Defensive Indifference

Rays pitcher Al Reyes had a pretty rough night last night. Courtesy of the AP:
TAMPA, Fla. — Tampa Bay Rays pitcher Al Reyes was shocked with a stun gun and arrested early Friday after police say he fell against a ceramic pot in a bar, got up and picked a fight with a […]

Between Jay Mariotti and Hawk Harrelson, things related to the White Sox pretty much drive me crazy, but this marketing campaign is pretty good.
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HT: Ozzie Guillen Swears at Small Children [FanHaus via Big League Stew]

It’s no secret how we feel about Dusty Baker around these parts. His tactical incompetence knows no bounds, and Wednesday was more proof.
Here’s the situation. The Reds are down two runs in the ninth inning against Arizona and they get their first two runners on. Edwin Encarnacion, a fine young hitter with decent pop, strides […]

I’ve been gorging myself all day on baseball, and despite Mother Nature throwing a wrench into the proverbial gears early on it’s turned into a pretty enjoyable day of games, with a couple going into extra innings. You know the baseball season’s officially underway when Eric Gagné blows his first save. Instead of […]

It was only a matter of time until everyone’s favorite blubbering idiot jumped into the ongoing Yankees-Rays spring training brouhaha. Mr. Hankie had this laughable suggestion for all you mid- to small-market to not-completely-money-engorged franchises out there:
“I don’t want these teams in general to forget who subsidizes a lot of them, and it’s the […]

Apologies to the comic that I’ve never heard of who I saw on Comedy Central and stole the joke for that headline from, but I’m raging right now. Yes, Dusty Baker finally did it, folks. It took him like a couple of weeks and tons of scrounging amongst the refuse of the free agent market, […]