Pitching is such a vital part of the game, as far as winning is concerned.

On most teams the set up man has become more valuable, on others not so valuable.

Something to keep in mind — it’s raining lightly. The infield could be very wet on ground balls.

What is a drop and drive pitcher? He is a guy who drops and drives. Very simple.

So by guessing right you might have guessed wrong.

Giambi walks too much. He’s always clogging up the bases with all that walking.

As a new day begins in New York, the sun sets in Hawaii.

If football is a game of inches then baseball is a game of inch.

If that ball had more elevation, it would have been a home run.

If the double play is a pitcher’s best friend, what is a fielder’s choice? An acquaintance?

It’s better to have a fast runner on base than a slow one.

One thing about ground balls. They don’t go out of the ball park.

The reason we call that pitch up and in is because the arms are attached to the shoulder.

He wears his hat like a left hander!

Any ball that goes down is much heavier than any ball that stays on the same plane.

The blood on his sock looks exactly like Oklahoma!

You don't want to use too many statistics. The ones that apply to a July or August game won't be relevant on Saturday.

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Where in the World is Jaromir Jagr?

It's Free Agent Day eve and Jaromir Jagr still hasn't signed with anyone. And no one seems to know where he is. Last word was that his plane was held up on the runway at JFK by a bunch of turtles. Yes, turtles. Not even of the ninja variety. According to other sources, he was spotted at Wimbledon.

Jagr's agent, Petr Svoboda, who at one point promised us Jagr would make a decision last night now says he'll make a decision tonight. Or Friday. Or Saturday. And he's sure he'll sign with Pittsburgh. Or Detroit. Or some other team. But he's definitely in the U.S. Or London. 

At this point I can only think Jagr is taking PR pointers from Bret Favre. 

I'm going to keep finding uglier and uglier pictures of Jagr to post until he's an NHL player again.

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