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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By Jason Snell, July 20, 2011

Joe Posnanski’s such a good writer, it’s hard to write about him without feeling woefully untalented. Still, his piece “Loving Baseball” for Sports Illustrated is a wonderfully written meditation on the summer game. Still, one particular passage struck me…
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Jorge Posada, Winding Down

By John Gruber, July 19, 2011

Last night. The Yankees are down 4-2 against the Rays in the top of the 8th. Left-hander Cesar Ramos is on the mound. Robinson Cano leads off with a broken-bat bloop single to center. Nick Swisher follows with a walk….
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Fixing Soccer

By John Gruber, July 18, 2011

Paul Kafasis fixes soccer. I agree with him on all points, but this is the big one: Point #4: Play Until Somebody Wins Baseball doesn’t switch to a home run derby after the 12th inning. Basketball doesn’t switch to a…
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The Best Fans in All of Sports

By Philip Michaels, July 17, 2011

Saturday night’s match at Phone Company Field in San Francisco marked the third time in five years that I’ve attended a soccer exhibition featuring Club America, which — depending on how you feel about C.D. Guadalajara — is either…
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The Big Game

By Michele Catalano, July 17, 2011

Today at 2pm, my family and friends will gather around the television with food, drinks and vuvuzelas left over from the 2010 Men’s World Cup. Yes, we really bought vuvuzelas. We will be a mixture of true soccer fans, big…
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First Lightning, Now Deer Glands

By Jason Snell, July 16, 2011

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Start Them Young

By Michele Catalano, July 16, 2011

We cleaned out the garage today and I found my son’s school journal from 2001-02 when he was eight years old. Almost every journal entry is devoted to sports. This one is just evidence that us Yankee fans learn how…
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Let’s Not Play Two

By Philip Michaels, July 16, 2011

The Oakland A’s and Los Angeles Angels of Assorted Southern California Municipalities will meet at 1 p.m. PT this afternoon and do something that hasn’t happened in Major League Baseball in eight years — play a scheduled, not-caused-by-a-rainout, no-we-actually-agreed-to-do-this-months-ago…
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Yeah, But It Actually Was About Football — a Little Bit

By Mike Monteiro, July 16, 2011

Over the past five years I’ve heard people say “Oh, you’ll love it. It’s not REALLY about football.” I’m guilty of having said it myself a couple of times, in the hope that it would get my Whole Foods-shopping…
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Trade Me — Quickly

By Andrew Anker, July 14, 2011

The Padres are wearing their throwback uniforms tonight and I keep expecting Tony Gwynn to bat next. I grew up on the East Coast as a Mets fan but I still think this uniform brings back 70’s baseball to…
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