The Griddle: WBC tweaks rules slightly
The upcoming World Baseball Classic has announced six rules changes for the tournament starting on March 5.
View ArticleDodger Thoughts: Initial Gesture of 2009
The Dodgers' starting catcher will have "J. Martin" on the back of his jersey this season, writes Ken Gurnick of MLB.com. Russell Nathan Jeanson Coltrane Martin is doing so to honor his mother, whose...
View ArticleDodger Thoughts: Dodgers To Come on Down
While it's not true that Andre Ethier's arbitration case will be settled in the Showcase Showdown, the Dodgers' winter caravan will take the team to a taping of The Price Is Right on Wednesday. A full...
View ArticleDodger Thoughts: Make It Happen: Inside-the-Park Home Run Derby
Spurred on by a joke by Dodger Thoughts commenter Jim Hitchcock, fellow commenter Humma Kavula had a nifty idea today.
View ArticleDodger Thoughts: Lambo Draws First Blood
For those who haven't heard, Andrew Lambo has moved to the top of the Baseball America Dodger prospect list. In 2008, the 6-foot-3, 190-pound 20-year-old outfielder from Newbury Park followed an .807...
View ArticleThe Griddle: If 'Slate' is against this, then I'm for it
I have little to say on the Super Bowl, except that since Slate writer Charles Pierce described the Arizona Cardinals appearance in the Super Bowl as at best a fluke and, at worst, a disgrace, I now...
View ArticleThe Griddle: To tide you over until pitchers and catchers report
The closing scenes from my favorite film:
View ArticleDodger Thoughts: Molly Knight KOs Joba Chamberlain
ESPN.com writer and Dodger Thoughts bonne amie Molly Knight showed Yankee pitcher Joba Chamberlain who's boss.
View ArticleCatfish Stew: It Wuertz Me To Say This, But...
I've told Wuertz jokes than this one. Fear not, there's only one blog post left on Catfish Stew.
View ArticleThe Griddle: You did a good job, but it's time to go
All good things come to an end. So too is this blog. You can judge for yourself whether or not the second sentence is a subset of the first.
View ArticleCardboard Gods: Reggie Jackson, 1976
(Note: The following is my farewell to the disbanding Baseball Toaster; the ongoing travelogue-in-cardboard Somewhere I lost Connection will resume at the new location of Cardboard Gods.) A god stands...
View ArticleCub Town: So Long, And Thanks For All The Fish
I'm not sure what to say today. This being over feels momentous, and pedestrian at the same time, because while I've been here seemingly forever, I've barely shown my shadow since mid-season 2006. The...
View ArticleThe Juice Blog: Official Moving Day is Here
(Go to nsfwsports.com if you want to find Scott's new blog site.)
View ArticleHumbug Journal: My Final Take-It-Or-Leave-It Offer
Because I'm retainingScott Boras I'll hold out, and not join the chorus With new homes online. If you want me tosign, Bid a mil and a golden thesaurus.
View ArticleCub Town: Fade to Black
It hurts, any time you lose something you care about, something that's been a part of your life for years. It hurts, any time you watch as a community you love slowly fades away, as much by your own...
View ArticleFairpole: Baseball Toaster To Be Unplugged, Disassembled For Scraps
If you've been paying attention lately, you've noticed that Baseball Toaster has had a bunch of its knobs and switches and dials and wires fall off in recent months. Today, with the largest part of our...
View ArticleCatfish Stew: And So To Fade Away
Ken Arneson confronts his white whale in the final blog entry on BaseballToaster.com. "Load the harpoons, gentlemen, it is showdown time. Today, my adventure as a baseball blogger ends. I'm going...
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