Her fairy tale romance with baseball superstud David Eckstein culminated in their engagement last year. She started planning the wedding she’d always dreamed about, and rejoiced as everything fell into neatly into place. Everything, that is, except for the music. “ Planning my wedding was such an enjoyable experience,” says the cute and adorable young […]

Why do they call it the “Hot Stove League”? The only thing that’s hot about New York in December is what’s going on between the mattress and the quilt in my bedroom! The thought of my husband playing catch with our kids while wearing a Santa outfit makes me so horny, I can hardly contain […]

Hello once again to my American Frankyboys, this is 1999 Liege-Bastogne-Liege Champion Frank Vandenbroucke writing once again to talk to you about the subject of baseball. But that is enough about me for the moment, for there is not enough space to provide further detail of my plentiful sporting accomplishments because my mind is occupied […]

This year’s balloting promises to be the most hotly contested MVP race in years. As the calendar turned to September, nothing remotely close to a consensus pick had emerged. MVP discussions raged on throughout the entire year. Fans and journalists were changing their minds faster than Paris Hilton changes her mind about who she marries. […]

Meal:Lunch at Cunetto House of Pasta, St. Louis Date: October 13 (afternoon before Game 2 of the NLCS) Comments: Beef Parmesan with Garlic Angel Hair Pasta ($16.95) was a true winner, much like the 2004-5 Houston Astros. The delightful flavors of the red sauce mixed well with the very tender sauteed beef cube steak. The […]

[ed: In this new Yard Work feature, two baseball personalities go head-to-head over a series of timely discussion topics. The participants are presented with a statement and are asked to respond to it by either agreeing (FACT) or disagreeing (FICTION), along with an explanation of their thought processes. In this week’s installment, ex-Devil Ray GM […]

Breathe easy. Breathe easy. We’re in the playoffs. After a week of biting my nails in front of the TiVo, David Ortiz’s heroics, and late-night panic sessions on the phone with Dad, we made it. We made it. Now can somebody explain to me why the Yankees won the AL pennant even though they had […]

Editor’s note: Colorado Rockies rookie Clint Barmes has been keeping a regular diary throughout the 2005 season. Earlier this month, he rejoined the team after three months on the disabled list with a broken clavicle. Continuing from Part II, published this past August, we are pleased to bring you further excerpts from the diary of […]

Quand j’ai decouvert que les Expos allaient quitter Montreal, j’etais un peu triste. Oh, excusez-moi you bitchez, I have just been told dat everything on this site must be written en anglais. This is typical of you intolerant Americans who have no respect for ze culture and people of Quebec. I was saying dat I […]

As the proud representatives for 34 percent of America’s dairy farmers, we would like to take the time to briefly address baseball fans across the nation . A troubling level of dairy intolerance is sweeping Major League Baseball, culminating in the unfortunate suspension of a milk-loving batboy for reasons that our organization feels are completely […]