President Barack Obama offered the following remarks this morning on the release of the Fiscal Year 2010 Budget: Before I begin, I have some good news to report. Starting today, the recently unemployed will benefit from a COBRA subsidy that will make health care affordable. At a time when health car...

Fiscal Responsibility Summit Attendees: (noted without comment. Except for those of us who follow Social Security-Dean Baker made the cut) ADMINISTRATIONSecretary of the Treasury, Tim GeithnerSecretary of Transportation, Ray LaHoodSecretary of Homeland Security, Janet NapolitanoDeputy Secretary of S...

A February 12 Bloomberg article uncritically quoted Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) saying of the economic recovery package: "This unprecedented spending of taxpayer dollars is not timely, targeted nor temporary and it fails to address the underlying problems with the economy." But the article did not p...

The Obama media love-in continued unabated this week as the President-Elect held his second, third and fourth press conferences, all in the Chicago Loop at the Chicago Hilton on Michigan Avenue. Obama’s first presser, almost two weeks ago, attracted an overflow crowd of more than two hundred media...

News MiLB Charities will award a flood relief check for $25,000 to Cedar Rapids and three other Midwest League cities for a total of $100,000. The Salt Lake Bees are the 14th most valuable franchise in the minors according to Forbes, with a valuation of $19.9M, $10.5M in revenue, and annual operatin...

News Matt Brown was named the PCL Star of the Game as the PCL won the Triple-A All-Star Game, 6-5 over the International League. Brown went 2-for-3 with a double and an RBI in a crazy game that saw the PCL blanked through eight innings and then score all six runs in the top of the ninth. The IL made...

News Diamond Leung has some news about the Dodgers' international signings. "But don't expect the Dodgers to be throwing around seven-figure bonuses like the A's reportedly did in giving Michel Inoa $4.25 million." It looks like more of a smokescreen for the same sort of behavior they've been system...

Not much going on in this week's Prospect Hot Sheet, except to note that Brandon Wood's good week earned him a (ho-hum!) mention in the "In the Team Photo" section: Triple-A Salt Lake SS Brandon Wood (Angels) was hot this week, batting .393/.393/.750 (11-for-28) with two home runs, two doubles, a tr...

News No Angel or Dodger prospect was named Offensive Player of the Week or Pitcher of the Week. The Travs, Quakes, and 66ers are taking the day off as the Texas League and Cal League make their All-Star breaks. In the Cal League, the Carolina League All-Stars beat the Cal League All-Stars 3-1. Score...