Pitchers and catchers report for spring training today. Whoohoo! 😀 Two American League teams made moves over the off-season that could make this a very interesting year: In the AL West, the Angels spent a TON of money and signed Vladimir Guererro, Bartolo Colon, Jose Guillen and Kelvim Escobar. Assuming they can keep everyone healthy,…

I played in my first (and probably last, due to the move) NCVA tournament today. It was a lot of fun! I’ve played in lots of grass doubles and 4’s tournaments, but I haven’t played in a 6-man tournament before. I was pleased to find that I am still pretty effective despite not playing at…

Now for the second installment in my Shoeless series: I had to go buy new volleyball shoes today. 🙄 Not as much excitement around this episode. I intentially packed up all my volleyball gear and sent it on the truck. Our league finished the weekend before Thanksgiving and with the move, work and other wrap-up…

I decided not to send my golf clubs with the rest of our stuff in the moving van so I’d be able to get a last round or two in before we drive out to Denver in a few weeks. I hopped in the car this morning and headed to Sunken Gardens to play my…

Edgar Martinez signed a one year contract to return to the Mariners next year. This is excellent news! 😎 Edgar had been contemplating retirement to spend more time with his family, but his son urged him to keep playing.

I thought it was over when Urbina gave up the lead in the top of the 9th. And how about that job by Braden Looper? Nice win for the Fish. This postseason has been awesome.

I’m mainly rooting against the Yankees at this point (although I don’t like seeing Jeffrey Loria happy either).

It was bound to happen, right?

Here is an NLCS Preview using BAP (Marlins in 6) and a position by position analysis (Cubs in 6). Wow, Sosa just tied the game with a 2-run home run with 2 outs in the bottom of the 9th! This post-season has been wonderfully dramatic so far. What a game… Aaron Gleeman has posted an…

Those two strikeout pitches Derek Lowe threw in the bottom of the 9th were just ridiculous. The ball isn’t supposed to move like that.

The Cubs/Braves game tonight was wonderful, except for the absolutely horrid announcing of McCarver and Brenneman. Please, please, shut up already! No one is sending out Tom Goodwin to the on deck circle to tell the runner coming home what to do. Yes, he’s actually out there with the bat and the helmet to pinch…

After just watching Manny Ramirez and Todd Walker cost the Red Sox 4-5 runs in a single inning, I’m feel compelled to rant about the casual stathead/sabermetric tendancy to ignore defense in favor of hitting when evaluating a player. A stathead friend of mine has said to me, "Heck, let Manny play shortstop if he…

The baseball playoffs have some great matchups this year, it should be a fun October. I should be able to enjoy more of the games than I usually do – more on that later today. How about the A’s in 12 over the Red Sox in a thriller last night? We watched the first 6…

I’ve been reading some blogs that have featured really great playoff preview entries. From Aaron’s Baseball Blog: A’s vs. Red Sox Twins vs. Yankees Giants vs. Marlins Aaron has also done some nice award write-ups: MVP Award Cy Young Award Rookie of the Year From Universal Baseball Blog: Braves vs. Cubs A’s vs. Red Sox…