Mark Buehrle Depreciation Week
A bat commemorating a Perfect Game... that makes sense. When is enough enough? Mark Buehrle Day in Illinois. Perfect! Great honor. He deserved that. When is enough too much? White Sox salute Mark...
View ArticleDallas Braden Delivers Top Ten
And with the assistance of David Letterman, continues beating a living centaur by sending another jab in A-Rod’s direction. Video after the jump. If you hadn’t noticed before, Braden is kind of a weird...
View ArticleThe Devil Rays Sure Showed A-Rod
I have never been more proud to be a Devil Rays fan than I was this past Sunday when I heard about what they did from the friendly confines of Reno’s Eldorado Race & Sports Book. How confident are...
View ArticleIt Was the Best of Times, It Was the Worst of Times
The national pastime is a game that can be exhilirating and excruciating all at once — and yesterday was one of those days. In the span of a few hours, we witnessed Roy Halladay compose the 20th...
View ArticleReluctant counterpoint: I feel OK about Galarraga.
The writers at Bugs&Cranks get along very well. Sure, we have our disagreements around the water cooler. Last week’s ‘king of the ballpark foods’ nearly sparked a fistfight over hot dogs vs. brats....
View ArticleHalladay No-Hitter Not Impressive
Lando and Smitty might be impressed by Roy Halladay tossing a no-hitter in his postseason debut, but not me. Fine, it’s the closest thing to playoff pitching perfection since Don Larsen’s perfect game...
View ArticleB&C’s Baseball Tweet of the Day
Brought to you by… Comedian / actor / over-eater Jim Gaffigan: “I’m starting to feel like the only person who hasn’t thrown a perfect game.” That makes five no-no’s already this season, and it’s not...
View ArticleMy Call for Uniformity in MLB Stadiums
Today, I want to do something different. I want to argue against my own preferences. After seeing Torii Hunter dive over that ridiculously low right field wall at Fenway last week — and hearing the...
View ArticleThree outs away from “El Perfecto…”
During the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame’s teleconference call to announce the class of 2014 this afternoon, Canadian Baseball Network’s Kevin Glew beat me to the punch on a question regarding Dennis...
View ArticleEl Presidente: A B&C interview with Dennis Martinez (VIDEO)
Dennis Martinez became the first Nicaraguan-born player to reach the majors in 1976, and when he walked away from the game twenty-three years later, he did so as the winningest Latino pitcher in big...
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