This Offense Is Offensive

Add Jeff Keppinger to Omar’s List of Bad Trades

DaveKingman posted 5/12/2008 from www.dugoutcentral.com

Heath Bell, Brian Bannister and now the worst "we lost ya for nothing" - Jeff Keppinger. Good work, Omar!

Why skip Galarraga?

Bless You Boys: Front Page Posts found this 5/12/2008 on beck.mlblogs.com

According to Leyland, it came down to having off days the next two Mondays. Because of that, Justin Verlander was scheduled to start Wednesday at Kansas City with an extra day of rest, then would've had another extra day of rest before his next start. ...

Foul Ballpark

Hugging Harold Reynolds found this 5/12/2008 on www.portfolio.com

D o richer Major League Baseball teams play in cleaner stadiums? We surveyed health-code violations at 11 stadiums to find out. It turns out that two of baseball’s richest teams, the New York Yankees and the New York Mets, and a team near the ...

Senior Superlatives

Hugging Harold Reynolds posted 5/13/2008 from gemmintten.blogspot.com

As school children across the country are brushing up on a semester's-worth of learning for upcoming exams, and picking out what will soon be embarrassingly forgetful duds for the prom, GMT takes a look at high school yearbook shots that somehow seemed like a good idea to put on baseball cards.

The Official Site of The Kansas City Royals: News: Close-knit rotation turning page on past

SOX & Dawgs found this 5/13/2008 on kansascity.royals.mlb.com

KANSAS CITY -- The thing about Royals pitcher Brian Bannister is that he understands a storyline. He could be a managing editor. The premise was that Bannister, Gil Meche, Zack Greinke, Brett Tomko and Luke Hochevar are shaping up as the most solid ...