The Angels’ hot streak is brought to you by the letter “Q.” The Cubs’ hot streak is brought to you by Jim Hendry. The Brewers hot streak is brought to you by…some serious hallucinogens.
Noah Lowry, with a 2.43 ERA in four starts, is trying to follow in the footsteps of a number of rookie starters who’ve helped their teams get to the playoffs. Here are the most recent ones.
How did Theo Epstein get to a place where he believed that trading Nomar Garciaparra was the solution? Nate Silver examines some of the non-baseball reasons why general managers do the things they do. Warning: some football content.
WORST MATCH-UP (worst combined record with both teams being under .500): Arizona @ Montreal
Prove Me Wrong! (“Prove Me Wrong” is an uncopyrighted feature of this columnist.)
Today’s Prove Me Wrong proposition is this: No pitcher of Randy Johnson’s quality has ever been on a team as bad or worse than the 2004 Arizona Diamondbacks.
Fresh off his stint as a Questec operator, BP Intern Jason Karegeannes takes you behind the scenes to see how the system works, and what changes can be made to improve it and help umpires do their jobs.
Bazooka Joe, McGyver, Easy-Bake Ovens and “The Perils of Pauline” all make appearances in Chris Kahrl’s latest. There’s some baseball, too.
There’s bad news in Philadelphia, as Pat Burrell and Kevin Millwood deal with the possibility that their seasons are over. Also inside: updates on Brad Penny, Kazuo Matsui and Mike Mussina.
The Cardinals already had a fearsome lineup core. With the addition of Larry Walker, it’s now one of the best the game has ever seen. Eat your heart out, Miller Huggins.
The Mariners today announced the retirement of Edgar Martinez, one of the best hitters of his generation and arguably one of the best right-handed hitters of all-time. To celebrate Martinez’s career, we’re re-running this special edition of Derek Zumsteg’s Breaking Balls from last October, when it first looked like Edgar would hang ’em up.
David Newhan is ready for his close-up, the Rockies are ready to make some choices, and the Mets are ready for 2005. Are you ready for today’s Prospectus Triple Play?
Greg Maddux reaches a great milestone, while everyone else is still talking about last weekend’s trade deadline. Except Bob Melvin. Find out why inside The Week in Quotes.
Brad Penny left yesterday’s game with an apparent injury to his right bicep. Will Carroll has an update on the Dodgers’ starter, as well as a bunch of news on New York City catchers, in today’s UTK.