Play Ball not Politics

sign at Phoenix Suns game last night, AP, via SBD

Defunct Lehman Bros. embedded in global warming schemes

2/6/08, Shareholders charge Lehman Bros. with using erroneous information on global warming which harmed investors. Lehman itself produced a document in 2007 making certain conclusions about global warming that were relied on as fact by others. (MLB is deeply embedded with global warming types, for example): “Lehman Brothers says it wants to make money from [...]

Mariano, Yanks v Mariners, 5/2/08

photo by Newsday

Baseball beat writers are the new “rust belt”

I don’t wish anyone to lose their job, but with the high cost of fuel, it’s impractical and too costly in this day and age. Plenty needs to be written about in baseball–that’s not the issue. But is the interviewing of managers done with the intent to provide redeeming social or intellectual value? If so, [...]

Joe Castiglione=Good Cop, Dave O’Brien=Bad Cop

Hank said ESPN is full of Red Sox fans, and he’s painted as a buffoon, There are enough Red Sox fans in visible or influential positions in broadcasting and executive offices that Hank’s statement is obviously true. The point is control of information, the way information is presented in numerous matters–as quixotic as that might [...]

Mel Stottlemyre returns to Yankee Stadium, May 2008

. Welcome back, Mel. photo by Newsday.

Chien-Ming Wang v Mariners, 1st inning

photo by Newsday

Lowest ERA’s at Yankee Stadium past 5 years

Per Suzyn Waldman on Yankee Radio tonight, Roy Halladay has the lowest ERA at Yankee Stadium in the past 5 years, followed by Eric Bedard

Phil Hughes gets checked, needs glasses, per Suzyn Waldman

On Yankee radio, Suzyn notes Phil Hughes went to an optometrist today in Connecticut, and it turns out he is near-sighted and requires glasses. The new world of Phil Hughes begins.

Welcome back, Mel Stottlemyre

Mariners at Yankees tonight, May 2, 2008.