Sox -- And Don't Come Back (20:44) - I am thrilled that the Red Sox -- the Idiots! -- have won the World Series. I'd tell you why...
Silence of the Hams (10:03) - The World Series figures to end tonight -- Thursday, at the latest -- with the Boston Red Sox celebrating their...

Sunday 24 October

A Hothead Sounds Level-Headed (09:27) - Long-time readers of the weblog -- Jason and my wife -- know that I have little use for the managerial...

Saturday 23 October

In the Cards (14:06) - Many, many World Series prediction stories floating around out there in cyberspace. Some of the better ones: David Pinto's preview...
The Thrill of Victory, The Agony of an Early Deadline (08:31) - I work for a monthly magazine (where we are currently working on the January 2005 issue), so I know a...

Friday 22 October

Rocket Launch Aborted (12:52) - From ESPN's recap of Game Seven of the NLCS: Goat: Roger Clemens/Phil Garner. The two met at the mound to...

Thursday 21 October

Dude, Where's My Tirade? (20:17) - For those of you -- like me and Jason -- who took special delight in a Yankees loss because of...
Schadenfreude Special (10:27) - There is joy today in Red Sox Nation. For yea, the Sox have dispatched their hated foes, the Yankees. But...

Wednesday 20 October

What? You Mean There Are Rowdy Fans Outside of Oakland? (19:23) - Just in case you missed this moment from Game Six of the ALCS, here's a recap courtesy of the San...
There Are No Winners Here (12:23) - Sometime during Game Five of the American League Championship Series -- the marathon game played Monday, not the marathon game...
Why Tim McCarver Is Smarter Than You and Me (01:10) - Actual quotes from actual McCarvers, during Game Six of the ALCS: "If the Yankees go on to lose this game,...

Tuesday 19 October

Barbie's Right: Math Is Hard (16:42) - I don't know much about statistical probabilities. (Or math. Or science. Or politics. Or baseball. Or just about everything, come...
Looks at Books (15:06) - While we're on the subject of books co-authored by Bill James, I'd like to make a public suggestion for the...
Where Have All the Scuffballs Gone? (12:20) - A couple weeks back, I picked up The Neyer/James Guide to Pitchers at my friendly neighborhood big-box bookstore. Early verdict:...

Monday 18 October

God Bless "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" (17:27) - I love the seventh-inning stretch. I love "Take Me Out to the Ballgame." Even when sung with an odd German...

Monday 11 October

Time Is Not On Our Side (17:29) - At 5:11 p.m. PT, I turned on my TV, expecting to see the first pitch of the Braves-Astros finale. Instead,...

Friday 8 October

Whammy Time (12:17) - Something you probably don't know about me: I have four... oh for lack of a better word, let's call them...

Wednesday 6 October

Dodging Roger (13:35) - There seems to a general consensus among the punditry class that the Atlanta Braves face a formidable challenge today, what...

Tuesday 5 October

Jason's Playoff Predictions (10:54) - From the dead-wrong-in-public dept.: National League Dodgers-Cardinals: The Cardinals are scuffling after winning 105 games. The Dodgers scuffled into the...
Playoff Predictions (10:32) - Hastily assembled and poorly considered, here's what I think is going to happen in the playoff this year. American League...

Monday 4 October

Boof's Already Gone, Chief (10:17) - Let me explain the incredibly funny, sad, occasionally venomous piece over on Waiting for Boof. No, there is too much....

Sunday 3 October

Things We Learned (14:34) - As the season wore on, I wrote less and less about the 2004 Giants. Partially that was because of things...

Friday 1 October

Porter Potted (18:33) - Confession time: the author has not always lived and died with the exploits of the Oakland Nine. I grew up...
A Decision I Could Well Regret Around 9 p.m. Tonight (17:21) - My wife, in addition to being a kind-hearted woman, a fabulous intellect and quite the looker, also aids and abets...

Tuesday 28 September

Paying Peter By Robbing Paul (20:14) - The Montreal Expos are on the move to Washington, D.C., to become the Senators III or the Nationals or whatever...

