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Senator Flood
Dred Scott in spikes, as George F. Will so memorably analogised Curt Flood, would have been seventy years old in January. With chemotherapy weakening him enough to lure fatal pneumonia, despite a 90 percent survival opportunity afforded him by his doctors, the man who led baseball’s reserve clause toward the quicksand died at 59.
There are […]
A Whole in the Head
Nobody put in a waiver claim on Shawn Chacon come Monday, and the Houston Astros released the ho-hum pitcher, whose career of occasional excellence and more frequent mediocrity wasn’t exactly designed to persuade people he was worth the prospect of turning another front office official into floor wax at the least drop of dispute.
Naturally, the […]
After a two-month-long slump, Nick Swisher (30) is finally settling into his new Chicago home (sldownard/flickr.com)
Not Swishing Anymore
On January 3rd, 2008, the A’s and White Sox consummated the first baseball trade of the new year, when Oakland GM Billy Beane agreed to send Moneyball posterchild Nick Swisher to Chicago, in exchange for minor league pitchers Gio Gonzalez and Fautino De Los Santos, as well as outfielder Ryan Sweeney.
The trade was the A’s […]
The Train Keeps A-Rollin’
Amidst my rundown of the Shawn Chacon rumble in the Houston Astros’ team mess, I referenced Babe Ruth once hanging manager Miller Huggins over the rear end of a moving train, outraged over being fined yet again for breaking team rules. Turns out I just might owe an apology over all that . . . […]
Put This Under Your Pillow . . .
Hall of Famer Jim Palmer once missed a start with a stiff neck because, he said, he forgot to bring his favourite pillow aboard a cross-country flight. Palmer now has company in the pillow talk division of baseball’s whackiest verified injuries.
Brandon Inge’s wife may find herself thinking twice before letting her husband hog the pillows […]
Joe Mauer's Twins are red-hot, and he gets my vote for a ticket to the All-Star Game (Dan_H/flickr.com)
The Baseballistic All-Star Ballot
It’s that time again, time to cast your annual All-Star ballot. If you haven’t already voted the ridiculous 25 times you’re allowed to, that is. Being a believer in the true democratic process, I’m casting one ballot this year, as I have every year. Being a believer in the deceptive capabilities of small sample sizes, […]
“I Just Wanted to Be Left Alone”
There are things you do and things you don’t do when you prefer the boss speak his piece right then and there, instead of ordering you into territory you might consider for the moment hostile, even if you’re right that he’s the one raising his voice and you’re the one who isn’t.
Grabbing him by the […]
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