Because, I realized, the esoterica associated with the game make it a judgement call so often that there’s almost no way to ...

Billy Wagner’s on the Hall of Fame ballot for the tenth and last time. He was on 73.8% of the ballots last year, following ...

Chase Utley is on the Hall of Fame ballot for the second time. He was on 28.8% of the ballots last year. Not bad for the ...

Today: The Blue Jays traded 28-year-old John Olerud to the Mets for 27-year-old Robert Person. I don’t know if it is the ...

It is Troy Tulowitzki’s first time on the Hall of Fame ballot. Troy played 13 seasons in the MLB. Nine and a half with the ...

It is Ichiro Suzuki’s first time on the Hall of Fame Ballot. Ichiro played 19 years in the MLB (after 9 seasons in the JPPL).

First, he was a Rickey. No one I knew had that first name, much less went with the whole “Rickey” thing. Just him and me. I identified very strongly with that. He was not ashamed to be Rickey. That ...

Happy birthday, Esteban. It is also Jesse Carlson’s 44th birthday. Jesse was the lefty out of the pen for three seasons with ...

I’m not thrilled with the lack of news coming from the Jays. And I’ve had enough of rumours that don’t turn into anything. So ...

Teoscar Hernandez signed yesterday, as did Corbin Burnes. Both deals look entirely reasonable. Teo will get $66 million over ...

B.J. Ryan turns 49 today. Looking at his picture, I see that he looks like a former neighbour of mine, Scott. Off-topic, but ...

Teoscar Hernandez signed back with the Dodgers. He’s getting three years and $66 million, which is slightly below what Ben ...