I regret having to deliver this to you as late as I have today. We had a birthday party that is just breaking up, and my pinch-hitter John William Greenbaum felt unwell and asked me to wait and write the column when possible, which is what I'm doing. First off, the Brewers have finally moved shortstop ...

First, here's the second edition of "Thursday Heat," written by Jesus Millan, a teacher from Avon Park, Florida. Tim Lincecum: Where will You go? Plus Caribe World Series Preview According to MLB Network Insider Ken Rosenthal on Monday,  Former 2-time  NL Cy Young Award winner and 3-time  World Series Champ, now Free Agent Tim Lincecum will be doing ...

Today's only move of any interest is lefty Chris Capuano signing on with the Brewers for  a minor league deal. It seems incredible to Yankee fans who saw him last year that this same guy won 18 games in 2005 with the Brewers. Should he make the team it will be his second  hitch with ...

Our special birthday man, to quote one of his commercials "Must be in the front row."  But I'll move him to the back row in the upper tier in an obstructed view seat and listen to him say "He Missed the Tag._    Before we get to him, baseball is still at a standstill although some ...

There are more than two feet of snow anywhere from New York to Washington. There could be more in  Virginia, but there haven't been any recent dispatches from there. So, what does my mind turn to in the face of all this snow and ice? No, you cretin-not Brady vs. Manning and whether anybody's balls will ...

It is surprising to some and astonishing to long-suffering Mets fans that their ownership has signed Yoenis Cespedis for $25 million a year on a 3-year contract.  Up to now, this just isn't how the Mets did business.  In spite of the fact that New Yorkers think nothing of paying $29.95 for a pastrami and ...

Owing to a day-long commitment, I asked John William Greenbaum to handle the usual tasks of the column.  This he did, and his report follows: Hello, this is John-William Greenbaum pinch-hitting for Don Wardlow. You have my apologies as to getting out this column so late, but better late than never and I had to double-check ...

A few days ago, correspondent Jesus Millan, a teacher from Avon Park, Florida asked me if he might start his own Thursday contribution which would appear in this forum.  I accepted his request based on several items he had written for the Facebook group Baseball As I See It, which all may join. His first ...

When it was announced that Pete Rose would be put in the Cincinnati Reds' Hall of Fame in  June, it brought back from its grave the tedious subject of putting him into the real National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, New York. If God is a baseball fan, as I fondly hope he ...

There are several valid expressions for the way Yoenis Cespedes should have handled this offseason. The oldies but goodies are "strike while the iron is hot," or "Make hay while the sun shines."  I prefer to think in poker terms, since I spent several years playing online poker.  If you know you have a good ...