I caught this on satellite radio on a car trip to NY for the holidaze. Later, I caught the highlights on the sports networks. People I know attended the game, and everyone had a good time, from what I gather on their interwebs ( Read more... )

Even though the first was day officially in Japan and the first US game was yesterday, today feels like the real Opening Day (at least for fan bases who teams start today ( Read more... )

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Every October, there are a few days that have no baseball, because of either off days or because all the series ended early. I've been filling that time with MLB.com's "The Vault" podcast. It's a fascinating look into the game's history. The first one I listened to was Nolan Ryan's 300th win-- a relatively low-key game that didn't have a ton of ( Read more... )

Even though their 17-10 August was the first time they had won that month since 1997, the Orioles have become the first team in baseball to be mathematically eliminated from the post-season! My prediction of September 5 was ultimately a little too kind, but it was still a pretty good guess, if I do say so.

Happy Spring Training, ladies and gentlemen! Just wanted to let you all know about a new baseball site: Out Of Write Field, http://www.write-field.com/index.cfm.  It's all about baseball with a focus on independent baseball bloggers. Please check it out when you get a chance, and if you're a baseball blogger, join us! You could end up in the ( Read more... )

Looking at the standings I jsut realized that if TB wins two more games, no team will lose 100 games this season. When was the last time that happened?

here is a question i think is very good and simple. Who is your favorite active mlb announcer? It can be a play by play or an analyst. But only one ( Read more... )

A nice article by Yahoo! Sports' Dan Wetzel on how the MLB Extra Innings exclusivity deal with DirecTV is just another money grab by MLB at the expense of the fans.

Must be a BP.com subscriber to read the whole piece ...

Entire Maury Brown article

Excerpt:
"So while MLB has claimed that it wishes to grow the league's fan base and popularity, it is going to restrict television viewership in exchange for short-term financial gain. This seems like a huge gamble given that the difference between the InDemand offer ( Read more... )