Mar 17, 2008 | Andy
Unlike other sites (full of pre-teens and pressed sandwich meat) here at Desipio we don’t think Lou Piniella is a doddering old dope. Just the opposite. I think he’s one of the best managers in the game. I love the guy. I’d happily...
Mar 12, 2008 | Andy
I’ve been to spring training in Florida several times over the years, but last week was the first time I’d ever made it out to Arizona form some meaningless baseball. It’s pretty much the same, lots of guys with big numbers, fans who have no clue...
Mar 4, 2008 | Andy
You really have to hand it to Dusty Baker. We all joked about how quickly he could stunt the “youth movement” with the Cincinnati Reds, but even we didn’t know he’d have it completely stopped by the fourth of March. Impressive. The Reds have,...
Mar 2, 2008 | Andy
Before he played Eddie Harris in Major League and tried to teach Rick Vaughn how to put Vagisil on a baseball, Chelcie Ross played George in Hoosiers. George had some advice for Norman Dale that a certain soon-to-be-former Cubs starting pitcher should have taken...
Feb 28, 2008 | Andy
Yesterday, an intrepid reader informed me that Cubscast.com had posted a podcast in which they announced the winners of their first-ever Strode Awards. First, if you’re going to name an award after a bullpen coach, how can it be anything but The Gamboa Awards?...
Feb 26, 2008 | Andy
Saturday night I was at a Barnes and Noble looking in vain for the Baseball America Prospect Handbook (not to fear, I eventually found it at another bookstore), and one book that was in great supply was another hit from the …For Dummies series. This one is on...
