For two full minor league seasons now, I’ve kicked around the idea of figuring out a way to put together a comprehensive list of major leaguers who appear in the minor leagues on rehab assignments. One of the best things about the bus leagues is that every so often, you get the chance to see major league talent at minor league prices. Daisuke Matsuzaka was supposed to pitch in Manchester on Saturday (he pitched on Sunday instead, when the weather was much better) – I paid $20 for two tickets w

A couple of weeks ago, at the height of the Twitter AL MVP froo-frah, I wrote a tongue-in-cheek post arguing that Victor Martinez should win AL MVP and Rafael Betancourt should win NL MVP, since both players had achieved great success (albeit in absurdly limited playing time) while toiling for the two teams with the slimmest leads in their respective playoff races. This was meant to tweak the idea that to win a Most Valuable Player award, a player should be the deciding factor in his team ma

U.S. troops based in Germany, Italy and the Netherlands might have a chance to see some future Major League Baseball stars in action during a competition this month.

Where the Raybestos Rookies will start at Bristol: Speed, 3rd Logano 8th Papis DNQ RAYBESTOS® ROOKIE CONTENDER QUALIFYING QUOTES FOR THE SHARPIE 500 NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES RACE AT BRISTOL MOTOR SPEEDWAY , AUGUST 21, 2009, PAGE 1. JOEY LOGANO , No. 20 THE HOME DEPOT TOYOTA : “I was very surprised how fast we were with the Home Depot Toyota. After that lap I thought we were going to be in the back with that one but actually it was the

Last week’s question was: Which Met, who hasn’t yet been on the disabled list this season, will make a trip there next? Although there were many more options, I’m only posting the results of the ones who got votes: Johan Santana: 48 percent Jeff Francoeur: 24 percent Omir Santos: 9 percent Francisco Rodriguez: 6 percent Luis Castillo: 12 percent This one was answered pretty quickly after the question was initially posted as it was revealed a day later that Santana would undergo seas