I thought I’d try a little something different here. It occurs to me that not everyone reads the comments, and if that’s you, then you’re missing out on some good stuff. Here are a few of my favorite recent comments:
Marshall Clow on boring pitchers:
Any time Steve Trachsel, “the human rain delay”, is pitching – that’s a game to miss.
Unless of course Nomar is playing and the idea of Trachsel pitching to Nomar makes you laugh – that would be the AB that never ended.
Tom Durso on the state of baseball in Pittsburgh:
The real shame is that Pirates management has filled …read more

Hello, and welcome to Tuesday. Did you have an enjoyable Labor Day weekend? I hope you were able to keep cool. It’s been very hot here (by our standards) this past week. But nobody wants to hear some yahoo in San Diego complain about the weather, right? Let’s get to the games:
American League

Blue Jays at Red Sox, 4:05 p.m. PT — Blue and red, birds and items of clothing, two really good pitchers. This game has it all. Roy Halladay’s been kicking butt for several years now, ever since he reinvented himself in 2001, but what’s gotten into Josh Beckett? …read more

The Chicago Cubs have acquired right-hander Steve Trachsel from the Baltimore Orioles for minor-league third baseman Scott Moore and minor-league right-hander Rocky Cherry. Trachsel, who began his career with the Cubs in 1993, made 25 starts for the O’s this year, going 6-8, with a 4.43 ERA. Perhaps more interestingly, since 1960, only two pitchers in baseball have posted worse K/BB ratios (in 140+ IP) than what Trachsel is doing right now:
Jerry Walker, 1961, 168 IP, 96 BB, 56 SO
Tim Leary, 1992: 141 IP, 87 BB, 46, SO
Trachsel, 2007: 140.2 IP, 69 BB, 45 SO
Pretty exclusive company…