The NL Central, which looked as over as reggaeton just a week ago, is now the biggest story in baseball.
Alex details the A-Rod saga in three acts (with a suprise cameo from Derek Jeter), some lingering bad feelings from Grand Theft Austin Kearns, and what may be one of the last doses of Ozzie Guillen wisdom this year.
Nick Johnson’s broken femur, B.J. Upton’s shoulder, Pedro’s hip and a host of other injuries, big and small.
Maury comments on this weekend’s protest in Baltimore, and tries to follow the minor league affiliate shuffle.
Will gives his thoughts on the Fainaru-Wada/Williams sentencing, and provides updates on Rich Harden, Gary Sheffield, Jarrod Washburn, Pedro Martinez and others.
Enough to go around for all 40-man roster aficionados, while Rich Harden’s return inspires Christina to compare and contrast AL playoff rotations.
Mark Fainaru-Wada and Lance Williams may go to jail for standing by a principle. The witnesses whose testimony they published never had a chance to make that stand.
Jim tries to feign excitement in these not-so-salad days of the wild card while musing on how great it is to be a Twins fan right now.
Injuries are affecting the playoff picture for some, and stand to affect the winter planning of others.
If you’re scoring this at home, runs are runs, but what about hits and errors?
Pedro Martinez starts tonight for the Mets. How he looks will tell us a lot about whether the Mets are the decided favorite in the NL, or just the best of a mediocre bunch.
Was Brian Roberts’ 2005 a breakout season, or another Age-27 data point? Marc takes a look.
Derek Jeter earns more than the entire Marlins’ 25-man roster.
Nate takes a lesson from Baseball Between the Numbers and examines the 2006 postseason.
The Tigers, Twins, Yankees, and Cardinals all need key pieces back for their postseason runs. Will relays how the pawns and knights are being moved.
Angels and Blue Jays fans get the short end of the stick in the real standings, but they’ll always have the Hit List.