If you follow us on twitter (@blogoffthebench) you will know that we’ve been keeping a count of the days until the first...
Those of you who have ever checked out Off the Bench’s ‘About’ section will know that for most of my life I’ve...
My recent post lauding the brilliance and foresight behind the Dodgers acquisition of utility infielder Chone Figgins sparked a bit of a...
Chone Figgins was once one of baseball’s most exciting and sought after players. He was a defensive wizard (sort of) who could...
Vernon Wells’ fall from grace wasn’t exactly unprecedented, but it wasn’t particularly common either. When the 35 year old former All-Star with...
We all knew that Robinson Cano, Shin-Soo Choo, Jacoby Ellsbury, Brian McCann and others were going to be huge free agent targets...
Managers don’t throw a single pitch. They don’t take a single grounder, get a single hit, or score a single run. Yet having the...
If you fire up your old Nintendo 64 gaming console and pop in the cartridge for Ken Griffey Jr. Baseball, you’ll see...
Believe it or not, the Toronto Blue Jays have been virtually upbraided (as in upbraided in a virtual space, the upbraiding has...
Every year, Off the Bench releases its official Hall of Fame ballot, throwing our hat in the ring with suggestions for the...
Lost (perhaps on purpose) in the media storm around the Robinson Cano signing is the fact that the Houston Astros and free...
Robinson Cano has agreed in principle to a 10 year/$240 million contract with the Seattle Mariners. Here are my initial thoughts: The...