Monday 27 September

Why, It's An Outrage! Or Not... (17:15) - As predicted, John Donovan did not print my letter pointing out that none of the things he cites as examples...

Friday 24 September

Maybe Tom Arnold Was The Intellectual on the Best Damn Sports Show Set (16:01) - So who do you think has been the most valuable player in baseball? I posed this question to my wife,...
You Can Have My Beer When You Pry The Plastic Cup From My Cold, Dead Hand (09:00) - After the chair-throwing comes the meddling -- the on-rush of pundits armed with well-meaning-but-ultimately-idiotic proposals to make sure that situations...
That Is One Crazy Cowboy (01:35) - Writing for Slate, Robert Weintraub offers a thesis about a certain cowboy who grew up a mere 18 miles from...

Thursday 23 September

You Know What? I Think I Will Mess With Texas (21:50) - (You know the bummer thing about taking a vacation, even when it's to someplace beautiful like Kauai? It takes you...

Tuesday 14 September

I Just Flew Back From Kauai... (12:06) - ... and boy are my arms tired. Over-used Henny Youngman jokes aside, I've been traipsing about the Garden Island for...

Sunday 5 September

The (Hopefully) Last Picture Show (09:58) - One of my favorite books is Fever Pitch, which I first read a few years back at the suggestion of...

Friday 3 September

Baseball Footage Sanitized For Your Protection (16:26) - I was watching the A's-White Sox game the other night on Fox Sports Net Chicago -- a situation that entitles...

Monday 30 August

The Most Subdued Walkoff Homer Ever (16:08) - Billy McMillon has 15 career home runs (13 heading into this season, two so far in 2004); none of them...
Meathead (13:07) - Today's Giants game was ugly. Ugly because of the unfortunate three-run seventh inning for the Giants, ugly because of the...

Sunday 29 August

I'm Not A Scout But I Play One On TV (21:44) - Back before I became a beloved Internet personality, I labored long and hard as a mild-mannered reporter for a series...

Tuesday 24 August

I Want One (20:14) - You are looking at an official Netherlands Olympic baseball jersey. I want one. My dutch heritage is fairly tenuous --...

Friday 20 August

D.C. Follies (06:46) - We find ourselves in Washington, D.C., at the same time that Major League Baseball is still trying to decide where...

Thursday 19 August

Taunting 101 (20:05) - The A's had just dispensed with the Baltimore Orioles, and I was sitting in Section 74 at Camden Yards, totalling...
Durazo 5, Orioles 4 (07:24) - So the wife and I took in a game at Camden Yards last night to see if the A's could...

Tuesday 17 August

Memo to the Bullpen (22:03) - Dear Scott Eyre, You may not be aware of this fact, but you are a professional in a game --...

Monday 16 August

Schadenfreude (15:22) - This was an interesting week to be a Giants fan. First came the two blown games in Pittsburgh. And let's...
Dante's Pennant Race (13:53) - "The wild card is the purgatory of the lost. It's a place souls go and wait millions of years until...

Thursday 12 August

Asked and Answered (20:44) - So Phil wonders: Iid be a lot more interested in an article that actually played out the remainder of the...
Buy Our Stuff, Random Fan! (17:19) - I'm heading out to Washington next week, one of the few times I have ever been in the Baltimore-D.C. area...
Commemorating Stupidity With Stupidity (16:49) - All right -- here's the deal. When it comes to Page 2 at ESPN.com, here's who I'll make an effort...

Tuesday 10 August

Glovetown (20:46) - Brutal. -C Wilson safe at first on error by shortstop C Ransom, R Mackowiak to third. -J Wilson reached on...
Mr. Excitement (15:21) - Today on ESPN Rob Neyer wrote about "the most exciting play in baseball" -- the point being, it's in the...

Thursday 5 August

The Man With No Name (16:44) - So as a part of his weekly baseball column on ESPN.com's Page 2, Eric Neel is asking readers to choose...

