GM McDonald Gets Boot in Brooklyn Jody McDonald has always been known as a baseball personality who doesn't shy away from making his feelings known. The same can be said following his firing today as the general manager of the Brooklyn Robins. "I don't agree with this decision at all. I think the R...

Well, that could have gone better...but all that matters, I guess was that we did better than Omaha.

I think the general opinion of our conversations to date is that the main thing that would do is help teams at the top of the cycle.

“It was bullshit,” Miki Manning said, coming to the defense of her husband after he was selected to the FL All-Star team, but appeared only as a late inning pinch hitter, grounding into a 5-4 fielder’s choice and then getting thrown out stealing. “You’ve got Claudio Defazio at DH, and you sit Lucas ...

LaLoosh Makes Wolf and Hassenpfeffer Stew After a tough opening, the Yellow Springs Nine are hitting on all cylinders, and it’s ace is looking…um…acely. The Nine, leveraging a nice little home stint have now won 11 games in a row, and are 16-1 in July. Yes. 16 wins against only a single loss. The b...

Among the problems with worshipping at the altar of movement is that every problem begins to look like a movement problem.

Interesting storyline, for sure if you're a Hawks fan.

Ouch. Guys do come back, but these things are always worrisome.

There are a few interesting pitching BABIP numbers going down this year.

This month is going well.

Newsflash: LaLoosh is very good.

By stats plus and our email, we are now tied.

I guess the answer was yes.

Awesome!

Very cool.

Another thing I love about this while I'm thinking about it...as competitive GM's we often forget that this game is about having fun.

The veteran concept is probably good when gently applied. I do still pay attention to leadership and captains, regardless of age.

This is very close to my own general approach to managing things, but done at much better detail. Love this.

Responds to Snub, Breaks Out 3-Hit Games While Yellow Springs catcher Aaron Stone is saying all the right things to the public, friends of the right-handed slugger are saying that inside he’s upset about being left off the All-Star team for the first time in three seasons. “I was hurt for a lot of ...

So, with the season edging toward the 100 game mark, it's time to look at a couple interesting teams--Nashville, San Antonio, and poise were all projected to be really pretty super-bad. Instead, they're all hovering around .500. The question: which is the biggest surprise?

Youthful outfielder John Ginn came to the Nine last season is a three-way deal with Louisville and Des Moines, but he never really got comfortable. A brief stint on the opening day roster concluded when it became obvious the 22-year-old wasn’t hitting. A few injuries later, the kid was brought up th...