Baseball Time in Arlington (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
With the long-overdue arrival of Major League Baseball's hot stove season comes the expected awakening of the rumor mill, which squandered absolutely no time on Thursday in identifying White Sox outfielder Jermaine Dye -- whose 2010 team option seems likelier to be bought out than not -- as a player "of interest" to the Texas Rangers. Sound familiar? If not, it should. Dye, much like Sidney...
Federal Baseball (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
More photos » by Pablo Martinez Monsivais - AP Any day now...JIm Riggleman awaits the Nationals' decision on who will be named the next full-time Skipper. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) Browse more photos » Former DC GM Jim Bowden thinks Jim Riggleman is the man for the full-time Manager’s job in DC. Washington Times’ writers Ben Goessling and Mark Zuckerman said it was...
SportsJustice (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Drayton McLane promised me he wouldn't hire a manager before sitting down discussing the matter with me. Did I believe him? OK, let's face it, Drayton isn't always the world's most sincere person. Still, I figured he might give me at least a telephone call. I didn't want to think he'd told me a big fat whopper. Turns out, he told me a big fat whopper. He probably told a dozen others he was going to...
William F. Yurasko (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Riggleman could stay with Nationals - The Wash. Times Don Mattingly , bench coach of the Los Angeles Dodgers, has removed himself from consideration as next Washington Nationals manager. Given that the Nats have recently supplied Riggleman with "new electronic equipment" it seems they have the intention of keeping him around. The knock on the Nats is they don't want to spend a lot of money...
SportsProf (Free subscription) | 11/01/2009
1. As a Phillies' fan, it's hard to say that Cole Hamels disappointed me. How he pitched last night has pretty much been the way he's worked all year. He can go 4, 5 innings and pitch well, only to have the floor come out from under him thereafter. There are a few reasons for this. First, he was a three-pitch pitcher last year, and all of those pitches worked well for him. This year, his curveball...
Bluebird Banter (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009
So what do we think about Cito staying and Arnsberg going? Our friends at Tao of Stieb and The Drunks very clearly hate it. And they are right. We all have been working under the theory that Cito and Brad couldn't work together another year. One of them had to go. Since Brad Arnsberg came to the team we have been one of the best pitching teams in baseball. This past season he had a pitching staff that's...
Lone Star Ball (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
Richard Durrett has a blog post up that discusses the Rangers interviewing Rusty Greer for their vacant hitting coach position, and asks if we as Rangers fans want to see Greer become the hitting coach. Greer has also been someone who has been talked about in the past by fans, when the Rangers' managerial job came open a few years back, and then when Ron Washington looked like he might be on the verge...
Sliding Into Home (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009
Seriously, why doesn't David Robertson get into any of these big 7th or 8th inning spots? I know Joe Girardi loves his formula, but it's not working. All its doing is making them go to Mariano earlier than they would want to. That's all it has accomplished. When you bring Joba in you're hoping he goes an inning, and the same with Hughes, but they're not. They struggle, they leave men on base, and then...
William F. Yurasko (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009
Nats ask for chance to talk to Mattingly - The Wash. Times The Nationals have asked if they can talk to Los Angeles Dodgers hitting coach Don Mattingly about their vacant manager position. Mattingly appears interested and spoke highly of the Nats pitching prospects, especially Jordan Zimmermann , currently recovering from Tommy John surgery. Bob Melvin , who has ties to Washington GM Mike Rizzo from...
Bluebird Banter (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009
More photos » by Rob Carr - AP How can you tell this picture was taken before the game started? Notice the smile? That's how. (AP Photo/Rob Carr) Browse more photos » Last week in his ' Mail Bag ' Richard Griffin suggested that Alex Anthopoulos should fire Cito. I ignored it at the time because he suggested Buck Showalter as the replacement on the fairly flimsy evidence that Alex had talked...
Halos Heaven (Free subscription) | 10/15/2009
Numbers mean diddly in the post season, so not playing the numbers game here. So here are 10 reason why I think the Angels will NOT win the pennant. This is a different Yankees team than in 05, much like we were a different team to the Red Sox In the Bronx for 4 games, I don't care who you are, that is a tough environment to play in (even if it is no up to capacity) Angels are too relaxed and are on...
Federal Baseball (Free subscription) | 10/14/2009
More photos » by Reed Saxon - AP 5 months ago: Los Angeles Dodgers coach Larry Bowa congratulates Manny Ramirez on a solo home run in the first inning against the Colorado Rockies in a National League baseball game in Los Angeles Saturday, April 18, 2009. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon) Browse more photos » • Former DC GM Jim Bowden sent out a tweet yesterday listing the candidates for the Nationals...
Federal Baseball (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
More photos » by Itsuo Inouye - AP Browse more photos » • I don't think the proprietor of the SBN's Cubs blog, Al at Bleed Cubbie Blue , makes much of the mention of the Washington Nationals' job opening in an article about Cubs' announcer Bob Brenly's interest in returning to the bench, since he starts a fan post about Chicago Tribune.com writer Dave Van Dyck's piece entitled, "Cubs'...
Bleed Cubbie Blue (Free subscription) | 10/08/2009
More photos » by Kathy Willens - AP A-Rod has a good day. In the postseason. Who knew? Browse more photos » In case you didn't stay up late last night -- and the game went a ridiculous three hours and fifty-four minutes with the teams combining for thirty men left on base -- the Dodgers beat the Cardinals 5-3, taking a 1-0 lead in their division series matchup. The home teams won all three...
Bless You Boys (Free subscription) | 10/02/2009
More photos » by Duane Burleson - AP Should the Detroit Tigers do all they can to avoid having to pitch Justin Verlander on Sunday and save him for a playoff opener? Browse more photos » Last night on "Baseball Tonight," Buck Showalter expressed his belief that the Detroit Tigers needed to win the AL Central before Sunday, so they wouldn't have to use Justin Verlander for the...
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