Monday 2 August

Trade Winds (10:23) - On a less despairing note... I'm not sure if the Dodgers' big trade is good or bad. (Joe Morgan says...
Not Worth It (10:12) - Games like last night's Giants-Cardinals tilt are the reason why I haven't been writing much this summer. Well, that and...

Sunday 1 August

A Farewell to Fabio (00:05) - I've been too busy -- or perhaps too indifferent -- to comment on Oakland sending Eric Karros on his way...

Saturday 31 July

Ken Macha's Very Bad No Good Terrible Day (12:18) - During the eighth inning of last night's eventually disastrous A's-Rangers affair, as pinch-hitter Kevin Mench strode to the plate to...

Thursday 29 July

Hammerin' Hank (23:09) - There are some A's fans who do not care for Hank Greenwald as the A's part-time TV announcer. Perhaps they...
Other People Do Phil's Work For Him (14:47) - Nearly every day, I will stumble across some article somewhere on the Web that I find interesting, amusing or --...

Wednesday 28 July

Rex in Effect (22:14) - Rex Hudler, the Angels' not-so-hotso color commentator, made one of those funny slips of the tongue at the end of...
The Bad Old Days (09:50) - Last week, I mentioned in passing the A's truly horrible 1979 squad. Almost on cue, the San Francisco Chronicle ran...

Tuesday 27 July

You're Not the Boss of Me (18:26) - And with this year's Hall of Fame ceremonies out of the way, we can move on to more pressing business....
Hall Monitor (16:52) - I love the Baseball Hall of Fame induction ceremonies. Love them. I love the speeches, even though there's usually a...

Monday 19 July

Cry Me a (Three) Rivers (11:58) - Word on the street is the 2006 All-Star Game is headed to Pittsburgh, which beat out San Francisco and Phoenix...

Wednesday 14 July

This One Still Sucks (18:34) - So Bud Selig decrees that the outcome of the annual All-Star Game will determine home field advantage in the World...
Fox Follies (15:20) - Because I am working away from the Los Angeles headquarters this week and thus, farther away from my TiVo than...

Tuesday 13 July

Curse Lifted For a Night (19:46) - I think it's sweet that Red Sox hitters, led by Manny Ramirez and David Ortiz, are hitting home runs in...
Roger Rage (16:29) - I'm probably missing some article somewhere, but near as I can tell, not too many sportswriters are overwhelming us with...

Monday 5 July

Revenge Is a Dish Best Served Cold (11:04) - Contretemps in yesterday's Giants-A's finale at Texas-Based Telecom Company Ballfield. Mark Mulder plunked Barry Bonds on the wrist to lead...

Saturday 3 July

I'm A Loser Baby... So Why Don't You Kill Me? (12:06) - I promise you: We are not going to make Bill Simmons our whipping boy here at the Idiot Sports Weblog...

Friday 2 July

E Tu, Sports Guy? (17:57) - So Bill Simmons is down on the Red Sox. And you would cry, too, if all this happened to you....
You Haven't Lost a Manager -- You've Gained a Fox Sports Analyst (14:06) - Look for Bob Brenly to start popping up on Fox baseball telecasts just as soon as he finishes cleaning out...

Thursday 1 July

Thou Shalt Not Bunt in the First Inning (13:39) - I have the A's-Angels game on this afternoon -- shhhhh, don't tell the boss -- and since I'm back in...

Saturday 26 June

Idiot Questions Answered by Other Idiots (20:21) - Yes, Jason, Phil saw the play of which you speak, and yes, it irritated him greatly, though not as much...
Fielder's Brain Lock (18:49) - In last night's Giants-A's tilt, there was a particularly awful A's play in the first inning. I'm sure Phil was...
If A Trade Happens Outside of the Bronx, Does It Make a Sound? (14:25) - One last thought about this whole Carlos Beltran today for the one or two Idiot Sports Weblog readers I haven't...

