Baseball code: pitchers defending their hitters

In Monday night’s 4-2 loss in Los Angeles, Tim Hudson threw a pitch directly at the head of Dodgers rookie Jerry Sands in the young player’s major league debut. Needless to say, this drew a lot of boos and words from the Dodger dugout. Hudson appeared to take the blame for it after the at-bat, […]

Pitchers and catchers report: Spring has arrived!

Baseball fans know what I’m talking about. Spring doesn’t arrive with “April Showers” or “May Flowers.” Spring isn’t here when the temperature exceeds a certain threshold. Hell, Spring’s arrival doesn’t even depend on Punxsutawney Phil‘s shadow-seeing abilities. It arrived today, and with less than two weeks until the first Spring Training games, this baseball fan […]