Free Pedro

Outside of October, “must win” doesn’t exist in baseball. Momentum stops with tomorrow night’s pitcher, it isn’t a sprint, games in April count the same as the ones in September, blah blah blah… all the things you’ve already heard. These are all things I know to be true. I know too it’s true that tonight’s game is not in any real sense of the overused, misapplied phrase, a “must win.” But it sure feels like it. Read the rest of this entry →

Let me refer you back to this post. The John Smoltz thing wasn’t working two weeks ago, it’s not going to work tonight, and it’s not going to start working. Well, at least we have Masterson to replace him with… What?… We did?… Well then… Read the rest of this entry →

I’d like to take this opportunity to begin a debate. A great debate. It’s time to begin the (naive?) postmortem on the Steroid Era. To me, the most interesting question is our first question:

Who was the best pitcher of the steroid era?

And to kick off the debate, I’ve invited Danny Stahl, our friend and long-suffering Royals fan – and  amateur baseball analyst – to share his thoughts. He has written a very thorough and thoughtful essay, in which he comes to a very unfortunate conclusion for those who love Pedro…

Read the rest of this entry →