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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... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

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... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

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... | 0 Trackbacks | 2 Comments

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.... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

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... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

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... | 0 Trackbacks | 1 Comments

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... | 0 Trackbacks | 6 Comments

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.... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

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... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

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... | 0 Trackbacks | 2 Comments

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... | 0 Trackbacks | 1 Comments

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... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

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,... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

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.... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

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... | 0 Trackbacks | 2 Comments
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... | 0 Trackbacks | 4 Comments

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... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

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... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

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... | 0 Trackbacks | 3 Comments

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... | 0 Trackbacks | 3 Comments

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,... | 0 Trackbacks | 4 Comments

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... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

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... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

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... | 0 Trackbacks | 7 Comments

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... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

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?... | 0 Trackbacks | 1 Comments
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... | 0 Trackbacks | 1 Comments

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... | 0 Trackbacks | 3 Comments

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... | 0 Trackbacks | 1 Comments

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... | 0 Trackbacks | 1 Comments

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... | 0 Trackbacks | 3 Comments

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... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

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... | 0 Trackbacks | 3 Comments

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... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

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... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

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.... | 0 Trackbacks | 1 Comments

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... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

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... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

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... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

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,... | 0 Trackbacks | 4 Comments

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... | 0 Trackbacks | 2 Comments

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... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

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... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

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... | 0 Trackbacks | 1 Comments
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... | 0 Trackbacks | 1 Comments
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... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

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... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

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... | 0 Trackbacks | 2 Comments
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,... | 0 Trackbacks | 6 Comments
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... | 0 Trackbacks | 1 Comments
Guh? (18:52) - Did I just witness Jermaine Dye -- he of the 31 home runs this season -- try to bunt his... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
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 --... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

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... | 0 Trackbacks | 1 Comments

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) --... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

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... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

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... | 0 Trackbacks | 2 Comments

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... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

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... | 0 Trackbacks | 8 Comments

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... | 0 Trackbacks | 5 Comments

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... | 0 Trackbacks | 1 Comments

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... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

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... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

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... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

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... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

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... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

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... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

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.... | 0 Trackbacks | 2 Comments

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... | 0 Trackbacks | 2 Comments

Monday 1 August

And the Socrates Memorial "I Ingested What?" Award Goes to... (11:25) - ...Rafael Palmeiro.... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

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... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
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... | 0 Trackbacks | 4 Comments

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... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

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... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

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... | 0 Trackbacks | 1 Comments

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... | 0 Trackbacks | 5 Comments
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... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

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. I�m not really... | 0 Trackbacks | 3 Comments
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... | 1 Trackbacks | 4 Comments

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... | 0 Trackbacks | 1 Comments

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... | 0 Trackbacks | 6 Comments
Monstrous (03:46) - No, I haven't been posting much lately. Yes, I feel like a schmuck about it. The crippling injury you already... | 0 Trackbacks | 3 Comments

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... | 0 Trackbacks | 3 Comments

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.... | 0 Trackbacks | 3 Comments

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... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

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... | 0 Trackbacks | 4 Comments

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,... | 0 Trackbacks | 1 Comments

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"... | 0 Trackbacks | 1 Comments

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... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

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... | 0 Trackbacks | 3 Comments

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... | 0 Trackbacks | 2 Comments

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... | 0 Trackbacks | 4 Comments

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... | 0 Trackbacks | 1 Comments

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... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
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... | 0 Trackbacks | 3 Comments
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... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

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... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

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... | 0 Trackbacks | 2 Comments
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... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
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... | 0 Trackbacks | 6 Comments

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... | 0 Trackbacks | 4 Comments

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... | 0 Trackbacks | 5 Comments

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,... | 0 Trackbacks | 4 Comments
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... | 0 Trackbacks | 3 Comments

Tuesday 15 March

Peter Angelos Has a Plan for Besting the Nationals... (15:10) - ... and according to Ball-Wonk, it relies heavily on Hessians.... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
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... | 0 Trackbacks | 4 Comments

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.... | 0 Trackbacks | 2 Comments

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... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

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... | 0 Trackbacks | 3 Comments

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... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

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... | 0 Trackbacks | 1 Comments

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.... | 0 Trackbacks | 4 Comments
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... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

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... | 0 Trackbacks | 5 Comments

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... | 0 Trackbacks | 1 Comments

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.... | 0 Trackbacks | 3 Comments

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... | 0 Trackbacks | 3 Comments

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... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

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... | 1 Trackbacks | 9 Comments

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... | 0 Trackbacks | 5 Comments

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,... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

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... | 0 Trackbacks | 2 Comments

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... | 0 Trackbacks | 2 Comments

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... | 1 Trackbacks | 3 Comments

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... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

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... | 0 Trackbacks | 1 Comments

Monday 17 January

Una Gran Serie de Historias sobre B�isbol (21:53) - Since I spend a lot of time here -- too much time, really -- ripping apart stories that offend my... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

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... | 0 Trackbacks | 1 Comments

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... | 0 Trackbacks | 1 Comments

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... | 0 Trackbacks | 6 Comments

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... | 0 Trackbacks | 1 Comments

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.... | 0 Trackbacks | 2 Comments

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... | 0 Trackbacks | 5 Comments

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... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

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... | 0 Trackbacks | 1 Comments

