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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Nike Re-Signs Vick

By Andrew Anker, July 4, 2011

The brand dropped him in August 2007, halting the release of his fifth signature shoe, the Air Zoom Vick V, and releasing a statement saying that cruelty to animals was “inhumane, abhorrent and unacceptable.” I’m all for rehabilitation,…
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Joey Chestnut Wins his Fifth Mustard Belt

By Mike Monteiro, July 4, 2011

On a day that many of our misguided readers will turn their attention to a bunch of dope addicts riding bicycles in France, of all places, we turn our eyes to the most American of all sports, save baseball; competitive…
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The Unfair Classic

By Jason Snell, July 4, 2011

As Comrade Knauss points out, other than the U.S. Constitution there is no better American tradition than baseball on the Fourth of July. But simultaneous to that celebration of America’s summertime sport, there’s usually another tradition: people complaining about…
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The Perfect Holiday

By Greg Knauss, July 4, 2011

Children love Christmas, because of the presents. Teens love Halloween, because of the vandalism. But adults — by which I mean sensible people, by which I mean me — love the Fourth of July, because of the everything. The Fourth…
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Basketball Lockout: Please Make It Go Away

By Andrew Anker, July 3, 2011

As designated “business guy” on the American McCarver team, I was asked by Mike to write about the basketball lockout. Quite frankly, I never follow basketball until the playoffs and even then, it seems like the winner is pre-ordained and…
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Catching: Bugs Bunny, Third Base: Bugs Bunny, Shortstop: Bugs Bunny, Second Base: Bugs Bunny, First Base: Daffy Duck?

By John Gruber, July 3, 2011

Major League Baseball announced the lineups for this year’s All-Star Game, and there’s a rather glaring omission in the list of Yankee infielders on the squad: Alex Rodriguez (starting third base) Derek Jeter (starting shortstop) Robinson Cano (starting second base)…
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7/4/85: The Greatest Baseball Game Ever Played

By Michele Catalano, July 3, 2011

You’d think as a Yankees fan my favorite Fourth of July baseball memory would be Dave Righetti’s no-hitter in 1983. And it was. For two years. Until a Mets game took over the crown. Yes, the New York Mets. July…
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The Unbearable Lightness of Oakland

By Philip Michaels, July 2, 2011

It has been an encouraging thing, seeing the not always forward-thinking world of baseball involve itself, however cautiously, in the It Gets Better campaign aimed at bringing hope to LGBT teens. The San Francisco Giants were the first to…
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Auto-Tune the Sports

By Greg Knauss, July 2, 2011

Via nearly every media outlet with a “smugly bemused” setting, we get word that the BCC has developed software to allow on-line viewers to vary the volume of the on-court grunting at Wimbledon. Each individual viewer can control their own…
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The Only Game in Town

By Michele Catalano, July 2, 2011

Dear Gary Bettman: As you are aware, both the NBA and NFL have gone into lockout mode. You remember what a lockout is, right? 2004-2005 non-season? No Stanley Cup? Yea, I thought you would remember that. Well, football and…
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