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It's still cheating in my book (if in fact he used it). If something helps the pitcher get a better grip, that means he can get more snap to his breaking pitches. It doesn't just have to be something that stays on the ball during its flight to the plate.

I wonder if Girardi will be headed to Oakland...

I've been hard on Ordonez the last couple of years because I thought he and agent Scott Boras suckered the Tigers into giving him $75 million over 5 years despite being a health risk (or cripple, as someone else mentioned). As you may remember, the Tigers had a unique contract clause inserted...

I'm really puzzled by this notion -- that anyone who wasn't a Sosa fanboy or those who are critical of the team aren't true fans and should root for the White Sox. It's quite the opposite; fans who continue to fill Wrigley despite the garbage being put out there most years are the reason the...

As with A-Rod, at the end of the year his numbers look nice but he isn't there when you need him. Ramirez was nowhere to be found during the first two months of the season, when the Cubs needed him desperately after Derrek Lee got hurt. After the Cubs were essentially out of it (by June), he...

Yankee fans...how about a trade of two players who both need a change of scenery, and who have astonishing similar numbers: A-Rod for Aramis Ramirez? We'll even throw in Jacque Jones. The Yankess would have to eat about $6 million in salary, depending on what Ramirez signs for. (I'm thinking...

The Cubs made a typical move yesterday -- President and CEO Andy MacPhail resigns and the Tribune promotes the marketing guy as the new team president. Obviously, the product on the field is secondary... My playoff prediction: repeat of 1984 World Series, Tigers over Padres.

The top-to-bottom strength of the Yankees lineup reminds me of my all-time favorite (non-Cubs) team. Damon Jeter Abreu Rodriguez Giambi Sheffield Matsui Posada Cano Rose Morgan Griffey Bench Perez Foster Concepcion Geronimo Driessen To make just one comparison, I think...

Hopefully he will be prevented by some form of suspension.

That's true -- the only thing better than Girardi would be Girardi and a new GM. As much as the Tribune and Andy MacPhail get blasted, they have spent almost $400 million over the last four years (not counting Dusty's $14 million), with a sub-.500 record to show for it.

The stars are aligning for the Cubs...sources say Girardi is out as Marlins manager. I can't wait to hear him announced as the new Cubs skipper.

The AL MVP race is interesting. I personally think Jermaine Dye should win -- he and Ortiz have similar numbers, but Ortiz will lose a few votes because he's only a DH.

If the Marlins can hold on to win today, they will become the first team in 107 years to make it back to .500 after being 20 games under. Talk about a managerial masterpiece -- Joe Girardi has taken a team with a payroll of under $15 million (!) and put them in the September playoff hunt. (Of...

Until tonight, the Cubs and the Nationals were the only teams without a complete game this year. No team in history has ever had that happen. With Astacio shutting out the Braves tonight, the Cubs are now all alone in their quest to add this dubious distinction to their dismal season.

On a positive note, I can't believe how well the Marlins are playing. Having a 34-40 record with a sub-$15 million payroll is either miraculous, or an indictment of the entire MLB system.

I would love to see a hard-ass manager like Leyland or Cox on the Cubs instead of Dusty "everything's cool dude" Baker. Despite making physical and mental blunders nightly that would make a Little Leaguer blush, the players have not been publicly criticized by Baker AT ALL. When his pet...

I know what you're saying but it's hard to boycott the games. I want to take my son to Wrigley, even though the team is an embarrassment. Looking at the standings, I see the Cubs are now worse than the Florida Marlins (!), the team with a payroll under $15 million. Yet Wrigley will continue...

This has to be the low point for just about all Cubs fans. We have a team that displays atrocious fundamentals, doesn't hustle, makes stupid managerial moves (both on the field and in the GM's office), and to top it off, is waiting for a decent winning streak so they can announce that manager...

Ichiro's only hitting .532 in the month of June. :) After a rather pedestrian .287 in April, he is now on pace to get 254 hits, which would be third best all-time (behind his own record of 262 and the previous leader, George Sisler with 257). And here I thought he was slowing down...

I'm not saying no one should have the right to appeal; there just needs to be a mechanism for preventing frivolous appeals. And I'd love to hear someone argue that Barrett's appeal is not frivolous. He sucker punched someone for no valid reason (unless you consider AJ's personality a reason)...

I really don't understand MLB's disciplinary procedures. Michael Barrett was suspended for 10 games for an unprovoked punch that occurred almost a month ago. Yet he is able to continue playing while his case is being "appealed"...talk about dragging your feet. There couldn't have been a more...

It figures that Nomar and even Corey Patterson would show flashes of brilliance once they got out of Cubdom.

Can the Cubs sink any lower? Jeez... But hey, Kerry Wood is back in a few days, which means just a few more weeks until he pulls something again and is back on the DL.

To put Rollins' 38-game streak in perspective: Since 1900, there have only been 28 hitting streaks of over 30 games, and only three over 40 (DiMaggio-56, Rose-44, Sisler-42). One baseball writer described the odds of DiMaggio's streak this way: So how impressive was it to hit 56 in a...

Do you guys realize the payroll for the entire Florida Marlins roster is under $15 million? They have 17 players making the minimum of $327k. That's ridiculous...talk about competitive imbalance.