Thursday 24 June

Drama (21:32) - All told, it was a pretty good day to go see a game. The game itself, an oddball 4 pm...
Giant Hubbub (12:20) - Three in a row against the Dodgers. A game and a half lead in the I-got-it-you-take-it NL west. Who are...

Wednesday 23 June

This Bites (01:22) - Here's yet another fun-filled Sign That God Hates the San Diego Padres (number 3,427 of a series): The Padres had...

Tuesday 22 June

Gagne With a Spoon (20:45) - When the ninth inning began last night with Guillermo Mota on the mound rather than Eric Gagne, I began to...

Friday 18 June

At Least We're Still Six Games Out In Front of the Arizona Dicks (23:05) - I'm pretty sure I'd never watched a complete Toronto Blue Jays game before tonight. We don't see or hear much...

Thursday 17 June

Arthur, Too, On the Rocks (16:22) - Got home from work last night, just in time to watch Arthur Rhodes -- proof positive that just because you've...

Sunday 13 June

23 Innings: TiVo Tips (11:03) - When you're watching a double-extra-inning doubleheader, use 21st-century technology as a viewing aid. Record both games. Don't start watching the...

Tuesday 8 June

Puka Shells (23:13) - Lou Piniella tried to shake Jerome Williams by getting him to remove his puka shell necklace during today's game. Nice...
We Heard It There First (21:39) - Me and The Other Guy who posts stuff here spent Sunday afternoon at Sabermetrics Day at the A's, a joint...
Lurie to Naimoli to Shinn to Shorenstein to McGowan (17:49) - The Giants are playing in Tampa (okay, St. Petersburg -- should they change the name to Leningrad just to be...

Friday 4 June

Zzzzzzzzzzzzz (00:22) - I haven't written about the Giants a lot lately. One reason is that I was gone for two weeks; another...

Thursday 3 June

Anger Management (19:09) - Of course, there was more to Tuesday night's Dodger game than random celebrity spottings. Because Tuesday's game will also go...
Celebrities Walk Among Us (14:18) - Among the CDs in my pitifully small collection is an album called The Main Event, a Frank Sinatra-in-concert album in...

Tuesday 1 June

On The Other Hand, I Could Probably Use It To Smuggle In A Six Pack (10:38) - This Christmas, for the first time ever, I became the owner of an official Major League Baseball fitted cap. Ive...

Sunday 30 May

Bad Luck Charm (19:36) - So I leave the Bay Area for two weeks, and what happens? The Giants bob up above .500 and go...

Wednesday 19 May

The Reflexes of A Cat... A Fat, Slow-Witted Cat (12:07) - Between 2001 and 2003, I had a 20-game season ticket package for bleacher seats at the Oakland Colisuem. That means...

Friday 14 May

Horror Story (Pirates 4, Giants 2) (21:50) - Tonight's Giants game has been a horror show on so many levels that I half expect to see Vincent Price...
Take Me Out To... Error! Error! Kill All The Hu-mans! (10:02) - I forgot the wackiest part of yesterday's Giants-Phillies game: "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" was sung by -- get...

Thursday 13 May

Keep It Close, Lose With Dignity (16:18) - Another day at the ballpark, this time courtesy of my generous employer, and Barry's total stats in games I've attended...

Monday 10 May

The Realm of Rikkert (11:33) - I've got less than a week until my big international trip, the first time I've been away from North America's...

Friday 7 May

New Giants Offensive Strategy (21:04) - Great event tonight. Eighth inning, man on second. Neifi Perez is up, with Kirk Rueter to follow. What does Felipe...

Wednesday 5 May

Ken Singleton: Simpleton (20:42) - The MLB Extra Innings curse continues, as, for the fifth consecutive Oakland-New York game in a row, we're getting the...
The Can of Worms Remains Unopened (19:49) - So Derek Jeter's got a stomach virus, keeping him out of tonight's Oakland meltdown. Enrique Wilson is making the start...
Pots and Kettles (13:00) - I admit that I am often a skeptic, but I am a little surprised by the incredible vitriol in response...

