Buck Showalter chose to watch his daughter give birth last night instead of watching Wade Miley stumble through his standard ~4 innings. He’s probably sour that she couldn’t prolong it enough that he’d miss Ubaldo’s start too.

I already love dogs. I don’t need another reason to love dogs. But when dogs tackle children, that love soars even higher.

Savage recently co-authored a book with writer Ray Glier that focuses on his past eight years working as a radio commentator for Alabama.

Was there with my wife and my folks. My dad is the most lukewarm Rockies fan among us (he likes them, but has always been meh on baseball and mainly relies on my mom to keep him informed of their record, which is usually trash by this time of year). We were all on our feet when Nolan came to the plate. Then that first…

hit for the cycle AND get an awesome bloody profile shot of you bleeding for the trouble? dude that’s worth like three extra franchise locations on his heady brewpub.

Do you think he made the Chevy Chase noise under his breath?

Girl Power:

I love GoT (and ASOIAF) but I fucking hate prophecies. Prophecies are the very laziest plot device ever invented. They’re most often used in lieu of a real and believable character motivation or as a shorthand way to make characters and events seem more important than they are/need to be.

My favorite player growing up (Jose Cruz) just had his grandson drafted by the Astros*, so if I could just get a lift to the Cane and Mobility Scooter Outlet Store it would be greatly appreciated.

Is he the first sports baby? Does Currey’s kid, Torrey’s kid and the like all owe the fame to Darren?

“If you’ll remember, in the 2002 World Series, Darren was a toddler acting as a bat boy (who thought this was a good idea?) and nearly got run over by J.T. Snow and David Bell as they ran across home plate on a Kenny Lofton triple to deep center”

A gold star to any team that does Who, What, I don’t know, Why, Because, Tomorrow, Today, and I Don’t Care.

It’s tough to get anyone in Washington to admit to obstruction these days.

Because everyone hates Mondays.

Also, sometimes talking in English about something as particular as pitching strategy and technique with people who have known the language their entire life is really fucking difficult. Mostly because those people are fucking morons.

I would agree to this if MLB also agreed to outlaw the Boston accent

When it comes to Boston, “At least he wasn’t screaming racial slurs at the outfielders” is the best we can hope for.

I would agree to this if MLB also agreed to outlaw the Boston accent...and Red Sox fans...and the entire franchise.

If a ballplayer goes 5 for 5 with 4 homers and 10 runs batted in while wearing camouflage making it impossible for both the opposition and the crowd in attendance to see him did it really happen?

This has got to really piss Brandon Phillips off.