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.

American McCarver

Our Long, National Nightmare of Not Being Able to Hate on LeBron is Over

By Michele Catalano, November 26, 2011

NBA owners and players have reached a tentative agreement and if all goes well, play should resume on December 25th. It’s a Christmas miracle!…

Basketball

Football, Fútbol, Tomayto, Tomahto

By Greg Knauss, November 22, 2011

The Dodgers may be bankrupt, the Lakers and the Clippers may have had their season cancelled, the Kings may be… whatever the Kings are. But there is one bright spot on the Los Angeles sports scene: the Galaxy! No, seriously,…

Soccer

When the home team isn’t the home team

By Michele Catalano, November 20, 2011

I went to the Islanders game last night at the Nassau Coliseum. I thought it would be great night. They were playing the Stanley Cup Champion Bruins, it was Eddie Westfall night and the team had just come off a…

Hockey

Kershaw Chowder

By Greg Knauss, November 17, 2011

Two months is a long time. A lot can happen. Your favorite ball club, for instance, can be humiliated in the playoffs by a team that would barely go on to win — if the term can be used —…

Baseball

How to enjoy hockey when you really don’t understand hockey

By Michele Catalano, November 13, 2011

Monteiro asked if I would write an article helping him understand hockey. I said “understand it or enjoy it?” So now I’m going to teach Mike how to enjoy hockey. Because you don’t really have to fully understand something in…

Hockey

Let’s Take Penn State and Blow It Up

By John Gruber, November 11, 2011

Will Bunch, the Philadelphia Daily News: Maybe putting 45,000 students in one rural town, where the economy is built on a currency of Jell-O shots, isn’t such a great idea after all. The thought I keep coming back to is…

Football

Dear Joe Paterno’s Statue

By Michele Catalano, November 10, 2011

This is the quote beside the Joe Paterno statue at Penn State: “They ask me what I’d like written about me when I’m gone. I hope they write I made Penn State a better place, not just that I was…

Football

The unknowable human. (All of us.)

By Jason Snell, November 9, 2011

I have praised Sports Illustrated’s Joe Posnanski before, and now I’ll do it again. He is a fantastic writer, and his post from Sunday encompasses many of my feelings about the Penn State story. (Tangent: SI refers to this…

Football

Joe Paterno and the Culture of Sports and Silence

By Michele Catalano, November 8, 2011

Should Joe Paterno resign? That seems to be the question of the week. One might ask more pointedly, should Joe Paterno be held accountable for his inaction? I thought about this yesterday as I listened to conversations about the Sandusky…

Football