By James Bailey
If there’s a team that can afford to let Chris Tillman learn on the job, it’s the Orioles, who are already all but mathematically eliminated from contention. The young righthander was the latest O victimized as the Giants pounded him for six runs in two innings Monday night.
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By James Bailey
If there’s a silver lining to the blown call that cost Detroit’s Armando Galarraga a perfect game Wednesday night, it might be as a catalyst to finally bringing instant replay to plays on the bases.
Jim Joyce was defended as a good umpire by many in the game in the hours following baseball’s biggest [...]
By James Bailey
Each spring book stores are inundated with a new crop of baseball books. Nearly all are non-fiction. In fact, it’s hard to find baseball novels in your average book store, as most of them are released by small publishers who don’t typically land most of their titles in Barnes & Noble, etc.
I’m always [...]
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By James Bailey
In this era of free agency and spiraling contracts that force teams to move hometown heroes, we romanticize the rare player who spends his entire career with the same team. Cal Ripken would never have looked right in anything but an Orioles uniform. George Brett will always be a Royal, and Derek Jeter [...]
By James Bailey
The Stephen Strasburg show came to Rochester this week. Twice.
When it was announced late last week that the top pitching prospect in the minor leagues would be facing the Red Wings, tickets for Tuesday night’s game at Frontier Field began flying out of the box office. By Monday the Wings were closing in [...]
By James Bailey
The concept of “Top of the Order” is a good one: “25 writers pick their favorite baseball players of all time.” Original, never-before-published essays on 25 baseball heroes. How can you go wrong?
Well, for starters, any anthology like this is only as strong as its writers. Half of the names here will be [...]
By James Bailey
There comes a time for every man to walk away from the game. Unfortunately, most don’t recognize it until it’s too late, until someone else has to tell them. For many this comes in the form of a phone that never rings over the winter. Spring training begins without them, and months later [...]
By James Bailey
Dallas Braden is in the club—an exclusive group of 19 that includes six Hall of Famers and another future member (Randy Johnson). It also includes middling moundsmen such as Len Barker, Don Larsen, and Charlie Robertson, each of whom finished their careers with sub-.500 records.
By James Bailey
Expectations in San Diego were low this year, with the Padres opening a season without former ace Jake Peavy for the first time since 2003. Tied for second on the franchise list with his 92 wins, Peavy is working for the White Sox now, following last July’s trade for four prospects.
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