The Texas Rangers, not the New York Yankees, win the Cliff Lee trade lottery.
Texas Rangers Not Saying “Wait ‘Til Next Year”
Your humble (okay, maybe not so humble) editor has been somewhat lax in writing articles himself lately. For that, I apologize. It is not for lack of interest and desire. A teething [...]

Baseball’s financial inequities have taken a new twist, allowing the Yankees and Red Sox potentially to buy top players at discount prices.
Underbidding by the Big-Spenders?
There was a great article today on Yahoo! Sports today about baseball’s economics, specifically in regards to how the two most monied teams could actually end up signing the two premiere [...]

Congratulations to the Steinbrenners for buying the New York Yankees another World Series Title. Ah, the glory in being able to outspend other teams! Is that really the type of championship of which one can be proud? Regardless, Yankee fans will enjoy this victory like any other, but, to everyone else who [...]

Ah, the Fall Classic is finally upon us. It seems like baseball’s premiere showcase runs later in the year every season. In my very first post on DeepIntoSports.com (October 29, 2008), I commented on the rare situation of all four major sports leagues playing meaningful games at the same time. This year [...]

The Final Four of Major League Baseball are here, with the National League Championship Series scheduled to start tonight and the American League Championship Series on Friday.
National League Championship Series
Philadelphia Phillies vs. Los Angeles Dodgers
It’s a rematch of the 2008 NLCS, only the third time in nearly twenty years that the Senior Circuit has seen [...]

We see it in sports all the time: an NFL coach reminding a back judge his star defensive end is being held during the pass rush; an NHL player lobbying for the interference call the rule book clearly defines–and the linesman seemingly doesn’t believe in–the star NBA forward pleading for a foul even casual [...]

The top two teams on my hate list do not even play in the NFL…
FULL DISCLOSURE: I spent eight years as a student of Our Lady of Fatima Elementary School and Home for Sexually Frustrated Women in Penguin Costumes. My mission while I was there was to torture nuns. Their mission was to [...]