why Stories - Beyond the Box Score
Cliff Lee back in Red
It's hard to feel anything other than abject hopelessness and fear as a Reds fan, sitting on the sidelines as the Phillies signed Cliff Lee to a deal two years and $28M shorter than what the Yankees offered. Aren't there natural forces that prevent this kind of thing from happening? Why does the...
Colorado Rockies lose fourth straight game: Astros 6, Rockies 4
How the game went: Jason Marquis allowed three runs in the first inning, but settled down after that. The Rockies didn't do much offensively until the fifth inning when Ian Stewart launched a three-run home run to tie the game at three. Todd Helton put the Rockies ahead 4-3 on a sac fly in the...
This Doesn't Even Make Sense (Pt. 2)
[Ed: The salary for Ramirez didn't come out until after this post, it's 1.8 mil for Ramirez. Ugh, why?) Today's adventures in Kansas City involves three reliever signing. The cheap, and potentially good signing Doug Waecther. The awful and unacceptable signings: Kyle Farnsworth --- How...
The First Silly Contract of the Off-Season; Cardinals Re-Sign Kyle Lohse
When the St. Louis Cardinals signed Kyle Lohse to a one year, four million and some change deal this past spring it was a smart and thrifty move. Yet when they re-signed Lohse to a four years, 41 million dollar extension (with a full no-trade clause) it leaves some, including me, wondering what...
Why?
Why? Note: Try being creative if you choose to answer; however, there are only two correct answers for an A+.
Standards For Game Threatiquette
If there are any updates on the status of our injured and dead players, baseballgirl will add the latest info. Meanwhile, as we await the A's-Giants game tonight at 7:15pm... Regular season game threads are coming and you know what that means. "FIRE GEREN NOW!!!" "We're all gonna die!!!" and "game...
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