If this elbow in ijury is the end for Daniel Bard at age 38, he is a person who pitched that I will forever respect. To go without an MLB pitch from 4/27/2013 to 7/25/2020, never surrender, throw 197 games through '23 w/10K/9 IP with courageous dignity...well, he's a Bard.

You are dead on. The inexplicable reality is that hate, untruth, conspiracies rule

Franklin Roosevelt died 79 years ago today. Sadly, his leadership and the lives lost by patriots from that generation to save The Free World today seem lost in an indulged generation of candidates & The House for Russia, Hungary, N. Korea...

Cal Ripken Jr. appreciates Orioles honoring his father in many ways masnsports.com/orioles-rss/ca… #orioles

baseballamerica.com/stories/top-in… Superb piece on a system spinning out of control.

That Cal Ripken 7 that Jackson Holliday is wearing goes back a long way in St. Louis Browns/Baltimore Orioles history:one of the pitching staffs he caught in the system had three lefties named Pat Gillick, Steve Dalkowski and Bo Belinski. Yes, the '97 Gillick Orioles went…

Jackson Holliday wearing 7 in Fenway is the continuation of two great family parts in the O's grand tradition. Cal Ripken, Sr. wore 7, followed by Cal, Jr, Billy. BBall royalty. Jackson follows Grandpa Tom, BBall Legend, and Matt. Two families that define the game.

Won 20 games for them one year, saved 42 another, threw a no-hitter and won three games in 2004 postseason.
Shall I go on?

Since Bruce Sherman bought the Marlins, they do not have a first round position player draft pick playing in the big leagues. Dump Realmuto? He's a 3 tie allstar, Sixto Sanchez 3 wins. Zac Gallen, Pablo Lopez no.1 starters. But he must think Kim Ng is to blame. Haha

All spring, we marvelled at the diligence and professionalism that made Spencer Strider(back to college days), Shane Bieber and Trevor Story so respected for their success as well as place on their teams. All have endured injury, frustration, and here they are again, reminder…

'We're looking at a star, folks.'

Harold loves some of the adjustments he's seen from New York Yankees shortstop Anthony Volpe this season. #MLBTonight

Hopefully John Fisher can use some of his inheritance on David Forst and Mark Kotsay, two great people and baseball leaders left to face basement dinge while ownership cashes revue sharing checks. To be honest, I remember nights in the late 70s with one open concessions stand

masslive.com/redsox/2024/04…

Dan Shaughnessy: Boston baseball was well-served by Larry Lucchino bostonglobe.com A brilliant tribute to a brilliant person.

Mookie Betts's move to shortstop nothing short of spectacular bostonglobe.com/2024/04/04/spo… When a team's star player is respecful, he sets the culture, he posts, he becomes the clubhouse and the franchise. Mookie, Judge, Harper.

Dave and Karie Dombrowski's son Landon is headed into a baseball career. He's a scout for the Seattle Mariners. with very positive reviews from Mariners' execs as well as other scouts who have met him at games.