by Dave Votaw | Oct 20, 2015 | Speculations
We started off the year with high hopes. *This* year we had the horses. It was all going to come together. Spring training is like that – it gets your hopes up. And then the season starts, and reality… well, you know what reality does. Along the way we...
by Ron Mock | Oct 17, 2015 | Speculations, Uncategorized
MLB is a fragile flower, almost poignant in how it clings to its simplistic models of reality. Grantland writer Ben Lindbergh chronicled how MLB felt its grasp slipping on the space-time continuum during the 7th inning of the Toronto-Texas deciding 5th game. And, as...
by Tom Johnson | Oct 14, 2015 | Speculations
Glad to see Marcus Stroman pitch 6 good innings, Hope for next year’s Drive.
by Ron Mock | Oct 9, 2015 | Speculations
Look what Jerry Dipoto got to do today: Lloyd McClendon will not return as manager in 2016 View as web page | October 9, 2015 MARINERS MAIL 2016 Mariners Staff Changes Mariners General Manager Jerry Dipoto announced today that Lloyd McClendon will not be...
by Ron Mock | Oct 8, 2015 | Mr. EFL Answer Man
Mr. Answer Man, Suppose a team (the Cottage, say) has a player who is listed as a free agent this off-season with the qualifier “$6.25MM club option with a $750K buyout.” If the Cottage, who owes him $4 million next year were to release him and the club...