Jim addresses existential questions of quality, stealing (those who do and those who don’t), and Smoltzian ambiguity.
Forging ever deeper into the season, the teams on this weeks’ Hit List are jockeying for position just as much here as in the standings.
Drew Carey, Dave Kingman, Samuel L. Jackson, and all the transaction action since Saturday.
Which foreign-born ballplayers in the Japanese leagues should you know something about?
Joe explains why moving Brett Myers to the pen ends up making sense.
Erick Aybar ended two Angels’ losses by getting caught on the basepaths. Was there any method behind this madness?
The health and effectiveness of San Francisco’s two famous Barrys will determine whether the aging squad can capture an NL West title in manager Bruce Bochy’s first season.
He imagines himself as an everyday player, but long before he made his way to Milwaukee, Kevin Mench didn’t fit that description.
David addresses some reader feedback about why attendance has increased.
The Cubs’ Felix Pie shows up in center, but when will Soriano return? Plus updates on Jason Schmidt, Jered Weaver, and Freddy Garcia.
Rotation’s going somewhere toasty in a handbasket? As Joe notes, the Yankees have been here before, and made the playoffs just the same.
Will tries to read the tea leaves, but the leaves are getting an MRI tomorrow. Plus reports on Blue Jays, Cubs, and whiffing Will Leitch.
It’s early, but that doesn’t mean you can’t have some fun tabbing the All-Stars on the basis of what’s happened in the early going.
As Joe explains, the real problems with the schedule don’t involve the weather.
Jackie Robinson Day gets rained on, the King rolls over the Dice, Johan Santana’s stellar endorsement deal, and the rest of the quotables.
Maury gets his hands on a little Black Book of payroll data for major league baseball.