Tuesday 4 May

Ken Macha: Outwitted by Chimps (22:10) - Ken, Ken, Ken, Ken. You are down 9-8 against New York. Theoretically, you can still tie the game up with...

Sunday 2 May

J.T. Snow, Speed Demon (Giants 6, Marlins 3) (17:39) - My wife and daughter joined me Saturday for our first Giants game of the season as a family. Another sunny,...
An Out's As Good As a Hit? (15:46) - There's been a lot of blather about "productive outs" lately, thanks, in large part, to an article by ESPN's Buster...

Thursday 29 April

You Can Take the Geek Out of San Francisco... (16:05) - No longer content to post Weblog items from the comfort of Greg Moonman Minton Memorial Stadium, fellow Idiot Jason has...

Monday 26 April

Giants Enemies Rejoice - Xeixi Nation Arrives! (20:21) - At last, the Giants have made their terrible April complete by calling up Deivi Cruz from the minors. This gives...
Take That, Fired Guy! (16:09) - Yes, I'm more than willing to gripe about myopic East Coasters who treat the Red Sox-Yankee rivalry as the center...

Friday 23 April

Smart Women Write About Sports (16:14) - Since if Phil did it some might accuse him of nepotism (but not mediocrity!), let me be the one to...

Thursday 22 April

Notes From a Drubbing (23:25) - My wife and I went to the Giants-Padres game today. It was unpleasant. No, not the day. It was a...
Fantasy Baseball, She Is a Cruel Mistress (16:00) - Jason and I co-own a fantasy baseball team in an online head-to-head league. "How does that work," you may be...

Wednesday 21 April

That Monkey Is Trouble! (16:06) - When it comes to experiencing a baseball game live and in person, I'm something of a purist -- and a...

Tuesday 20 April

Things That Go Balk in the Night (17:18) - Boy, I tell you, nothing like devoting four-and-a-half, five hours to watching a baseball game when you should be spending...

Saturday 17 April

Friday Night Pitchers' Duel (09:49) - Great game last night. Perez versus Schmidt, and despite being a tad shaky at first, Schmidt appears to be the...

Friday 16 April

Move Over, Glowing Hockey Puck -- You've Got Company (15:23) - While we're on the subject of Fox and its apparent plans to become an NESN or YES affiliate with its...
Ready for Prime Time? (14:59) - Major League Baseball makes a rare regular season prime-time appearance on one of the broadcast networks tonight, when Fox televises...

Wednesday 14 April

Is There No Gratitude? (17:39) - So I buy Phil a $25 upper box ticket to a ball game, let him skip out on three hours...
I'm Posting This With a Sneaker Phone! (17:28) - Remember that Sports Illustrated commercial from a few years back -- the one in which the complimentary gift to new...
Giants Split-Squad Loses! (15:46) - Well, that was an unfortunate game. Two two-out rallies and no runners past second base save the one forced by...

Tuesday 13 April

Walking Around The Park (14:36) - Due to a ticket snafu, I had to walk down to XYZ Park this afternoon to pick up my tickets...

Monday 12 April

How to Pitch to Happy Pete (10:13) - It's nice to know that although I think I am alone, sitting on my couch watching Giants games, I am...

Sunday 11 April

Spacious Petco (13:45) - After watching two games at Petco Park, I have come to realize that it's going to take some getting used...

Thursday 8 April

The Biggest Habitat for Humanity Project Ever (18:39) - So on the TeeVee mailing list today we were talking about the opening of Petco Park, since many of we...
Putting the 'Fun' in 'Fundraising' (17:47) - So a while back, the Infinite Monkeys blog -- your primary source for uncomfortable and awkward obsessions with conservative radio...
Barry Bonds, the Forgotten Man (14:22) - So I'm sitting here watching the third inning of the Angels-Mariners tilt, and Steve "Let the Celebration Begin!" Physioc of...
Idiotic Predictions (10:33) - Sure, I may not write much, but at least I'm willing to put my reputation on the line by making...
Ross, Ross -- Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me (09:38) - One other note about the Dodgers, a melancholy one that saddens me as much as learning that one of my...
Petco, Pittsburgh, Pac Bell (08:56) - The SF Chronicle's John King wrote a front-page piece about Petco Park today. I always enjoy architecture discussions of baseball...

