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Sure, if you lost, there was a reason - a blown play, a homerun given up in a crucial situation (instead of flyball to left), a bleeder that finds a hole, a line drive that is just barely caught, a base running gaffe - those things happen all the time and they frequently determine the outcomes...

No one will ever convince me that the outcome of the '91 World Series wasn't a crap shoot (well, that and a ridiculous home field advantage for Minnesota). The '96 Yankees were not better than the '96 Braves. You think the '97 Marlins were better than the '97 Braves, but ended up 9 games...

Of course, it's a crap shoot. The fact that it has elements of random chance (i.e., it's a crap shot) doesn't mean that people won't care about it. People care a great deal about high stakes games of craps. People are very interested in winning a $400 million lottery. It is the very element...

I saw the power rankings clip that was posted at ESPN that you're talking about, and I was kind of irritated as others have described. I think that Mulder's and Ravech's comments reflect a shallow, read-the-headlines type of analysis. As others have pointed out, it is true that the Braves...

I'm not saying Uggla will come back after his surgery and start hitting really well, or even like he did 3 or 4 years ago, but it is absolutely meaningless to read anything into three at bats in the minors at the start of a rehab assignment.

Well, IF it is true, and his career is over, then obviously it's bad for the Braves and even worse for Beachy. You hate to see something like that for a guy who has been such a great story. That said, it is also possible that it isn't something truly serious. For instance, maybe the Braves...

Well, that depends on what happens next. He's a third baseman that has trouble throwing to first. They could move him to first, in which case his contract is even worse, but I agree that his contract isn't ridiculous.

I think it's hilarious that the Nats owe Werth 21 million in 2016 and 17 million in 2017. He'll be what, 38? And they owe R. Zimmerman 18 million in 2019. One of the things that disgusts me about baseball is the disparity in salaries. LA has a payroll that is TEN TIMES the size of the...

Yeah, well that's like your opinion, man.

I have to agree with all of this (and I realize it makes me a crank as well). I am really, really tired of all the showboating, and while I don't like the idea of a pitcher throwing at a batter's head (it can, and has, ended careers), I have no problem with a batter getting plunked in the back...