Listen, it wasn’t my fault. I might be in the minor leagues now, but somehow security still lets major-league assholes into the games, and that’s not my responsibility. Playing for the Long Island Ducks is one of the proudest moments of my life — right up there with saving that Negro baby from falling into […]
Continue reading →Hey Redheads, Eric Milton here. I’m trying to be upbeat after last night’s non-win (see!), and it’s tough. I’ll admit that I haven’t pitched my best this year, but baseball’s a hard sport! And I’m pretty sure that at least 110% of the hitters I’ve been facing have been on st3r01ds, so there’s that to […]
Continue reading →George Steinbrenner is the greatest fantasy owner I have ever played with. I’ve been in a few leagues with George, and he’s the sort of owner who always has an eye on the waiver wire, and is ruthless when it comes to trades. Why do I mention that? Because it seems like George’s reign might […]
Continue reading →Editor’s Note: While the New York Times‘ George Vecsey is not a member of the Baseball Tonight family, we are big fans of his at ESPN. When he mentioned in passing at Elaine’s that he had lots of material from his George W. Bush interview about the Washington Nationals that went unused in the Times, […]
Continue reading →To no one’s surprise, the atmosphere in the Yankees’ front office can be charitably described as hostile. Holed up in his Tampa cabana like a latter-day Col. Kurtz, George Steinbrenner is about to drop the axe; the only question is whose neck will be on the stump. Mel Stottlemyre is the obvious martyr, but pitching […]
Continue reading →Harold Reynolds: In the latest installment of our ongoing discussion on hitting, Joe and I are going to get into the whole on-base percentage craze, and discuss what it means — as a hitter — to walk. Joe Morgan: It’s very telling that the people talking about on-base percentage are the people who have never […]
Continue reading →Welcome to the end of week four of the young baseball season, I’m Chris Berman and I hope you’re enjoying your Saturday afternoon. There are a lot of questions entering week five as we move into May … can the White Sox build on their torrid start? … are the Yankees in danger of missing […]
Continue reading →White Sox general manager Kenny Williams has developed a less than stellar reputation for trading during his tenure with the team, thanks in large part to a series of deals with the Oakland A’s, most recently one that dealt away closer Keith Foulke, an anchor of the 2004 World Series champion Red Sox team. But […]
Continue reading →My big story of Thursday in the Bigs? Greg Zaun, maybe the best catcher in baseball right now other than team leaders like Mike Piazza and Mike Matheny. Oh, and Ausmus. Can’t forget Aussie. But Greg Zaun — and I’m not one to talk, but he’s getting up there! — hit his third home run […]
Continue reading →As the crisp breeze rolled in from the Pacific like a poisoned quail, the man grunted laboriously as his foot slapped down on the concrete, the echo sounding like the call of the aluminum bats they use to wallop ground-rule doubles at college campuses not far from where this ordinary man stands, his ordinary jaw […]
Continue reading →