Last night's rain-out gives us two games today --our originally-scheduled match at 3:35, and a bonus, Saturday night gig at 8:35. This enables us to literally drink all day and night while watching the Red Sox play the Milwaukee Brewers . Seriously,...

CAR Diamondbacks catcher Chris Snyder made a command decision before Friday night’s game that the best way for Eric Byrnes to break out of a hitting slump was to change the music that plays when he walks to the plate. And it worked - even though...

According to Buster Olney at ESPN.com , the Mets, Red Sox, Braves, Yankees, White Sox, Rangers and Mariners, are among teams who will likely show up when free-agent RHP Freddy Garcia  is able to audition. …from what i can gather, the...

Hello everyone out in internet land, This is my letter to you, alerting you to some changes that will be rolling through here for the next three months. A few months ago, I was lucky enough to secure an internship for the entire summer in New York...

YANKEES Damon LF Abreu RF Jeter SS Matsui DH Giambi 1B Cano 2B Cabrera CF Gonzalez 3B Moeller C Pettitte LHP Andy Pettitte (3-4, 4.40) against the Mets hitters. "> "> " target="_blank">Johan Santana (4-2, 3.10) against the Yankees...

The Reds extended their winning streak to four, longest of the season, in an exciting game with a happy finish. Cincinnati got off to a 3-0 lead before Cleveland came back to tie the score, then the Reds got the final run for a 4-3 win. The Reds'...

At Baseball America , Jim Callis predicts that the Mets will select Stanford C Jason Castro in the the first round of this year’s MLB Amateur Player Draft, which will begin on June 5. …i assume this is not the same Jason...

Eighty-two years ago today, Boston Red Sox lefty pitcher Buster Ross had a bad day in St. Louis. Very bad.

It seems some Latin American scouts for the White Sox were not playing by the rules: "This is an investigation we brought to Major League Baseball as part of our reorganization in the Dominican Republic," Williams said. "We now have...

The Yankees and Mets were rained out and will play a June doubleheader. Brian Heyman has the story. Darrell Rasner is getting skipped and Andy Pettitte will face Johan Santana today. Willie Randolph is in deep trouble and Rick Carpiniello can...

Omar Minaya told reporters yesterday that Pedro Martinez is set to throw a 70-pitch simulated game in Port St. Lucie on Monday, after which he is likely to begin his rehab assignment. …so, simulated game, two or three rehab...

Sherman...giving a general chattanoogie to Randolph. They felt Randolph brought presence and a jolt of life after the nap phase better known as the Art Howe era. However, now they think Randolph talks leadership, but exerts little; that he talks...

Joe Saunders defeated the Dodgers last night while striking out one batter over 7 1/3 innings. For the season, Joe is striking out 3.65 batters per nine, a fairly low rate. That usually means more balls in play, and more...

Justin Miller (Luray 06-07), Valley League alum and Turner Ashby High School product, was named the Big 10 player of the week that ended on May 11.  Justin went 7-13 for the week , with a line of 538/571/692. He is hammering the ball this...

In last night’s Detroit-Arizona game there were several moments where I was completely befuddled by CB Bucknor’s strike zone. But I was going to just consider my bias as a frustrated fan and let it go. Then I saw Tom Gage’s game...