by Dirk Hayhurst | Dec 12, 2013 | baseball, MLB
The ability to flatten a catcher who is blocking (or, lets face it, close to blocking) home plate has been in baseball since near time immemorial. Outlawing or otherwise mitigating home plate collisions, or any part of the game that’s been around as long, is... by Dirk Hayhurst | Dec 10, 2013 | baseball, MLB
Now that the dust has settled on the Cano signing, I’d like to look back at what transpired between Cano, the Yankees, Seattle, and the fans. Mostly the fans. First, lets touch on something CC Sabathia said about Cano moving on. In an recent ESPN interview he... by Dirk Hayhurst | Oct 25, 2013 | baseball, MLB
It seems to me that the safest place to stash some kind of ball-doctoring substance is right on the bill of your hat for the whole world to see. At least this way no one thinks you’re doing anything suspicious since there is no way you’d insult the collective... by Dirk Hayhurst | Oct 18, 2013 | baseball, MLB
I like Yasiel Puig. I like him and I say this with complete confidence that your mileage with him varies. In fact, I’m relying on it. His antics, his play style, his comments to the media—he can be a guilty pleasure. You like his results, you love having him on... by Dirk Hayhurst | Sep 23, 2013 | baseball, General
I don’t have a lot of friends. Never have, actually. I look back and I know why: I’m a hard person to be around. I talk when I’m nervous, and I deal with anxiety and depression so I get nervous and or depressed for reasons I don’t really know.... by Dirk Hayhurst | Sep 21, 2013 | baseball, MLB
I find it very difficult to believe that Senator John McCain is as mad about the Dodgers jumping in the Diamondback’s pool upon clinching the NL West regular season championship as his recent Twitter rant implies. McCain’s words, that the Dodgers are,...