I ran across a piece at the Baltimore Sun Web site, read through it, then spent two hours on an exercise bike and at the driving range to try to calm down. It hasn’t worked, so I want to run through this piece, and begin to scratch the surface of what’s wrong in Baltimore.
I was going to write a column this week that summarized some of the stuff from the NorCal Pizza Feeds. Actually, I finished the column, had it ready to go, and was planning to send it to Joe for editing Thursday morning. Then, after checking out the local papers for a few clubs, I ran…
Today was supposed to be my AL preview, with the NL following tomorrow. I’m pushing those back a day each to Friday and Saturday because I want to run through the used-car salesman’s “Town Hall Meeting” from Tuesday afternoon.
Well, not just that. First, let’s deal with the announcement by Bud Selig that the owners will not lock the players out through the World Series. This was a shameless, transparent attempt to curry favor with fans and media, an announcement with absolutely no meaning whatsoever.
The Seattle Mariners are currently one of baseball’s most successful franchises, playing in a beautiful, expensive stadium they didn’t pay for, and fielding a well-funded team that won 116 games last season. According to Bud Selig’s Guaranteed Accurate 2001 Financial Statement, they paid $18.8 million into the revenue sharing pool, a figure that matched the Florida Marlins’ withdrawal from same.
Today was supposed to be my AL preview, with the NL following tomorrow. I’m pushing those back a day each to Friday and Saturday because I want to run through the used-car salesman’s "Town Hall Meeting" from Tuesday afternoon. Well, not just that. First, let’s deal with the announcement by Bud Selig that the owners…
The Seattle Mariners are currently one of baseball’s most successful franchises, playing in a beautiful, expensive stadium they didn’t pay for, and fielding a well-funded team that won 116 games last season. According to Bud Selig’s Guaranteed Accurate 2001 Financial Statement, they paid $18.8 million into the revenue sharing pool, a figure that matched the…
The end of the short trip to Arizona found me in Mesa, at HoHoKam Park, watching the Cubs and the A’s.
A recap of transactions in the last week featuring all 30 teams.
The end of the short trip to Arizona found me in Mesa, at HoHoKam Park, watching the Cubs and the A’s. HoHoKam could pass for a Double-A park, at least from the outside, and is a stark contrast to Phoenix Municipal Stadium. Oddly, the condition of each field was reversed, with HoHoKam’s diamond resembling a…
Sunshine, blue skies, green grass, and throwing errors.
If you’re A’s manager Art Howe, it was a lovely Monday except for that last part. The A’s made three errant tosses on their way to a 7-1 loss to the Diamondbacks yesterday.
Lots of stuff to get to, so I’ll cheat and make this a bullet-points column:
It happens every spring. Some unknown kid shows up for camp, just happy for the opportunity to hang out with the big club before he’s shipped out to the minor-league complex. Only when he takes the mound, he surprises everyone by throwing harder and better than he ever has before. And when he toes the…