Archive for the 'Baseball' Category

Orioles Score Big In Mitchell Report

Thursday, December 13th, 2007

The Orioles made some offseason noise this week by trading Miguel Tejada to the Houston Astros then having seventeen players show up in the Mitchell Report on steroids use. They were Brian Roberts, Miguel Tejada, Jay Gibbons, Rafael Palmeiro, Larry Bigbie, David Segui, Jack Cust, Jason Grimsley, Jerry Hairston, Tim Laker, Gregg Zaun, Manny Alexander, [...]

Injustice in Baseball History: Ban on Non-Human Players

Saturday, December 1st, 2007

A great post that has been honored in the 2007 Best American Sportswriting Annual details one of the tragedies of Major League Baseball’s sad historic ban on Non-Human players: Bugs Bunny, greatest banned player ever. Via MetaFilter

Another DRM Success Story

Thursday, November 8th, 2007

DRM victories march on after Google sunk it its movie customers in August and at the same time warned us all of the joys of Digital Rights Management the fine folks at Major League Baseball decided they want to get into the act so they just turned off the servers that let you watch the [...]

Just What the Doctor Ordered

Monday, September 10th, 2007

Just in time to improve a dismal season for the Orioles, another steroids controversy. I was wondering if the season could get any more dire, I guess it can.

Orioles Win! Orioles Win!

Wednesday, September 5th, 2007

Congratulations to new manager Dave Trembley on his first win as Orioles manager*. It says a lot about this year as an Orioles fan that the survey at the Baltimore Sun is about the season’s low points, so far. * That he was there all nine innings at least.

Orioles

Thursday, August 30th, 2007

Ok, the Orioles are now 0-9 since announcing their new manager. Could we move him back to being an interim manager please? Edit: So they finally win one! All it took was the manager being ejected from the game! Not that I am saying there is some kind of sign here or anything.