It is baseball related and National League specific.

Torre quits MLB to pursue Dodgers ownership

Obviously, he's rich enough that he doesn't have to keep his previous job. He'd rather be ruler of the universe (or at least ruler of the Dodgers)

LHP Lilly signs 3-year, $33M deal with DodgersI know he wasn't real good with the Cubs after he came back in 2010, but that was mostly because the Cubs offense didn't score him any runs to speak of. And I know that he is going to be 35 years old in January, but he is a left-handed pitcher and left-handed pitchers pitch forever ( Read more... )

Hard luck pitcher Chris Carpenter (and when have I ever said that of ANY Cardinal player at all) lost his game last night 1-0 against the Los Angeles Dodgers. And it was his bullpen that betrayed him also, in the person of Trever Miller.

Dodgers beat Cardinals 1-0 to move into 1st place

I do feel for him. I really do.

From May 8th - June 6th (approximately a month), the Cubs have gone 11-15 over 26 games. They have played many of those games within their own division,including a bunch against the Pittsburgh Pirates and their first meeting with the St. Louis Cardinals ( Read more... )