Watch out New York Mets! Boston Red Sox might make run at Jason Bay

... payroll was too close to Major League Baseball 's $170 million luxury-tax threshold. However, the ballclub may have been influenced by the Yankees' trade for Javier Vazquez on Tuesday. A Sox insider... for the Sox to return fire on the Yankees. Whether it was public pressure or the ballclub's feeling that the Vazquez trade was an answer to the Sox signing of Lackey, Sox ...

"I Thought I Was Smart But That Was Last Night"

... You Actually Should Care About: Kansas City Royals starting pitcher Zack Greinke won the American League Cy Young award. He didn't have the most wins, but he pitched for a hideous defensive and offensive ballclub. Thankfully the voters have wised up, as he was the best pitcher in the League all year. As I've written here before, several years ago Greinke was out of baseball, he had suffered from...

Warriors finally trade Stephen Jackson, make deal with Bobcats

... were pleased with it. People might say we should have waited until December to see if we could get more. We won’t know if we would have or not. But we got something that helps our ballclub.” Jackson had asked the Warriors to trade him to a contender, preferably the Cleveland Cavaliers or any of the three Texas teams – or the New York Knicks. The Cavaliers furiously tried to complete a deal for ...

Aces Release 2010 Schedule

RENO, Nev. — The Reno Aces will open the 2010 season at home on April 8, and will play host to a Fourth of July match-up versus the Sacramento River Cats and a total of 30 weekend games, the ballclub announced Wednesday. http://www.kolotv.com/sports/headlines/63716307.html Wed Oct 7 17:33:40 2009 PST KOLO 8 Reno ( http://www.kolotv.com/ )

..., but I think I made the right choice. Still, just like anybody else, I've got things I wonder about sometimes. I wonder what would have happened if I'd have gone pro, and ended up in a big ballclub, hitting a different city every couple of days, swinging heavy lumber and trying one day to wind up in Canton. It'd be nice to see two McGraws there, I think. I'll have to settle for Tug being in ...

I thought Jim Riggleman wasn't completely retarded...

...started with, 'The worst team in baseball, the Washington Nationals.' And you know, we're not the worst team in baseball. Unfortunately you are whatever your record says you are, but we've got a good ballclub." No, no, no...I'm sorry, I love this team, worthy successors to the old Senators that they are, but at 51-98 they are five games worse than the wretched Pirates, nine games worse than the ...

So where in the world IS Carmen Sandiego?

...'s probably just a me thing 19) I have participated in the wave a couple times as a youngin but I was like 13...I didn't know better 20) And finally...I don't hate the Yankees. Actually I don't really hate any ballclub as a whole. I may hate certain teams of certain tiems like the 2003 A's, 2008 Rays, 2004 Yankees, 2003-2005 Orioles, but it doesn't mean that I hate the team. Just that collection.

Livan Hernandez signs with Washington.

... past their limits," general manager Mike Rizzo said. "Livan was available, and I talked about him with our player personnel people. He is a good guy in the clubhouse. He has some friends here on the ballclub. He is nothing but a workhorse and a reliable arm to get some innings and get us through the rest of the season." It's a shame that first-half Livan Hernandez for the Mets couldn't sustain ...

Kurt Russell Enjoying Best Of Both Fields

...1973 Kurt Russell Given Release Kurt Russell, the El Paso Sun King’s leading hitter until felled by a shoulder injury, has been given his unconditional release by the Texas League ballclub. Kings president Bing Russell made the announcement Wednesday afternoon after learning that Kurt will be sidelined for at least the next eight weeks with severely strained rotator cup in his right shoulder...

Aaron Boone, New York Yankees, 2003 ALCS, Game 7

For the first six games of the 2003 American League Championship Series, the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox had battled back and forth, with neither ballclub taking more than a one-game lead on the other. It all came down to the seventh and decisive game, and while the Red Sox jumped out to a 4-0 lead, the Yankees managed to come back and tie the game, 5-5, forcing extra innings. ...