Your browser does not support iframes. The ball is clearly fair. The umpire clearly signals the ball dead. The Dodgers played through the dead call and the Padres did not. I'm also positive had the sides been reversed (Dodgers on the bases) the Padres would have been the team that played through the dead ball call. So what we have …
Cubs 6th Best Since 2007 In Free Agent Signings
Matt Swartz has published a very interesting article about buidling an organization. I've said for several years now the idea that the Cubs under Hendry just handed out contracts like candy was ridiculous. Yes, there were some bad contracts. Name one GM who has been around for a decade without some bad free agent contracts. The Cubs current President gave …
Pre-Season NL Power Rankings
Throughout the season we'll be publishing our NL Power Rankings. We won't do this each week and maybe not even every other week, but we figured there's going to be little to talk about with regards to the Cubs so we needed as many alternatives as possible. We also plan to invite someone each time to take part in it. …
Who do the Cubs trade for Theo Epstein?
The Cubs hired Theo Epstein 4 months ago and it was about that time that we were told the two sides were on the 5-yard line regarding compensation. I can only assume that Ken O'Keefe is running the offense. Every week we're told that Bud Selig will resolve the compensation issue soon. Each week goes by without a resolution. Recently …
MGL on Clubhouse Confidential
The Book's MGL was on Clubhosue Confidential tonight. I've embedded it here for you to watch. Your browser does not support iframes.
So Josh Hamilton Relapsed
In case you pay no attention to anything related to baseball you knew that Josh Hamilton is an alcoholic and a drug addict. To let you know how far I've come, let me tell you where I've been. Not that long ago, there were nights I went to sleep in strange places praying I wouldn't wake up. After another night …
Tigers sign Prince Fielder to silly contract
The Tigers signed Prince Fielder to a 9 year, $214 million contract yesterday. Scott Boras did his client well in getting him nearly $24 million per year. My first thought when I heard of this contract was that it had to be the worst contract in baseball history. The only other contract that blew my mind like this one at …
10 best pitching seasons in my lifetime
The only Cubs news is that the team has brought back Kerry Wood on a 1-year deal. The contract includes a club option for $3 million in 2013. Since there’s not much to talk about regarding the Cubs, I thought I’d post the 10 best pitching seasons in my lifetime as measured by rWAR. I was born in 1974, but …
Barry Larkin Voted Into Hall of Fame, BBWAA Tells All Others to GTFO
Barry Larkin joined the ghost of Ron Santo as the only inductees in the 2012 class of the Baseball Hall of Fame. Below are the final vote totals: Barry Larkin 495 (86.4%) Jack Morris 382 (66.7%) Jeff Bagwell 321 (56.0%) Lee Smith 290 (50.6%) Tim Raines 279 (48.7%) Edgar Martinez 209 (36.5%) Alan Trammell 211 (36.8%) Fred McGriff 137 (23.9%) …
Lee Smith and the Hall of Fame
Let me start out by saying that I do not think Lee Smith should be in the Hall of Fame. I had trouble with the idea that Bruce Sutter was a Hall of Famer, but at least one could point to his perfection of the split-fingered fastball and argue he had a significant contribution on the game. I don’t necessarily …