From the Back Porch: Swisher Sweet - Light it Up!

Last night, a little after the midnight hour (Indianapolis time), I packed it in for the night. The White Sox were heading into the 13th inning against Detroit, and I had given all the time I had to give for the game. Having listened to quite a bit of it while relaxing on the back porch, then watching a large [read more...]

I never thought I’d say this, but…

Kyle Lohse is incredible. I was so wrong about Lohse that I’ve decided to devote an entire entry to it. Somewhat in my defense, when St. Louis signed Lohse to a one-year, $4.25 million deal in March I - along with just about everyone else - thought it was a good deal. But who could have expected this? Lohse is tied with [read more...]

MLB Report Cards

The start of June means only one thing to nearly every student in the country: School is almost over and summer is about to begin. But before thousands of kids can enjoy the beach, sleeping late and Fourth of July fireworks, there's that important thing called grades. Have a poor report card, and a student's summer can turn from backyard [read more...]

Roger Clemens is Barry Bonds, except he’s…

As much as it pains me to do this, I am going to have to acknowledge the blatant racial discrimination in the treatment of Barry Bonds during the whole steroids, BALCO, Victor Conte saga. At the time, I thought that Barry was just getting the treatment he deserved as a cheater and an all around poor human being. [read more...]

MLB: What We Know So Far

As is usually the case, despite an encyclopedia's worth of transaction analysis and statistical breakdown this past winter, there are a few things that have caught us off guard this early in the 2006 Major League Baseball season.The Milwaukee Brewers and Detroit Tigers really aren't this good, and the Florida Marlins and Kansas City Royals really aren't this bad (actually, [read more...]