I’m rooting for the Rockies in the National League, and not just because I desperately want them to take down the Phillies. I just like the way they’re run.
I rarely hear Dan O’Dowd’s name thrown around in discussions of the better GMs in baseball, probably because his Rockies spent the beginning of his tenure [...]

I caught wind of the new Black Jack Taco today thanks to the Internet’s own Jake Rake.

I had to try it, but the problem is the Taco Bell nearest my home is the Worst Taco Bell on the Face of the Earth. Bar none. It’s terrible. One time I waited 17 minutes for my tacos. [...]

Jon Heyman writes in SI.com that, according to a source, Omar Minaya would be gone if he hadn’t signed an extension last year. If that’s true, it’s another example of the Mets failing to grasp sunk-cost economics. And also, why did they sign him to that extension last year?
At SNY.tv, Mike Salfino examines what Braylon [...]

In today’s Daily News, Bill Madden suggests that Major League Baseball add a second Wild Card, and then have the two Wild Card teams square off in a sudden-death playoff before the real playoffs begin.
What? No. No, no, no, no, no.
Madden says it would be “great theater.” That’s true. But you know what else would [...]

“We’re building something here, detective. We’re building it from scratch. All the pieces matter.” – Lester Freamon.
So the Mets announced yesterday that they received Chris Carter and Eddie Lora from the Red Sox, completing the Billy Wagner trade and surprising absolutely no one.
Many will denigrate the trade as yet another mark against Minaya, as Wagner, [...]