Wednesday 7 April

When's Dodger Stadium Getting a BART Station? (21:55) - Jason's right -- I haven't been writing much lately. I've had a lot of projects, both on the clock and...
Boo Hoo - Rastros Fear Torches (15:51) - William C. Rhoden of the New York Times has it exactly right: "Mays has stature. If he wants to meet...
He's in the Dodger Stadium Parking Lot (13:43) - I'm sure some of the three loyal Idiots Write About Sports readers (there will be more, one day, once the...
Giant Neifis and Giant TVs (10:40) - I watched the game last night on my new gigantic TV set, bought with some of my ill-gotten gains from...

Tuesday 6 April

Marco! Scutaro! (00:04) - My wife has really turned into a baseball fan. Which is impressive, because when we met she was not interested...

Saturday 3 April

Voice of the Home Team (19:59) - Last night's Giants-A's preseason tilt was broadcast live from XYZ Park by KICU (Slogan: "Action 36!" because "KTVU's Sloppy Seconds"...

Friday 2 April

Waiting for Barry (17:45) - If there's a consensus in the picks for the NL West this year, it's that there's no consensus. Some people...

Sunday 29 February

The Passion of the Sox (00:45) - And he shall be called Wonderful Counsellor, Prince of Peace... and the Starting Center Fielder for Your Boston Red Sox....

Wednesday 25 February

Confidential to Jim Caple (10:00) - You know that thing I wrote yesterday about how it's funny to repeat the same Steve Bartman joke over and...

Tuesday 24 February

Yesterday's Jokes Today! (16:19) - Actual letters to actual sports Web sites: Dear ESPN.com: In his Feb. 24, 2004 column on spring training, Jim Caple...

Monday 23 February

Stupid Questions for Stupid First Basemen (16:27) - ESPN.com's "10 Burning Questions" features an interview with Jason Giambi, one of two players I would boo even if he...

Tuesday 17 February

The Babe Ruth of Cliche-Miesters (17:11) - You have to possess a special flair of hyperventilating overstatement to cover sports for one of the New York tabloids,...
Yankees, Go Home (13:33) - [One of my New Year's resolutions was to spend less time talking about all the many articles I was going...

Tuesday 16 December

Your Starting Giants Right Fielder... (14:50) - Mr. Sabean welcomes you to Pacific Bell Park, the most beautiful park west of Pittsburgh. Mr. Sabean would like you...

Tuesday 14 October

Sayings From Chairman Psycho (09:08) - I can't say for certain that Steve Lyons is the worst sports broadcaster in the English-speaking world -- perhaps...

Thursday 2 October

Sleepy, Sleepy Red Sox (09:08) - Why did the Red Sox lose two games in Oakland this week? Easy: they were sleepy due to the...

Tuesday 30 September

Angels With Dirty Faces (And Flush Bank Accounts) (11:09) - While we're on the subject of A.L. Western Division foes put to the sword by my beloved Oakland Athletics,...
The Story Behind the Non-Story (09:10) - Pat Gillick resigned as the Seattle Mariners general manager today. The wire story makes reference to his long front-office...

Thursday 18 September

Clinchball Fever -- Catch It! (22:24) - The National League West Champion and defending National League Champion San Francisco Giants clinched the division last night. And so...

Friday 12 September

I'd Rather Be Lucky Than Good (18:36) - CNNSi's John Donovan thinks a reliever is going to win the National League Cy Young Award. He's probably right. But...

Tuesday 9 September

Macha-nations (17:25) - The jury is still out on what kind of manager Ken Macha will be -- good, bad, or Bowa-esque --...

