1. FARNSWORTH.  →

  2. this seems ill-advised →

    i guess now that mlb’s taking over the dodgers’ financial operations they need the extra scratch, but…

  3. "a perfectly awful way to begin" →

  4. It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart. The game begins in the spring, when everything else begins again, and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons and evenings, and then as soon as the chill rains come, it stops and leaves you to face the fall alone. You count on it, rely on it to buffer the passage of time, to keep the memory of sunshine and high skies alive, and then just when the days are all twilight, when you need it most, it stops.

    — 

    Former MLB commissioner Bart Giamatti, “The Green Fields of the Mind”.

    One. More. Day.

    (via langer)

    wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

  5. bye bye ollie →

    i would absolutely read an in-depth biography of this guy, because his struggles were fascinating and sad to me. but i’m happy to see him go.

  6. rocco retires.  →

    “I don’t anticipate ever playing baseball again,” he told the St. Petersburg Times, which first reported Baldelli’s decision. “I’m retired. … And you know what? The only time I feel like it’s good to retire is when you’re happy to retire. And I’m happy.”

    (thanks to the anonymous tipster who sent this along.)

  7. The Akron Aeros today announced plans for the ballclub’s newest food item – the “Nice 2 Meat You” Burger. This burger is a colossal creation – 1 ¼ lb. hamburger, stuffed with a ½ lb. hot dog, and ¼ lb. of bacon, cheese, and onions. … The “Nice 2 Meat You” Burger joins “3 Dog Night” as the newest food creations fans can enjoy at Canal Park this summer. “3 Dog Night” is a hot dog stuffed inside a bratwurst stuffed inside a kielbasa, topped with sauerkraut and stadium mustard, on a hoagie roll.

    The Akron Aeros today announced plans for the ballclub’s newest food item – the “Nice 2 Meat You” Burger. This burger is a colossal creation – 1 ¼ lb. hamburger, stuffed with a ½ lb. hot dog, and ¼ lb. of bacon, cheese, and onions. …


    The “Nice 2 Meat You” Burger joins “3 Dog Night” as the newest food creations fans can enjoy at Canal Park this summer. “3 Dog Night” is a hot dog stuffed inside a bratwurst stuffed inside a kielbasa, topped with sauerkraut and stadium mustard, on a hoagie roll.

  8. mondosalvo asked: We all know how much you love baseball. Do you have a collection of baseball caps? And, if so, do you ever wear one?

    I don’t really — the combination of my giant head and my curly-yet-thin hair makes me extra-susceptible to hathead. I have a Mets cap that I wear every so often; I got it from an old MLB.com coworker of mine who had an extra one after giving out gift packages to the members of Cheap Trick on the occasion of their coming by the studio.