Dec 2, 2008

The Winter Meetings begin next Monday and that can mean only one thing — wall-to-wall coverage of everything Scott Boras says, does and eats. To ease our way into a week spent with baseball's most controversial...

Dec 2, 2008

The holidays approach — Hanukkah begins Dec. 21 — which means Big League Stew is on the lookout for the neatest baseball-themed gifts for enthusiasts of what's still our national pastime. Welcome...

Dec 2, 2008

Since I'm like 99.9 percent of the public in that I don't particularly like to listen to myself, can you do me a favor and head on over to Dan Levy's always-intriguing On The DL podcast and tell me how...

Dec 2, 2008

'Twas the week before Major League Baseball's winter meetings and all through the house, GMs could hear Scott Boras squeezing down the chimney in search of yet another series of big paydays. Boras, the...

Dec 2, 2008

Surely I can't be the only one who had the above MK image run through my head upon hearing that Dusty Baker was going to call his ex-horse Kerry Wood to see "what's up." As you'll no doubt remember,...

Dec 2, 2008

As someone who doesn't get overly thrilled or excited over arbitration news, I'm happy to see that only 24 players were offered it before last night's deadline. Mostly because it means we'll only have...

Dec 2, 2008

This story has been heavily reported in the past few days, more so than I can ever remember, but last night was the deadline for offering arbitration to your own free agents. The result was a total of...

Dec 2, 2008

San Diego general manager Kevin Towers said on Monday that the Padres opted not to offer the Major League career saves leader arbitration.

Dec 2, 2008

Padres general manager Kevin Towers could well be working a deal for Jake Peavy when the Winter Meetings open on Dec. 8 in Las Vegas, trading the 2007 Cy Young Award winner, perhaps to the Chicago Cubs....

Dec 2, 2008

Baker deserves to be hated in Chicago for wearing out Kerry Wood. Now Dusty wants to re-unite with Kerry Wood in Cincinnati. If karma exists, he'll get him.

Dec 2, 2008 | 1 comment

Eri Yoshida, a knuckleball pitcher, signed with a regional baseball team Tuesday.

Dec 1, 2008 | 1 comment

Rickey Henderson is the biggest name to appear for the first time on baseball's Hall of Fame ballot.

Dec 1, 2008

The Winter Meetings begin next Monday and that can mean only one thing — wall-to-wall coverage of everything Scott Boras says, does and eats. To ease our way into a week spent with baseball's most...

Dec 1, 2008

The ballot for baseball's 2009 Hall of Fame Class was released today and at 23 candidates, it's the smallest in Cooperstown history. All ballots are due by Dec. 31 and the inductees will be announced on...

Dec 1, 2008

From the Windup is FanHouse's extended look at a particular portion of America's pastime.Jake Peavy is the type of pitcher who can change the complexion of an entire franchise. He won the Cy Young award...

Dec 1, 2008

Speaking of aging veterans looking to prove they still have it, John Smoltz took to the basketball court on Sunday night to help start making his case. Saying his right shoulder felt fine, Smoltz appeared...

Dec 1, 2008

I've watched my fair share of Phillies parade videos over the past month and most of them have been awful. Shot on cellphones by fans who already drank their fair share of Yuengling, few of the "films"...

Dec 1, 2008

In their relatively brief history, the San Diego Padres have had 16 players pitch in two games or fewer ...

Nov 26, 2008

Tyler Hansbrough looked like his old self and North Carolina looked like the unanimous No. 1.

Nov 26, 2008

At the risk of sounding oversentimental or already drunk on cranberry sauce, I'd like to confess that I love those "What I'm Thankful For" columns. Long favored by columnists with one foot out...

Nov 26, 2008

Not much of a theme today. Just… whatever… Remember when we used to lust after Marcus Giles? This was in 2002 — years before he actually arrived and demonstrated an alarming inability...

Nov 25, 2008 | 1 comment

Nearly one year after former Sen. George Mitchell released a damning report on doping in MLB he said the report helped reduced usage in the league -- but is "very doubtful" that every player is clean

Nov 25, 2008

San Diego State signed 18 players to letters of intent. The class is heavy on local talent.

Nov 25, 2008

It was likely never anything more than a pipe dream. Still, let's just look at it one last time and dream of what could have been: Jake Peavy, Carlos Zambrano, Ryan Dempster, Ted Lilly, Rich HardenEither...