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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Logos, Uniforms and Fishsticks

By Michele Catalano, July 24, 2011

At least it’s not a fisherman. That was my response to the unveiling of the new Winnipeg Jets logo. I was hoping they would do the same with the logo as they did with the team name;…
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Tour de Force

By Greg Knauss, July 22, 2011

It has come to our attention that there’s some sort of bike race/drug bacchanalia going on in — where else? — France right now, and as would be the case with any bike race that doesn’t involve a reverbing loudspeaker…
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Who Wouldn’t Pay to See the Black Crackers Play the Hannibal Cannibals?

By John Gruber, July 22, 2011

Great piece by Jerry Cohen at Flannel of the Month on the history of baseball team names: The important point here is that for several decades team nicknames were unofficial and and rather elastic. Most fans know the Dodgers tried…
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The Accidental Hall of Famer

By Philip Michaels, July 22, 2011

In March of 1999, my future bride treated me to a hockey game, in which my beloved Detroit Red Wings were taking on the San Jose Sharks. (My future bride’s willingness to take me to hockey games was not…
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Field Trip: Marlins vs Mets

By Andrew Anker, July 21, 2011

Just to prove that we here at American McCarver Industries could cover the other baseball team in New York, I flew there earlier this week to catch the Monday game at Citi Field. This was a Marlins/Mets make up…
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Good Kid

By Michele Catalano, July 21, 2011

While that poor kid in San Francisco was pouting over his missed foul ball, a young Brewers fan’s similar story had a much sweeter ending….
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Chris Stewart, Role Model

By Michael Sippey, July 21, 2011

I think he just hit my bat two times and the ball just fell in. Giants catcher Chris Stewart, when asked about his two hits in the Giants loss against the Dodgers, shows all those idiots on Twitter how…
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Let’s… Go… Bankrupt!

By Jason Snell, July 21, 2011

Overheard at Monday night’s Giants-Dodgers game (won, inevitably, by the forces of good): fans chanting “Let’s go bankrupt!” Geez, I hope Vin Scully didn’t hear them. (It’s catchy, though. I wonder if the dozens of fans remaining in Chavez…
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ESPN to the Clue Phone, Paging ESPN to the Clue Phone

By Mike Monteiro, July 21, 2011

The story goes that ESPN president George Bodenheimer attended the first Disney board meeting in Orlando, Florida, just after the company had bought Pixar, the innovative animation factory, and spotted Apple CEO Steve Jobs in a hallway. It seemed like…

The Boundless Hope of the Off-Season

By Michele Catalano, July 21, 2011

On a hot summer night, over 5,000 people showed up at the Nassau Coliseum to watch a game that belongs to winter. What would make all those people spend a Saturday night in July watching a hockey scrimmage…
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