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... | 0 Trackbacks | 3 Comments

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... | 0 Trackbacks | 4 Comments

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,... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
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... | 0 Trackbacks | 2 Comments

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... | 0 Trackbacks | 9 Comments

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... | 0 Trackbacks | 4 Comments
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... | 0 Trackbacks | 2 Comments

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... | 0 Trackbacks | 1 Comments
Silence of the Hams (10:03) - The World Series figures to end tonight -- Thursday, at the latest -- with the Boston Red Sox celebrating their... | 0 Trackbacks | 7 Comments

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... | 0 Trackbacks | 2 Comments

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... | 0 Trackbacks | 2 Comments
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... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

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... | 0 Trackbacks | 1 Comments

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... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
Schadenfreude Special (10:27) - There is joy today in Red Sox Nation. For yea, the Sox have dispatched their hated foes, the Yankees. But... | 0 Trackbacks | 1 Comments

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... | 0 Trackbacks | 4 Comments
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... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
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,... | 0 Trackbacks | 7 Comments

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... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
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... | 0 Trackbacks | 2 Comments
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:... | 0 Trackbacks | 6 Comments

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... | 0 Trackbacks | 2 Comments

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,... | 3 Comments

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... | 0 Trackbacks | 6 Comments

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... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

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... | 0 Trackbacks | 1 Comments
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... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

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.... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

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... | 0 Trackbacks | 5 Comments

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... | 0 Trackbacks | 5 Comments
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... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

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... | 0 Trackbacks | 2 Comments

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... | 0 Trackbacks | 3 Comments

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,... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
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... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
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... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

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... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

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... | 0 Trackbacks | 5 Comments

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... | 0 Trackbacks | 7 Comments

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... | 0 Trackbacks | 6 Comments

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... | 0 Trackbacks
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... | 1 Trackbacks | 5 Comments

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... | 0 Trackbacks | 2 Comments

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 --... | 0 Trackbacks | 5 Comments

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... | 0 Trackbacks | 4 Comments

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... | 0 Trackbacks
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... | 0 Trackbacks | 1 Comments

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 --... | 0 Trackbacks

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... | 0 Trackbacks
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... | 0 Trackbacks

Thursday 12 August

Asked and Answered (20:44) - So Phil wonders: I�d be a lot more interested in an article that actually played out the remainder of the... | 0 Trackbacks
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... | 0 Trackbacks | 4 Comments
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... | 0 Trackbacks

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... | 0 Trackbacks
Mr. Excitement (15:21) - Today on ESPN Rob Neyer wrote about "the most exciting play in baseball" -- the point being, it's in the... | 0 Trackbacks

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... | 0 Trackbacks | 1 Comments

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... | 0 Trackbacks | 2 Comments
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... | 0 Trackbacks

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... | 0 Trackbacks

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... | 0 Trackbacks
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 --... | 0 Trackbacks | 1 Comments

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... | 0 Trackbacks
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... | 0 Trackbacks | 3 Comments

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.... | 0 Trackbacks | 4 Comments
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... | 0 Trackbacks

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... | 0 Trackbacks | 5 Comments

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... | 0 Trackbacks | 1 Comments
Fox Follies (15:20) - Because I am working away from the Los Angeles headquarters this week and thus, farther away from my TiVo than... | 0 Trackbacks

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... | 0 Trackbacks
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... | 0 Trackbacks

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... | 0 Trackbacks | 4 Comments

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... | 0 Trackbacks | 2 Comments

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.... | 0 Trackbacks | 2 Comments
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... | 1 Comments

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... | 3 Comments

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... | 1 Comments

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... | 2 Comments

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... | 1 Comments

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... | 2 Comments

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... | 1 Comments
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. I’ve... | 4 Comments

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... | 1 Comments

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... | 2 Comments

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... | 2 Comments

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... | 0 Trackbacks

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... | 0 Trackbacks

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... | 4 Comments
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... | 1 Trackbacks

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,... | 0 Trackbacks
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... | 2 Trackbacks
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... | 1 Comments

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... | 0 Trackbacks

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... | 0 Trackbacks
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... | 0 Trackbacks

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... | 1 Comments

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... | 0 Trackbacks
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... | 2 Comments
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... | 0 Trackbacks

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... | 0 Trackbacks

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... | 0 Trackbacks

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... | 0 Trackbacks

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... | 0 Trackbacks
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... | 5 Comments
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... | 0 Trackbacks
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... | 0 Trackbacks

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... | 4 Comments
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... | 0 Trackbacks
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... | 0 Trackbacks
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... | 1 Trackbacks

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... | 0 Trackbacks

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"... | 0 Trackbacks

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... | 0 Trackbacks

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.... | 1 Comments

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... | 0 Trackbacks

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... | 0 Trackbacks

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... | 0 Trackbacks

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... | 0 Trackbacks

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,... | 0 Trackbacks
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... | 0 Trackbacks

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... | 0 Trackbacks

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... | 1 Comments

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... | 1 Comments
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... | 0 Trackbacks

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... | 0 Trackbacks

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... | 0 Trackbacks

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... | 0 Trackbacks

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... | 1 Comments

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... | 0 Trackbacks

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... | 0 Trackbacks
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... | 0 Trackbacks

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 --... | 0 Trackbacks

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... | 0 Trackbacks