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AL and NL Division Serieseseses 2010: Discuss/Vent
October 6, 2010 – 4:03 PM | 52 Comments
AL and NL Division Serieseseses 2010: Discuss/Vent

We interrupt an IM conversation between me and Bean about our postseason-pool-pick buyers’ remorse to bring you a discussion thread about the 2010 division serieseses. On the plus side, no Chip Caray, calloo callay! On …

Squared Up: Changing of the Guard
October 4, 2010 – 12:51 PM | 6 Comments
Squared Up: Changing of the Guard

“So long, suckers.”
I’ve just heard on the radio that the Mets have officially let GM Omar Minaya and manager Jerry Manuel go. This had to happen, but it won’t change anything, because the problem is …

The Big Sad Machine
September 24, 2010 – 5:57 PM | 11 Comments
The Big Sad Machine

I spotted a billboard for this promotion earlier today, near a gas station. Just how broke is this mofo, anyway? Does the Hit King still have back taxes to pay?
At least he’s not selling signed …

Squared Up: Restraint
September 14, 2010 – 10:10 PM | 2 Comments
Squared Up: Restraint

In the car earlier today, I decided to listen to “The Michael Kay Show” on ESPN. Well, maybe I should rephrase that; I decided not to listen to my iPod (forgot it at home), or …

Squared Up: Not The Same As The Old Boss
July 13, 2010 – 11:12 AM | 20 Comments
Squared Up: Not The Same As The Old Boss

Roberto Kelly was up in the bottom of the fourth against Detroit when a murmur began circling through Yankee Stadium. The scoreboard read: July 30, 1990, 8:26 P.M. The murmur built steadily, and suddenly a …

Squared Up: Card Games
July 2, 2010 – 12:28 AM | 16 Comments
Squared Up: Card Games

I snagged a pack of Topps the other day for the hell of it, and something isn’t quite right about it. Maybe it’s a special promotional kind of pack that contains a higher proportion of …

Squared Up: Remember the Maine (…wait: don’t)
June 24, 2010 – 8:10 AM | 5 Comments
Squared Up: Remember the Maine (…wait: don’t)

On May 17, Hanley Ramirez boots a ball, loafs after it, and gets benched. He reacts by snarking on his manager, Fredi Gonzalez, for never having played in the major leagues; he also refuses to …

Squared Up: Pitchers “hitting,” Perez “ailing”
June 12, 2010 – 9:09 AM | 9 Comments
Squared Up: Pitchers “hitting,” Perez “ailing”

Welcome to Squared Up, a new featurette in which I address various baseball questions and debates of the week. I don’t know yet how often I’ll do it or what day it will usually run, …

28 Up: Jim, Armando, and the state of the umpires’ union
June 5, 2010 – 11:14 AM | 20 Comments
28 Up: Jim, Armando, and the state of the umpires’ union

In the Griffey comments thread, reader Suzanne asked what I thought of Jim Joyce’s perfect-game-ruining call against Armando Galarraga and the Tigers the other night.
I feel for everyone involved. It’s a shame Galarraga lost the …

What Might Have Been; What Was
June 3, 2010 – 12:37 PM | 21 Comments
What Might Have Been; What Was

It’s not that Matthew Pouliot didn’t let the body cool before deeming Ken Griffey, Jr. “overrated.” It’s not even that the word “overrated” is the very first word in the headline — that that adjective, …