The Sports Guy

When great ones go, it might hurt us more than it does them.

Fantasy World: Picking the Worst

There's a lot of downtime to fill during a 17-3 baseball game (like, for example, last Monday's drubbing of the Angels by the White Sox) so you...

Behind the Bets

...s a branding opportunity too big for the owners to ignore, and one a couple of dozen baseball franchises have enjoyed for years. The fact the NFL has been slower to act than those slack...

The Morning According to Us: Papi the Savior

...his first tater in 150 at-bats. The drought is over. Keep 'em flowing, Papi. Major League Baseball needs you. Gregarious and gracious, Ortiz has been one of the game's great ambassadors, a fact...

Fantasy World: The Dude Abides

Two weekends ago out here in the horizontal mess of Los Angeles was another incarnation of the Lebowski Fest, a two-day event that celebrates all of t...

Life of Reilly

Here's my solution for fixing baseball: put me in charge.

Lunch Links

...Memo. The Wall Street Journal finds that home court historically trumps all else in conference finals. Trends: Baseball player's middle age slump. Mark Sanchez is going to be handsome in GQ. DeAngelo Hall zingers...

Auction Block: Famed Charity

There's a saying that goes around the archives and collections desks at the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown. "You'll be amazed by what we have, and you'll be...

Lunch Links

Daily Rec.'s: (1) Jack Kerouac was a huge fantasy baseball nerd; (2) Seven soul/funk songs you'd be amiss not to listen to; (3) An in...

...when Clemens showed up at the UT-Austin game with Derek Jeter and Minka Kelly. We're baseball fans, but seriously, we were most interested in Minka. That's how far Clemens hath fallen

Fantasy World: Substitute Bats

A month and change into the baseball season, we can start to see a few patterns. Carl Crawford is really fast. Roy Halladay is...

Reporting From ... The 82nd Annual Golden Gloves

While America's best amateurs boxed for the national Golden Gloves title, a seasoned fighter went about his own business. His nose was flat from 104 p...

Reporting from the Jockosphere

Ever since a few high-profile college coaches have gotten on Twitter -- namely Pete Carroll, Tom Crean, John Calipari and Gary Williams -- there's bee...

Lunch Links

...s mom that her son plays like a thug. Secondary-market ticket buyers, like Stub Hub, say baseball tickets are down nine percent from last year—and still no one wants them

The Morning According to Us

What if everybody in baseball juiced? Sure, it's almost a rote question now: Ah, didn't they at one point? But...