Defensive Indifference

According to Baseball Prospectus’ John Perrotto, Red Sox catcher Jason Varitek will sign a two-year contract extension worth around $20 million that would keep the backstop in Boston through 2010, at which point he plans to retire from the game.

Varitek is viewed by many as the backbone of the current Sox teams that have achieved […]

So it appears that the Blue Jays and Cardinals will be swapping aging third basemen soon, assuming Glaus and Rolen pass their physicals on Monday. This trade is pretty interesting—it’s not often you see potentially All-Star caliber players at the same position traded straight up. Of course, both Glaus and Rolen had serious issues […]

When they release the Criterion Collection version of ‘Major League,’ I hope one of the special features is an alternate ending that tracks the 2008 Marlins. There’s no doubt now after the Miguel Cabrera deal that Florida owner Jeffrey Loria is deliberately trying to execute fictional Indians owner Rachel Phelps plan: “Looking at a small […]

From the always valuable, and occasionally hilarious, ESPN.com winter meetings blog:
…[S]ome people in the organization want to see GM Jim Hendry pursue a trade for the Angels’ Chone Figgins, a switch-hitter. But the Cubs probably don’t have what it takes to land Figgins. The Angels value Figgins so highly, one person with ties to the […]

But he probably should. It seems like every month I come across a story about Mavericks owner Mark Cuban wanting to buy the Cubs, who are actually for sale at the moment.
“Going to a game at Wrigley Field is something unique and special,” Cuban said.
The Mavericks owner said he hadn’t filed any […]

Far be it from me to besmirch the memory of the greatest Jewish pitcher of all-time, one of the top two Jewish baseball players of all-time (including the original Hebrew Hammer and a man deserving of the name Hank, Hank Greenberg), and probably one of the top ten Jewish athletes since Jesus (walking on water […]