http://ballhype.com/userblog/ericj/ BallHype stories contributed by ericj en BallHype http://backend.userland.com/rss http://images.dailyradar.com/media/img/ballhype/logo_120x60.png http://ballhype.com/userblog/ericj/ 120 60 http://ballhype.com/story/balmy_weather_may_bench_a_baseball_staple/ <p><a href="http://ballhype.com/story/balmy_weather_may_bench_a_baseball_staple/"><img src="http://images.dailyradar.com/media/uploads/ballhype/img_story/062/62412.thumb.jpg" width="140" height="140" align="right" alt="Balmy Weather May Bench a Baseball Staple" style="border: 1px #ccc solid;margin: 2px 4px;"/></a>"But in towns like this one, in the heart of the mountain forests that supply the nation’s finest baseball bats, the future of the ash tree is in doubt because of a killer beetle and a warming climate, and with it, the complicated relationship of the baseball player to his bat."</p><p>ericj posted 7/11/2007 from nytimes.com </p><p>Find more top sports news, videos, and blogs on BallHype: <a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/">MLB</a></p> http://ballhype.com/story/balmy_weather_may_bench_a_baseball_staple/ Wed, 11 Jul 2007 04:21:55 +0000 MLB http://ballhype.com/story/no_granderson_on_the_all_star_ballot/ <p>Curtis Granderson is snubbed by Detroit on the All Star ballot. </p><p>ericj posted 4/19/2007 from blog.mlive.com </p><p>Find more top sports news, videos, and blogs on BallHype: <a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/">MLB</a>, <a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/curtis_granderson/">Curtis Granderson</a>, <a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/detroit_tigers/">Detroit Tigers</a></p> http://ballhype.com/story/no_granderson_on_the_all_star_ballot/ Thu, 19 Apr 2007 00:56:30 +0000 MLB Curtis Granderson Detroit Tigers http://ballhype.com/story/ordonez_dealing_with_cold_weather_as_best_he_can/ <p>Ordonez blames the weather for his recent poor defensive performances</p><p>ericj posted 4/8/2007 from mlive.com </p><p>Find more top sports news, videos, and blogs on BallHype: <a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/">MLB</a>, <a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/magglio_ordonez/">Magglio Ordonez</a></p> http://ballhype.com/story/ordonez_dealing_with_cold_weather_as_best_he_can/ Sun, 8 Apr 2007 16:26:46 +0000 MLB Magglio Ordonez