"Derek Zumsteg should be ashamed to have such comprehensive knowledge of the history of cheating in baseball. Pete Rose gave me two to one odds this book would become a classic." -- Allen Barra, author of The Last Coach: A Life of Paul "Bear" Bryant
"Derek Zumsteg should be ashamed to have such comprehensive knowledge of the history of cheating in baseball. Pete Rose gave me two to one odds this book would become a classic." -- Allen Barra, author of The Last Coach: A Life of Paul "Bear" Bryant
Adrian Beltre smoked his first home run of June in the 4th inning last night.
“I’ve been taking too many pitches,” so he says (Hickey, P-I).
Mr. Beltre makes an excellent case in that one must swing the bat to put it over the fence. But then, to a fellow with a career .329 on-base percentage [...]
A bit about a potential Boone trade to the Twins in this Pioneer Press column. Don’t both clicking the link unless you don’t believe me, since this is the entirety of the item in blockquote, but if you do, it’s username: tkedwards@mailinator.com password: morris
The Seattle Mariners, by the way, might be willing to pay most [...]
RHP Meche v RHP Haren. 12:35, radio only.
Rare day game, as the Mariners look to get this series over with so they can get on their flight back home.
Many of you are probably familiar with Metafilter, one of the first community weblogs. It’s an interesting community of shared links.
Recently, the site has added an “Ask MeFi” page where members can post a question for which other members provide informed answers. In a group of 24,000+, you’d be amazed the wide array of [...]
One of the main comments we heard at last years Pizza Feed was that everyone wanted to do one during the summer and catch a game together. Well, that is officially in the works.
Saturday, July 16th, the Mariners hook up with the Baltimore Orioles at 7 pm. We’re in the planning [...]
Beware: do not read this post.
It will remind of last year’s most gutwrenching losses. It contains positive comments about both Dave Henderson and Willie Bloomquist. As such, it such may be dangerously shocking to people with heart conditions, pregnant women or children. So if you’re a pregnant child with a heart condition, for the [...]
I’ll have a longer post this afternoon that’s actually Mariner-related. For now, you may want to check out what Josh Towers is up to against the Devil Rays.
No, I can’t tell you. It wouldn’t be right. But it might be worth watching.
LHP Moyer v LHP Zito. 7:05, FSN.
A couple years ago, this would have been a great pitching matchup.
Miguel Olivo, who is hitting not-quite-as-badly as when he was sent down, has been recalled according to this baffling press release on MLB.com. Rene Rivera’s been sent down.
Now, whether this is temporary and they’ll make another move when Wiki’s ready (in a health sense there, reserving judgement about his true talent level).
Borders, 68 AB: .221/.260/.294
Gonzalez, [...]
