Tag: MLB

Like a Bad Penny

In September of 2003 a friend and I went to a baseball card show solely for the purpose of meeting Kevin Millar and David Ortiz who were there doing signings.  At the time they were both new favorites of the…

About Pineda and Pine Tar

Last night’s game was just another reminder of how as much as I love baseball, sometimes it frustrates the hell out of me. For the second time this season against the Red Sox, Yankees pitcher Michael Pineda was found to…

Red Sox game eleven: Eleven Red Sox games worse than last night’s game

Last night’s 18-3 drubbing by the Texas Rangers was bad. Painfully bad. Awkwardly, embarrassingly bad.  But it isn’t the worst game the Red Sox have played even if it felt like it. Last night brought the Red Sox not even…

Does MLB have a DUI problem?

While Major League Baseball tries to clean the game of illegal performance enhancing drugs (PEDs) they seem to be doing close to nothing about the issue of players drinking and driving.  At some point MLB and the Player’s Union need…