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They say part of being a professional player means you don’t wish ill on your fellow teammates. I think that’s a load of BS. This game is as much about luck and opportunity as it is good play. Hell, I’d even venture to say it’s more luck and opportunity than good play. Case in...

For fans of the second book, Out Of My League, Here is an interesting story. Early on in my career, right after I got drafted, I remember sitting on the bus in ear shot of a drunken Dallas Preston. It was an off day, but we also had to travel on it so the coach let us have the...

Shame on you, Marcus Stroman. Shame on you. Am I the only one that is tired of hearing about players testing positive, only to go on and use an excuse that they have no business using? “I’m sorry,” they say, their eyes moving steadily across the pre-recorded...

Telling die hard fans not to believe the hype—especially when the hype is about their own team—is like telling religious zealots their faith is completely made up. You’re going to get backlash no matter how sound or practical your reasoning is, simply because you are going...

Here are a few observations I took from yesterday’s Jays/Indians marathon opener. There is always a lot of speculation around the beginning of the year. Fans tend to look at the opening day game results and extract some kind of foreshadowing from it, as if it will set the...

So I’m not playing ball right now, and I’m fine with that. I don’t miss it. Maybe I will later when the scent of fresh cut grass and hot dogs and Latin player pre game cologne catches my nose again, but I doubt it. Don’t ask me what’s next. What I do know, I can’t talk to you...

You know what, I hope you read my new book, Out Of My League. Besides the obvious reasons that I want the book to do well, and that it’s my main source of revenue at this juncture, I want you to read it because I have something to say to you through it. I did an interview today...

I’d like to add onto the sentiment expressed by my writing peer, the honorable Rob Neyer: Russ Canzler is a vastly underrated player that will, if nothing else, hit in the big leagues. Let me speak first of Russ’s character, which I feel will be something severely neglected (as...

Chapter Thirty-five   On Monday, after losing a day game with the Bees, we packed up and hopped a flight to Colorado Springs, home of the Rockies’ Triple A team, the Sky Sox. Sky Sox Stadium is the highest-altitude park in baseball, even higher than the infamous Mile High Stadium...

  I’m going to say this as plainly as I can: stop doing stupid shit just because everyone else on the team is doing it. It’s not a good reason to do something in any other walk of life so don’t be fooled into thinking it’s a good reason now. Being on a team is a lot like...