Over the summer, the Gamblers employ several interns from local colleges. Being the magnanimous leader that I am, I always tell them that the door too my office is always open yo them, but unsurprisingly, few of them take advantage of it, preferring to spend time with those of their own age group. S...

Howdy!!!

Wonder how many folks voted against Bikini just because of the whole “ Ron in the postseason “ thing.

There is no bigger crapshoot in baseball than trading for a reliever.

I’m an old man, and rap makes my ears bleed, and even I loved it…

A step forward for Zadoyan, going from unspeakably horrible in 2062, to just bad this year…

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I remember the one who resigned to manage his bride's career as an exotic dancer.

What's her @?

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Thought you’d never ask..,all part of the interwoven saga that is the Chico Ruiz story…

As a very wise man named Billy Joel once said, "Life is a series of hellos and goodbyes", and the Gamblers have had their share of both recently. Firstly, I've lost another assistant general manager. Sergio Lopez has announced that he will be leaving the Gamblers. I have the worst luck ever with ass...

Jerusalem was my entry point into the BBA universe as well. Everything I know I learned there. Took about 20 minutes…

I’m going through a phase where I’m valuing “eye” more than I have, because I suspect it might translate more easily as a player moves up the ladder. Don’t know if I’m onto anything, I just remember Bill James saying “The most important thing a hitter can do is avoid making an out”.

Welcome aboard, Josh… Doesn’t Clovis have something to do with the late great Buddy Holly?

"I'm mad at you" said Sandy as he settled into the comfy chair opposite my desk. "Yeah? Get in line", I replied. Sandy was Atlantic City's promotion manager, and a guy I generally liked to keep happy. He had pulled some serious miracles keeping fan interest alive through our lean years, and he might...

TRANSCRIPT OF CHICO RUIZ'S POST-DRAFT PRESS CONFERENCE CHICO: Nice to see all of you here. We're very happy with the players we selected in this draft and we look forward to talking with you about the draft or anything else you have questions about. Let's get it started... Phil, you have the first ...

Always a read I look forward to, and special kudos for using the larger type face so I don’t have to go get my reading glasses!

The rule mimics MLB. And if you don't offer slot, you don't get a comp pick. It's purpose is to prevent the player from holding the team hostage. In our league... Let's say I went on a cruise during the draft, and I got auto'ed an impossible to sign player. Sure, it's my fault for missing the draft...

Several of my fellow GMs were talking recently, and it was expressed that with this draft class being generally considered to be very poor, we could well be in store for a large number of draft picks going unsigned “accidentally on purpose” because GMs would rather have the corresponding pick next y...

2. Kept yer stinking’ AAA team out of Atlantic City… I have enough trouble drawing fans as it is. Ha... was panning through Google Maps fairly zoomed in on the East Coast to find a new location for AAA and saw Ducktown. Zooming out and realizing it was part of Atlantic City just made it feel right,...

1. I, on the other hand, enjoyed the freeze and replay.

2. Kept yer stinking’ AAA team out of Atlantic City… I have enough trouble drawing fans as it is.

3. Rosie Butterschmutz?…

But if you have players outside the Hall who are obviously significantly better than a number of players inside, what does a Hall of Fame even mean? The real-world HOF had this problem around 1950, when the ballot was severely bloated and guys like Mel Ott, Jimmie Foxx and Bill Terry were getting pa...

I need to go back and reread part of the Bill James book about the Hall of Fame…. They had the same problem we’re having.