The U.S. is managed by Davey Johnson. Yes, he of the two shaky seasons running the Dodgers. His coaches are Reggie Smith, former Dodgers outfielder and coach; Rick Eckstein, brother of David; and Marcel Lachemann, former Angels manager in the mid-90s. Among the players on the U.S. team are occasional major-leaguers Terry Tiffee, Matt Brown […]

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I’m over at the Wukesong Baseball Main Field, watching a sport 1.29999 billion of the 1.3 billion Chinese people don’t understand. One that will disappear from the Olympic movement as soon as the last out is made in the gold-medal game Saturday. And I have a feeling almost no one will miss it. First, let […]

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Most of us are prepared to love the new guy. Whatever the sport. We focus on his positive accomplishments. We think of what he can add to the team. (Some Clippers fans may even believe barking dog Ricky Davis will help their team.) And a few years or even a few months later … we’re […]

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… they uncorked a stink-bomb of a game in New York. The winningest team in baseball played like the worst team in baseball. The Angels made four errors, officially, made a batch more mental mistakes that could have been errors and another handful that were brain cramps. They gave the Yankees six walks and allowed […]

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I saw the headline for this one … about fans getting “ugly” in the Twins’ victory over the Chicago White Sox and I, of course, assumed it was Chicago fans. Who can be rough. Especially there on the South Side. But no. This was about Twin Cities fans getting rowdy. That never happens. Everyone in […]

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Maybe Red Sox fans are going to miss Manny Ramirez, now the Dodgers’ left fielder, but the main players in the Boston print journalism community are deeply satisfied that he is gone. Boiling down their commentary, it comes out as something like this: Manny was a cancer that the Red Sox couldn’t possibly live with, […]

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I vowed (two items under this one) to march on Chavez Ravine and set myself on fire if the Dodgers traded for Manny … or at least light a candle in protest … And now they have traded for Manny … But I’m giving myself an out here because my self-immolation also required the Dodgers […]

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I am reminded of some silly dialogue from the Mel Brooks movie “Blazing Saddles.” The Cleavon Little character (Black Bart, was it not?) announces to the townsfolk, “Can’t you see it’s the last act of a desperate man?” And one of the townspeople replies, “We don’t care if it’s the first act of ‘Henry the […]

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This is the rumor floating around out there. That the Boston Red Sox are ready to foist Manny “Dead Man Jogging” Ramirez on someone, and that the Dodgers are thought to be candidates for the dreadlocked, brain-dead left fielder. This would be a horrible, horrible (add as many more “horribles” as you deem fit) idea. […]

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I watched most of this game and it seemed a little weird from the start. Finally, around the eighth inning, maybe when Dave Roberts pinch-hit for the Giants, it struck me: These two teams are absolutely awful. Particularly in terms of the people they ran out there Tuesday night at Dodger Stadium. Starting for the […]

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