July 2009

  1. Canseco's Claim

    So, Jose Canseco has made another "outrageous" statement that will unfortunately probably wind up being true. From ESPN... "And I'll tell you this, Major League Baseball is going to have a big, big problem on their…

  2. Future Stars & Busts

    This will be brief. Late last night, I was watching the Blue Jays/Mariners game and rooting for Marc Rzepczynski, who was starting for our fantasy team last night. A few thoughts came to mind that I needed to share with…

  3. Mark? This is Theo...

    My written response to this rumor is a bit late, as I first heard it on Sunday... from the very end of Nick Cafardo's lengthy Sunday column ... At this time of year, one takes trade information with a grain of salt, but…

  4. Friday's Notepad

    Below are a few random thoughts from having free MLB Extra Innings on this Friday afternoon... Starting Pitchers for today's two matinees... Jose Contreras, White Sox @ Justin Verlander, Detroit... and... Aaron Harang,…

  5. Halladay to Mets?

    Peter Abraham is a writer whom I've come to respect a bit recently, since he criticized the Yankees' handling of Alex Rodriguez about a month ago. On June 20th, he wrote about how the Yankees hadn't rested Alex as often…

  6. Clearing the Notebook

    I'm using this Sunday evening explore the evolving trade market & examine the untapped potential of young players like Mat Latos, Brett Wallace, and even Andy Marte... who's fighting to avoid being the Gary Scott of…

  7. Live from New York

    This post was spawned from notes taken on my incredibly nerdy legal pad, while I sat in the 500 level of CitiField, directly behind (and above) home plate. In my opinion, it does not appear that CitiField has very much…

  8. All-Star Eve

    In advance, please know that this in no way encapsulates all of my thoughts over the past week around baseball. I'll have another post soon clearing the notebook, which will include highlights from my first trip to…

  9. Delayed Reaction

    Sorry again for the delay between posts. We just moved to a new apartment in Manhattan and do not have Internet, TV, phone, or any of those domestic communication devises. In the week, since our last post, we've…

  10. Inaugural Power Rankings

    In lieu of the traditional format of our 1st of the month look at MLB predictions, we will take an at-a-glance look at each team with our first annual July 1 power rankings. We will count them down... There are 30…

  11. Posnanski's Latest

    We'll have our highly anticipated July 1 post up later today. Here is something to hold you over, if you're sitting in your office with not a lot to do. As we've said here many times, Joe Posnanski is the best. If you…