Defensive Indifference

Good news for Fish fans. It looks like the Marlins and the City of Miami are finally going agree to a deal for the construction of a baseball stadium. This has been something the Marlins have been demanding since they were founded, it seems like, and for the last few years rumors have […]

If the screenshot below looks familiar, then you’re probably a Red Sox fan who knows the plight of trying to score tickets to see the Olde Towne Team at home all too well. In the wake of a second title in four years, 2008 might just be the worst year yet.

Seeing a game at […]

From the Examiner (and via the BBTF Newsblog) comes a disturbing bit of news on the brand spanking new $670 million stadium being built on the banks of the Anacostia River in Southeast DC. An electrician from Maryland hung a noose at the work site this week, heightening what is already an apparently tense racial […]

If you hadn’t already figured it out, the week from Christmas to New Year’s Day is officially the slowest week in the baseball world. It’s the only sport truly in the midst of its offseason. Finally, there’s something interesting to report, though. The A’s are officially in rebuilding mode.
Billy Beane followed up the Dan Haren […]

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 […]

As a resident of D.C., allow me to say, no team should ever have to play in RFK Stadium, and I’m sure the Nationals are glad to be taking up residence on the banks of the Anacostia (a feat in its own right).

That said, I’m guessing the Nats didn’t appreciate this:
The infield in Washington’s new […]