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For those of you who missed it -- or for those of you who ate so much pie over the past view days your synapses ceased firing -- a reminder:...

I did this last year and no one complained, so it seemed appropriate to once again give you ShysterBall's official list of the things w...

One of the reasons I can't take the World Baseball Classic too seriously is that even if you take it at face value -- as a battle betwee...

A nice profile of Cardinals' coach Jose Oquendo , who as I mentioned recently was one of my favorites from back in the day. Good quote ...

Former Reds' general manager Wayne Krivsky has been hired by the O's : The Orioles today named former Cincinnati Reds front office e...

Quite the observation from Dave at U.S.S. Mariner: Well, if rumors are true, Don Wakamatsu’s bench coach is going to be the guy who was in ...

People keep doing the moonwalk from Roger Clemens: Roger Clemens has been asked to end his involvement with a charity golf tournament he ha...

It's not yet been a year since the Mitchell Report came out, but George Mitchell is giving interviews in which he expresses his satisfac...

I'll admit that I don't keep up with tech news, but I had no idea that Commodore was back in the computer business. But they are , ...

Time Magazine claims that baseball's instant replay for home run calls is the 38th best "invention" of 2008 . That's like ...

I've been thinking about the future of this blog a lot recently, and I've run into more questions than answers. What do I want out o...

The Cubs are done playing the Padres' Peavy games: If there were any lingering questions about whether the Cubs had pulled back from pu...

As a result of the Norman Braman litigation, the Marlins' new stadium is set to open in 2012 : The Florida Marlins announced Tuesday tha...

For the baseball fan who has everything : Take the hood of a Chevy Tahoe; bring it to six Major League Baseball parks; have more than 220 pl...

Delta Airlines is now the official airline of the New York Yankees . This wasn't as easy a deal to make as it sounds, however. Before co...

Everyone talks about the prospect of lower ticket sales cutting into the teams' ability to spend on players and stuff, but there are oth...

We've been checking up on the Clemens-McNamee defamation case from time to time, but we must not forget that something far more interest...

If Major League Baseball is open minded enough to allow Indians with no experience into the game, you'd think that high school baseball...

People have long speculated whether cricket bowlers would make good pitchers. The Pirates are about to find out: Dinesh Patel and Rinku Sin...

Though the replay official may change one of those hits to a foul ball: Barry Bonds, Major League Baseball’s homerun record holder, won dis...

That's what WEEI is reporting . No word on how much it was, but I'm guessing it wasn't a lot. I'm also guessing that the S...

Given the news about Citigroup, it was only a matter of time before someone unloaded on the naming rights deal with the Mets. That someone ...

Trouble in paradise : Madonna is reportedly furious Alex Rodriguez dropped out of Kabbalah training because he was "bored". The 5...

Beyond the Box Score is continuing its survey of baseball history. For those of you who missed it, Part I of the history of the leagues is...

Every time a team has trouble with attendance or their stadium, someone mentions Las Vegas as a potential new home. Well, Las Vegas isn...

I'm always going to be skeptical about an article in which bold new avenues of player development are explained via the example of form...

Most bloggers don't do interviews because (1) we're afraid to leave our basements; and (2) even if it's a phone interview, when ...

Yeah, I enjoyed the game. A few more pics here .

In the normal course I would never devote a post to the fact that a terrible, eighth-year pitcher has declared minor league free agency. Mo...

Because I'm an alum who lives in Columbus, Ohio, I've been asked by a couple of people for my thoughts on tomorrow's Michigan-Oh...

You know, if you're CC Sabathia, you have a problem. It's not a bad problem to have, but it's a problem all the same. That probl...

Ray Ratto looks at Lew Wolff's recent moves -- pushing the park in Fremont, trading for Matt Holliday, floating his one-and-done playoff...

Bud Selig called in former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker to put a scare into the owners about the state of the economy: He stands 6...

Nate Silver got into a tiff with a conservative radio host the other day, interviewed him, and posted the contentious transcript. That'...

We're about to see just how much Ryan Howard can really carry a team : If the Philadelphia Phillies weren't aware before Thursday of...

Jason has a breakdown of Moose's HoF chances , but because there's really nothing else to do this afternoon I thought I'd do a K...

While CC has said that he will consider the Yankees' ginormous offer as he sups on turkey, stuffing, and pumpkin pie , "a person fa...

People in favor of a new ballpark for the Rays are in the process of trying to find a place to put it. One of the ideas being floated is a b...

There is some incremental progress on the maple bat front : Major League Baseball's Safety and Health Advisory Committee is scheduled me...

Looks like this is the end of the road for Moose: As expected, New York Yankees pitcher Mike Mussina has decided to retire, according to a ...

The sale of the Chicago Cubs has entered the 1,325th round, and should be wrapped up no later than the epoch after next: The sale of the Ch...

Baseball is hunkering down : Major League Baseball won't increase spending next season for the first time in four years because of the d...

For some reason former baseball commissioner Fay Vincent has a column in the small Florida paper that serves his small Florida hometown, an...

I'll fill you in on a ShysterBall secret: a healthy chunk of the non-breaking news I write about here comes from simply Googling random ...

ESPN's Jerry Crasnick takes a look at the employment prospects of some of the game's old men. Specifically, Jim Edmonds, Garret An...

A's owner Lew Wolff has a fairly dumb idea : Lew Wolff has a way to shorten baseball's postseason: Make the first round best-of-one....

We may all be circling the economic drain, but the Phoenix suburb of Glendale, Arizona is doing just fine thanks to spring training faciliti...

As I mentioned yesterday, I'm quite pleased with the fact that ESPN has apparently freed Neyer, Law, and the others from the subscriptio...

Josh Wilker reminds us that Pedroia's MVP wasn't the first time the voters took notice of a little guy over an arguably more-worthy...

Are you ready for an off-Broadway play about steroids in baseball? If so, "Back Back Back" is right up your alley : “Back Back Ba...

Don Wakamatsu , that is, and until being announced as Seattle's new manager today, he has been the A's bench coach. Other candidate...