Ok everybody knows I’m a degenerate gambler. I’ve been gambling and losing for the last 20 years of my life. The only time I’m not betting is when I’m shut off from my bookie and on some sort of payment plan. I’m not proud of this, but it’s just the way it is. The point is I’ve been gambling a long ass time and I’m not sure I’ve ever seen anything like what’s happened the last 3 days in baseball with the totals. Do you want to know what the over is in the past 3 days? Brace yourself now…..6-

Each week (or not), Dan McQuade reviews a baseball movie. He's also reviewing MLB Network's six-episode reality show The Pen , featuring the Philadelphia Phillies bullpen, airing Sundays at 8 p.m. on MLB Network. Previous installments: Episode 1 , Episode 2 . We didn't even get three episodes into The Pen and already people are claiming curse. Last week, the Philadelphia Daily News implied the three Phils relievers on the DL could be the result of a curse. I'm not quite sure how goi

Here's what happened in baseball last night when nobody got hurt : Brewers 10, Mets 6 : Casey McGehee giveth, Casey McGehee taketh away. Just an inning after making a Luis Castillo-esque oopsie and dropping a pop-up that led to two runs, the Brewers third baseman collected his first career tetra tot. McGehee then retreated to the dugout for some high fives and fist bumps, yelled expletives into his helmet, and then appeared briefly for his Miller Park curtain call. Speaking of Castillo

Will County Young Republicans will be celebrating Will County Republican Family Night with the Joliet Jackhammers tonight, June 30th, at 6:00 PM. The tickets are free and they're encouraging Will County Republicans -- young AND old -- to support their local minor league baseball team at the Silver Cross field in Joliet. Will County YRs' co-chairman Jeff Wartman will have the tickets. Give him a call at 708.543.7381 and tell him how many tickets you'll need.

One of the most interesting aspects to come out of the Confederations Cup, after the United States came from nowhere to end up as the runners-up to Brazil, was observation of the reaction to Team America’s successes back home. As is common knowledge, American TV has never been a huge fan of soccer as a whole and many of America’s top sports pundits are clueless when it comes to the world’s most popular pastime. That said, US “soccer-heads” will likely have been driven up the wall by the pundit