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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Take Me Out to the Ball Game

By Greg Knauss, August 5, 2011

If you close your eyes, you can hear Vin Scully: It’s a great time for some Dodger baseball! Oh, sure, the team is bankrupt and demoralized and playing lousy. Everybody hates the owner, including his wife. A once-great franchise has…
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Bubba Smith, RIP

By Mike Monteiro, August 4, 2011

Bubba Smith was an All-American at Michigan State University, who retired his jersey in 2006. He entered the College Football Hall of Fame in 1996. In the 1967 NFL draft, the Baltimore Colts made him the first pick. He won…
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Tim on Grass

By Jason Snell, August 3, 2011

Tim Lincecum during the national anthem at last night’s Giants-Diamondbacks game. (“At that distance you can’t even see the joint in his hand,” my pal Jon Seff quips.) [Photo: Me and Instagram]…
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Boom! Another A-Bomb on A-Rod

By Jason Snell, August 3, 2011

ESPN New York is reporting that Major League Baseball is investigating Alex Rodriguez for suspected illegal gambling. (I’m shocked, shocked, that there might be gambling in this establishment! And hey, is that Tobey Maguire, Leonardo DiCaprio, Ben Affleck and…
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Pole-to-Pole Pop

By Michael Sippey, August 2, 2011

If you have one of these cards, I bet it increased in value a bit after his two Major League debut games against the Giants. “Big, strong slugger with pole-to-pole pop” indeed…I think that ball he hit off of Lincecum…
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Quitting Time

By Philip Michaels, August 2, 2011

When it comes time to summarize the 2011 season for the Oakland Athletics — coming soon to a toe-tag near you — I think this play, in which an infield single becomes an infield triple, encapsulates things rather succinctly. …
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The Long, Slow Goodbye

By Michele Catalano, August 2, 2011

The New York Islanders all but left town last night. Their contract runs until 2015 and after that they will surely leave but in the hearts and minds of Islander fans, they’re already gone. We’re preparing for a funeral…
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Randy Moss Decides Not to Play Anymore

By Andrew Anker, August 1, 2011

Emphasis added. Throughout his career, Moss earned the reputation as one of the most dangerous players in the game, when he wanted to be. …
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Rose and Fall

By Greg Knauss, August 1, 2011

Gotta hand it to Charlie Hustle. It’s 8:30 in the morning on an already-hot San Fernando Valley day at a city little league field, and Pete Rose is there — red shirt, red sweat pants, gold chain on his wrist…
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And Lew Wolff Knows From Awful Owners

By Philip Michaels, August 1, 2011

Lew Wolff fronts the ownership group that purchased the Oakland Athletics in 2005. In the time that he’s been running the show, the team has run up a mediocre 537-542 record—a deceptive performance since it’s fluffed up by two…
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