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 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,... by Dirk Hayhurst | Aug 31, 2013 | baseball, Blue Jays, MLB
Ricky Romero is a touchy subject. I’ve already written on him so much this season that I almost feel like I’m trolling by bringing him up again. But hey, it’s a topic the people like to hear about and far be it from me not to give the people what they want. As I’m... by Dirk Hayhurst | Aug 31, 2013 | baseball, Blue Jays, MILB, MILB Survival Tips, MLB
I have a lot of time for Tom Seaver. He’s a stud, one of the best pitchers ever, and he sure as hell doesn’t need to listen to a guy with a career as short as mine to know it. Fortunately, I don’t need a long career to tell Seaver to pipe down with his “today’s... by Dirk Hayhurst | Jul 31, 2013 | baseball, Blue Jays, MLB
Alex Rodriguez is addicted to greatness. I’m sure if I tried hard enough, I could rearrange that sentence into something that would make a great guidance counsellor’s office poster. Maybe something with an eagle, wings spread, cresting a mountain peak? But that would...