Honest Wagner

Pour some out for the late Vince Lascheid. PPG obit here .

Roster cuts send Gorzo to Indy to work on a more consistent delivery, Chuck Finder reports . Neil Walker also sent down due to the "ugl...

Dan Rooney, ambassador to Ireland .

Steve Treder for THT strums the lyre about Branch Rickey's 1950-1951 Bucs .

When I first settled in to read this John Perrotto story on the state of the minor-league system , I mis-read the title and thought the syst...

I was more entertained with the upper right part of this boxscore than this one . Does Monroe-on-fire trump Pearce's achy calf?

Opening day creeps a little closer.

Jose Tabata has a Clemente tattoo, Dejan Kovacevic reports .

Something very strange is happening right now.

In preparation for the 2009 baseball season, the beer fort is now crenelated with monitors looping this tear-jerking Steelers slideshow .

Here's a thread for whatever exhibition action you might want to kibitz about. I am taking it easy with these Pirates, and deliberately ...

Daniel Moskos has started a blog , where he graciously and honestly humors comments. Despite our immediate worry that Moskie watches way too...

With March fast approaching, it's time to start the stockpile you'll need to make it through the season. I am starting with this guy...

The Red Sox owners are down with a salary cap , the P-G's Dejan Kovacevic reports. In other non-McLouth news, pool sharks Rinku and Din...

Any day now.

Winner.

Finally, the day is here. Steelers and Cardinals. With this balmy weather, we can all tailgate in the driveway.

Checking out some NBC Super Bowl coverage tonight, I saw the crew as Bob Costas, Chris Collingsworth, Tony Dungy, Mike Holmgren, and Matt Mi...

Congratulations, Rod Woodson.

... is on the way. Not too long now.