Archives - Off The Bench

Running Diary 6/26

I love Sunday afternoons because I get four games to watch. I get either the White Sox or Cubs on WGN, either...

Justin Verlander put on a show yesterday with his 119 pitch, 14 strikeout, 8 shutout inning performance. I wish I could say...

Brian Matusz is supposed to be the ace of the future. The piece that Andy MacPhail and the rest of the Baltimore...

I’m really tired of the Florida Marlins’ Gaby Sanchez not getting recognition. The guy is an absolute player. He may not have...

I wrote yesterday about the sudden resignation of Nationals manager Jim Riggleman over his contract status. Many, many people also wrote about...

Washington Nationals manager Jim Riggleman resigned today after a 1-0 win over the Seattle Mariners, the Nats 11th in their last 12...

I recently started following Chris St. Paul and his writing/research, I have found to be awesomely interesting (he would be awesome if...

The Yankees and Reds got rained out yesterday so, as this is obviously New York’s only trip to Cincinnati this season, they are playing...

In another huge blow to the fun of watching baseball (Buster Posey’s injury was the first) Albert Pujols will be out 4-6...

Chad Billingsly has been an above average pitcher for each of the past 5 years but, in 2011, the year of the...