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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The Sittin’ Hawaiian

By Jason Snell, August 8, 2011

The result of that big fight between the Giants and the Phillies? It’s a three-game suspension for Shane Victorino! The Flyin’ Hawaiian walked toward the mound after being hit by a pitch, then later wrestled with umpire Mike Muchlinski….
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A Hall of Famer, At Last

By Jason Snell, August 8, 2011

Those of you who are not aware of the ineptitude of my favorite college football team, the California Golden Bears, need to know only this: Their conference awards its champion with a berth to the grandaddy of ‘em all,…
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Three Out of Four Ain’t Bad

By Jason Snell, August 8, 2011

So the return visit of the Phillies to San Francisco didn’t produce as much tension as the series in Philly, unless you could two tight well-pitched games and a brawl during a blowout. Okay, so maybe it did produce…
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Getting Away With It

By Greg Knauss, August 7, 2011

With the news that Alex Rodriguez will not be punished even if he did participate in an illegal poker game (complete with cocaine use and a half-million dollar scuffle), we here at American McCarver thought it would be handy to…
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About That Stolen Base…

By Mike Monteiro, August 7, 2011

Errata: Quite a few Giants fans wrote in to point out that at the time of the stolen base the Phillies were up 8-2, not 6-2 as I wrote. I apologize for the mistake. We had a lot of runs…
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Fight! Fight!

By Michele Catalano, August 6, 2011

Last night’s brawl from the Giants/Phillies game was the first thing I saw when I turned on ESPN this morning. (video here) When hockey is your favorite sport, fights in any other sport seem lame. Mostly because they are. Especially…
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Feel-Good Story of the Year

By Michele Catalano, August 5, 2011

thisistheglamorous: The day before Steelers secondary coach Ray Horton left to become the Arizona Cardinals’ defensive coordinator, he stopped by the team complex for some final farewells. One of the people he spoke to was Maurice Matthews, a cafeteria cook…
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