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i hate showboaters. Barroid is the worst. though when it comes to the post-homer-posing, i think it's just an extension of how you feel about the player. Ortiz poses but everybody loves him. i think Reggie Jackson said once "if you can do it, it ain't bragging" which i never understood. i...

anyone know if Fox is broadcasting the Yankee/Tiger games on the weekend or if it's espn? (i think espn has G3, i meant after that)

let the battle for "second place could've-beens" continue!!!

interesting lifetime stats from cnn-si.com: David Oritz vs. Seth McClung: 4/8, 4 HR Manny vs. Brian Meadows: 4 HR in 8 AB Manny vs. CC Sabathia: 10/18, 4 HR Pujols vs. DJ Snell: 4/6, 4 HR Arod vs. Wilfredo Ledezma: 4/6, 4 HR Arod vs. Kenny Rogers: 10/19, 5 HR Arod vs...

with Papelbon returning to the rotation (apparently), does Boston have a closer in waiting or are they going free agent?

actually he set the AL record with 33 straight (Vince Coleman holds the ML record with 44 straight). i guess he'll have to go for the ML record next year.

he got the job done the night before, right? (yeah there was a base running 'mistake' which the Sox lucked out on, but it looked like a good play) and i was just WAITING for him to screw up then.

here's an interesting stat: John Papelbon has an era of .96 and has blown 6 saves (34/60), while Todd Jones has an era of 4.53 and has only blown 3 (34/37) :)

since trading away Shea Hillenbrand, the Jays have pretty much thrown away the season, going 3-7 while the Yanks have won a bunch in a row. the only team that's done worse is the team that got Hillenbrand (Giants are 1-9) :P

Schilling and Beckett and pray for rain? :)

i'm seeing it the other way... before the all-star break the bosox were on a tear (thanks to Pappy) and the Jays were having a hard time keeping pace. they seemed to have cooled down a bit but overall i don't think they're playing any better or worse than they were at the begiining of the...

anyone think the White Sox are going to continue sliding? maybe the wildcard will be coming out of the AL East afterall... or it could be the Twins.

the one player i can think of who is/was as quiet as Ichiro is John Olerud. that guy rarely even looked at the ump. i remember one time a ball was out of the strike zone by like 8 inches and it was called a strike. and he hadn't been calling anything near that during the game. i think Olerud...

i don't get to watch him that much... has anyone ever seen this guy even mention one word to an umpire over a bad call on a pitch? he seems to mellow :)

relatively entertaining all-star game last night. Vlad the impaler proving he can hit anything, anywhere :) Vernon Wells' perfect throw to get Soriano at the plate (i thought he'd score for sure), and of course the comeback by the AL.

wow, looking at the interleague play stats... AL teams are 92-48 so far this year! even the Royals are 8-6... last year the AL was 136-116. you'd think the advantage of NL teams playing at home is slightly more than that of the AL teams playing at home. i know there happens to be alot of...

sometimes it totally depends on the team. Leyland is good for young rookies that you can push around, but i don't think he'd be as effective on a team with $uperstar veteran$. back in the early 90's, Cito Gaston managed a Jays team that was pretty stacked, he was known for coddling them and he...

i think most people were waiting for the Tigers to collapse but they just might be the real thing :P

...actually, i DID see it in Tom Sellick's "Mr. Baseball" :P

anybody see the oriole/marlin highlight, where the intentional walk turned into a hit to centerfield? :) i've never seen that before...

that's the problem with teams that have a fanbase that's TOO loyal - losing doesn't matter. in fact it makes good business sense, since winning costs more. it's just like Toronto's hockey team. they haven't won a championship in 30+ years yet they sell out every game.

has the Union ever NOT applealed a decision? MLB should just put that into the process, and schedule the appeal date at the time they announce the initial punishment. appeals are part of the process, so it's partially MLB's fault for lagging their feet on it.

Grimsley just got his unconditional release from the Diamondbacks (after asking for it), citing that he's going to be in the middle of a big media story and he doesn't want to drag his team down with it... stay tuned!

the guy's played for 7 teams over 18 years (only 2 of which were with the Yanks), and he's a Yankee cheater? :)

Rivera makes it look so easy. what was that, a 5 or 6 pitch 9th inning save? :)

the Jays can't seem to BUY a sweep. they've won the first 2 of a few series this season, but end up losing the last games.

is there any stats on the number of left-fielder assists , home fielder vs. all visiting fielders, for each ballpark? :)

hoowah... 2 close games against the Red Sox, the Jays come out on top. it's nice to see Toronto fielding a competitive team :) BJ Ryan has been surprisingly good - i was nervous when the Jays spent such big bucks on an unproven guy who's only 'sneaky' fast, but he's done the job so far.

didn't Nomar have the stigma of not being a clutch hitter? similar to what Alex Rodriguez is going through (though i was watching a game and the announcer said that statistically Rodriguez is not a choker - of course statistics can tell you anything)

well, sure from the point of view of a guy getting what's coming to him, but not from the point of view of a sport getting tarnished.