Honest Wagner

The Kerry people are looking at Iowa governor Tom Vilsack as a potential veep choice. Vilsack, raised in Pittsburgh, also appears to be some...

In the car an hour or so ago, I heard Mac on the pregame show with the news that Vogelsong will pitch out of the bullpen for now. Burnett wi...

Ten games from the half-way mark, people. The season is flying by. Of the Reds' big 3, only Sean Casey has done much against Oliver Pe...

From Bob Dvorchak's report on last night's game: Rob Mackowiak got locked inside the lavatory in the visitor's dugout in the to...

Steve Novotney has a report on the decision. Rob Biertempfel has an entry in his notebook .

Rule V secret agent Bautista is on waivers right now . Now that Tampa Bay is winning big and gunning for their first division championship, ...

Uhh. The bullpen has been a weakness lately. Ray of light: Bobby Hill was first man off the bench to pinch-hit. He struck out against Dann...

Here are the 2004 Reds. Half way through the season, they have three guys on pace for 100 RBI seasons: Sean Casey, Ken Griffey, and Adam Du...

Steve Novotney interviewed Jack Wilson about the improbability of Wilson being elected an All-Star. There's no doubt about it: he deser...

Chris Jenkins of the San Diego Union-Tribune has this dissertation on tipping pitches. Print a copy and give it to J.J. Davis. Maybe it wil...

J.J. Davis will join the team in Cincinnati and the Pirates will have to move a position player off the roster to make room. My guess is Rub...

The Bucs just lost to Roger Clemens and Brad Lidge, but Sean Burnett was good tonight. 109 pitches got him through seven . Except for the hi...

Found a press release here .

Roger Clemens is just your garden-variety Hall of Famer coming off two bad starts . Bob Dvorchak reports Burnett's respect for Clemens ...

According to BP's measure of double play rates, Simon is the second-worst Pirate in that department. The top double-play maker so far t...

The great Ed Eagle reports today : Rookie second baseman Jose Castillo, a converted minor league shortstop, will begin taking ground balls a...

Mac got in a good one about Simon, and Bob Dvorchak caught it : McClendon had already decided that Vogelsong wasn't coming back for the ...

We don't give too many damns about the World Cup of baseball and think it's contrary to the interest of MLB in all ways save their c...

Bob Dvorchak sums it up in his notebook. Note the physical problems: Meadows has a sore back; Johnston has a sore elbow. (2pm update: Johns...

Joe Rutter writes about the coming roster move to resolve the current six-man rotation. Once these guys come up, if I directed this soap op...