People call the World Series the “Fall Classic” and classics like the first two games of this “Fall Classic” make it clear why they call it the “Fall Classic.” We have seen great fundamental baseball by the Chicago White Sox, maybe the best bunting team in the American League since the early ’60s. But the […]

Dear John, So this is it. Thirteen years as a general manager coming to an end. I can hardly believe it. Never let it go unsaid that you have done an incredible job with Texas — not to mention all of those years in Cleveland — and I speak for the entire network of baseball […]

New York Yankees vs. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim TS: Aaron Small or Gary Cherone? Lucky — yes. Pretty — no. Fucking old — yes and yes again. (Shawn Chacon is Nunu Bettencourt, reason enough for those pinstripes to don vanity license plates.) The Yanks en largesse are tres Bon Jovi, proof positive on both […]

The other day I pointed out the latest example of Barry Bonds’ selfish, callous behavior. When asked what the government should do about steroids, Bonds had the audacity to shield his Macy’s Thanksgiving Day-sized head behind Hurricane Katrina. “We’re the United States. We have a crisis here that everybody needs to start contributing to. Not […]

Editor’s Note: After Tuesday’s loss to the Anaheim Angels, which officially ended Oakland’s season, A’s General Manager Billy Beane asked to say a few words to the team. Below is a transcript of his speech, a Yard Work exclusive. “Hey Kenny, can I say a few words? I’m gonna talk now, okay? Okay. “It’s been […]

Rk Hottie Comment 1 Paul Daugherty Though he looks like he walked out of a Sears ad for Oxford shirts, there’s nothing dull about our man in Cincinnati. When someone can make you care about Brandon Claussen, imagine what he could do with IM sex! 2 Rob Neyer Late at night, Rob suddenly stumbles upon […]

Rk Hottie Comment 1 David Wright There is no other. Thick thighs, round ass, a hint of a paunch and a smile that could talk us into anything. Just try, Davey, we dare you! 2 Grady Sizemore A face soft like velour and cheekbones high like another double yanked to the gap. That 6.4 WARP […]

Tonight in Anaheim, Cy Young candidate Bartolo Colon will face the Detroit Tigers with the opportunity to not only win 20 games for the first time in his career, but to unravel 31 years of one of baseball’s greatest conspiracies. As my previously published investigation uncovered, the California Angels, Cleveland Indians, San Diego Padres and […]

Wilmington, Delaware, is decked in brick red, an insurance capital clad in provincial reassurance. The luxury condos jut from the ground where lighthouses once stood, the sea no longer a hub for anything but oil and lost dreams — its sandy borders home to silkscreen and rollerblades, ATVs and MTVs, the soft laughter of a […]