Well, after countless rumors over the last few offseasons involving a potential Brian Roberts trade, the second baseman has agreed to a 4-yr extension with the Baltimore Orioles. He stated that his decision centered around a desire to remain with the same team for his entire career as well as how th...

A few links for Wednesday night... According to The Sports Network, the Brewers signed minor leaguers Eduardo Morlan and Cody Scarpetta to one year deals. Brian Roberts hasn't given up on working out an extension with the O's, according to Roch Kubatko of MASN Sports. Kubatko writes "it's prett...

Here are the results of our third round in the slow mock draft. To see the past rounds and commentary follow the links to round 1 and round 2. Round 3 : Pick 1(25) - @crookedpitch - Prince Fielder - He’s not a 50 home run guy, but I wouldn’t count out 35-40 homers with 100+ RBI. Fielder ...

This is going to be the shortest list so far as I rank the players by position. Why is that? Well, I’ll answer that, as well as many other questions that I know you all will ask before you can blow up my inbox with hate mail. B.J. Upton is not on this list, he’ll be in the outfield ranki...

Detroit Tigers president/general manager Dave Dombrowski has said on multiple occasions that Detroit would make defense a priority in their search for a shortstop, and there has been speculation that they could at least consider a defense-first option at short given the batting talent elsewhere in t...

1.  Dick Butkus will kick your butt if you use steroids.  (Northwest Journal) 2.   Experts expect steroid street prices to reach an all-time high. (Satire, SSNN) 3.  Manuel Beltran: facing 5 years in the clink?  (Bangkok Post) 4.  If only Brian Roberts were doping ...

Clay Buchholz return in a Red Sox uniform only lasted five innings giving up four runs in the process.  He had some problems with his command walking five batters but did strikeout six. Brian Roberts was a home run short of the cycle. Goat of the Game: Wasted chance A bases loaded situation in the ...

1.  Will anyone enjoy track again?  (ESPN) 2. Drug-cheat Dwain Chambers runs as low as 10.06; prepares to fight lifetime Olympic ban  (The Sun) 3.  A little older story on Brian Roberts and his faith overcoming steroids taint.  (Lancaster Online) 4.  Ex-drug suspended T...

It’s that time again, time to cast your annual All-Star ballot.  If you haven’t already voted the ridiculous 25 times you’re allowed to, that is.  Being a believer in the true democratic process, I’m casting one ballot this year, as I have every year.  Being a believer in ...

The White Sox left 14 men on base in The Game That Wouldn’t End And Still Hasn’t. The Sox also looked stupid trying to bunt in the eighth and 10th innings. That’s the bad part of the offense. The Sox got a clutch home run in the bottom of some godforsaken inning. That’s the good part of the ...