I know you've been dying to know the roster for my auction fantasy baseball league. The Dying Quails are celebrating their 11th season, but only have one pennant to show for it (plus a third-place finish). Will this be the year ( Read more... )

METS SUCK!

And no love for Shea Stadium, by the way. That place is a dump.

The Yankees' playoff run has ended. Thirteen playoff appearances in a row is pretty impressive. Not as impressive as, say, 14 division titles in a row, but not bad ( Read more... )

Longtime Braves announcer Skip Caray died in his sleep this afternoon.

Whenever I watch a baseball game, Skip is always calling it even if he's not on TV or radio -- he's the voice I hear in my head.

Take care, Skip. And thank you.A lotta room in right-center, if he hits one there we can dance in the streets. The 2-1. Swung, line drive left field ( Read more... )

Anyone else gonna be watching the votes come in? I'll be dividing my attention between the SOS site, Fresh Loaf's liveblog from Manny's and the All Star Game ( Read more... )

Chipper Jones hit his 400th home run tonight off the Marlins' Ricky Nolasco. He's third on the all-time HR list for switch-hitters (Mantle 536, Murray 504) and number 43 overall (passing former Brave Andres "Big Cat" Galarraga), setting himself up as a slam-dunk, first-ballot Hall of Famer. Oh yeah, and as of right now, he's hitting .418 with 14 HR ( Read more... )

The Associated Press, followed by CNN, has called the Democratic nomination for Barack Obama. Hillary's people are dismissing any hint of her conceding the race. NY lawmakers claim she said in a conference call she'd be willing to be Obama's VP running mate.

No truth to the rumors that Obama has already decided to name friendofjack as his running mate ( Read more... )

It's Baseball Season! Which means it's also ( Read more... )

It's baseball season!

The A's and Red Sox are in extra innings in Tokyo right now.

My big auction league draft is Sunday. Better get my cheat sheets ready already.

Pitchers and catchers report today!

It's baseball season!

Nothing else matters.