Hey Jered Weaver, this is Where Message Pitches are Meant to be Delivered
Ryan Braun: not happy with the way things played out. As far as retaliation goes, it was awkward, it was ugly and if it wasn’t embarrassing to more than one party, then by all rights it should have...
View ArticleYes, There’s a Chance that Tony La Russa, Baseball’s Resident Expert on...
They say retirement softens people. It remains to be seen whether Tony La Russa might fall into this category, but in the short term, his newfound freedom seems to have loosened his lips. While...
View ArticleLa Russa’s All-Star Snubs Have Cincy Clubhouse Crying Foul
Johnny Cueto: Still not an All-Star. Remember when Brandon Phillips called the Cardinals “little bitches,” and in the ensuing fight Johnny Cueto kicked Jason LaRue onto the disabled list for nearly the...
View ArticleKevin Towers, We Hardly Knew Thee …
If we’re gonna remember Bo Porter when he’s canned, seems only right to do the same for Kevin Towers. The GM who brought a lot of toughness and not too many victories to the desert as of late was...
View ArticleBreak Out the Red Cards: Dodgers and D’Backs at it Again
So the Dodgers and Diamondbacks are drilling each other. Welcome to baseball season. In a continuation of the bad blood we’ve seen between these teams over recent years—the lowlight being a protracted...
View ArticlePR Man Tony La Russa Would Like to Sell You on the Merits of Retaliation
Tony La Russa is one of the most vengeful men baseball has ever known. An entire book, Buzz Bissinger’s “3 Nights in August,” went into great detail about his deliberative process as manager of the...
View ArticleThe Best Revenge Can Be Found On the Scoreboard
I’ve long claimed in this space that the best kind of retaliation is the kind that hurts figuratively, on the scoreboard, rather than literally, in, say, the ribcage. In San Francisco, Bruce Bochy...
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