Friday 5 September

Stark Contrast (15:23) - A show of hands from anyone from Bristol, Connecticut in the house this evening? On August 22, I wrote mean...
What's French for 'Are You Freakin' Nuts?' (09:42) - Bill Plaschke -- the overly maudlin columnist for the Los Angeles Times -- thinks that Eric Gagne should be the...

Thursday 4 September

Godzilla Versus Megahype (17:34) - Until the Baseball Writers Association of America starts handing out postseason award votes to guys with Weblogs, I don't have...
Bowa Arrows (16:06) - Hey, remember when I suggested that Larry Bowa's "fiery" personality may not be the positive managerial trait his defenders say...

Sunday 31 August

Speed Kills (21:45) - The A's don't run -- that's what robotic play-by-play announcers like to say anyhow, and they must know something because...

Saturday 30 August

White Sox to New York: Drop Dead (12:43) - Every columnist at one time or another writes a clip-and-save story that comes back to haunt him. For Joel Sherman...

Tuesday 26 August

Road Hazard? (21:54) - SI.com's John Donovan pooh-poohs the A's chances of making the playoffs. His conclusion -- don't necessarily count on Oakland landing...

Friday 22 August

Bowa Constrictor (19:32) - USA Today's Hal Bodley reports that Phillies manager Larry Bowa is feeling a might bit grumpy these days. You'd be...

Thursday 21 August

Pedro Diagnosed With Clemens Disease (13:07) - Hmmm.... sounds like a case of Oakland-itis combined with a severe outbreak of the chickenshits. UPDATE: Blasted Snell. Blasted, Web-savvy...

Tuesday 19 August

The Great Bonds (23:58) - How appropriate that on the day that the dumbass Phil Rogers once again flogged Albert Pujols as the true MVP...

Monday 18 August

A's Roster Madness (12:28) - Baseball Prospectus' Triple Play column hits the A's today. It's absolutely right, with a few observations from someone who's seen...

Friday 15 August

Shoeless Pete (16:25) - Pete Rose, Joe Jackson, and why they don't equate.

Thursday 14 August

The Not Nearly-So-Incredible Foulke (16:10) - And today, Keith Foulke drives on the sidewalk -- and takes out a couple of pedestrians. Yes, Foulke blew the...

Tuesday 12 August

The Incredible Foulke (22:53) - No driving on the sidewalk by Keith Foulke tonight. With the A's up 5-3, the Oakland closer was brought in...

Monday 11 August

Fraudulent Disabled List (14:47) - I'm a Giants fan, but even I am a bit skeptical about the team's use of the Disabled List this...

Sunday 10 August

Closer Mental Block Redux (15:49) - Who's that driving on the sidewalk this afternoon, as I sit in my backyard, work on what will undoubtedly be...
Bowie Knifed (10:32) - Every season, it seems, when some hapless team throws in the towel and begins selling off its players for a...

Saturday 9 August

Credit Where Credit Is Due (23:29) - The "driving on the sidewalk" save which Jason mentioned is a term coined neither by Jason nor myself. Rather, it...

Friday 8 August

Closers, Not Savers (14:50) - Today, David Pinto muses, "Sometimes I think these closers can't pitch unless they come on in the ninth with the...

Wednesday 6 August

Sorry, Sir Sidney (22:13) - Tough break for Ponson tonight in his Giants debut. Skated out of trouble a few times -- and made a...

Monday 4 August

"I'm Coming, Sandy!" (16:13) - Phil announced today that he purchased, for the low price of 99 cents, the theme to Sanford and Son on...
Getcher Team Here (13:26) - Great item from David Pinto about the act of selling off players. While I'm not convinced that selling off players...

Monday 30 June

More Giants-A's Annoyances (14:02) - In perhaps the most meaningless statistical notation ever, someone -- either the Fox announcers or the idiot Chronicle writers --...

Tuesday 15 April

Proof that Greg Papa Doesn't Watch Much ESPN Classic (11:38) - Actual conversation from an actual Oakland Athletics telecasts, as Chris Singleton legs out an infield single and momentarily mulls turning...