The Oakland A’s have just shelled out some serious cash for a 16 year old Dominican kid. Pictured with his family is a semi-smirking young fellow named Michael Inoa. He’s a 6’7”, 205lb teenager that is already tossing more...

On a historical scale of impasses, Marc Ecko v. the Baseball Hall of Fame deciding what to do with Barry Bonds Home Run 756 ball ranks somewhere between a Congressional stalemate and you unsuccessfully arguing to get a free...

When MLB decided to honor Yankee Stadium in its last season by holding this year’s All-Star game there, they thought they were getting the whole package. We’re not talking about Ruth or Gehrig’s ashes, but the Yankee stars in...

During our visit the Shea Stadium the other day to see the Mets get shellacked by the Mariners, the one genuinely exciting thing we saw was the confrontation between manager Jerry Manuel and home plate ump Brian Runge. Even...

Hey, remember Nomar Garciaparra? About six foot tall, 190 pounds, batting average somewhere north of .300. Well, it turns out he still plays baseball for the Dodgers. Surprising stuff you find out when you read the newspapers, especially the...

Oh Jerry Manuel. In less than a month into your reign as Mets manager, you’ve already threatened to go “gangsta” and shiv one of your best players, and now, you’re comparing your fans to fertilizer. Cow shit. Now, a...

A lot of people are painting new Mets skipper Jerry Manuel as a “nice guy manager” because he was Ozzie Guillen’s predecessor in Chicago and, well, people liked him. Apparently, anyone compared to Ozzie automatically win brownie points for...

When people learned that Mets’ GM Omar Minaya fired Willie Randolph yesterday, the response of most people was to shrug. It’s not like it was that unexpected. But when they got into the details of it, those shrugs quickly...

Omar Minaya is one inefficient GM. Under the cover of night, the Mets front office general flew to California yesterday and axed his manager Willie Randolph and two coaches after their win against the Angels. At 3 AM New...

Whas Happened In Sports Last Night NBA Finals:The Celtics show the Lakers how to come back from 24 points down, beating LA, 97-91. They’re up 3-1 in the best of seven series and look to close out the series...

It turns out the updated iPhone won’t simply be a geek’s play thing. One of the new applications for Apple’s App Store is one by created by Major League Baseball that will give fans video highlights and up-to-the-minute scores....

We don’t know if the New York Times is trying to reignite some type of east-west coast feud, but its travel writer Peter Meehan is about to get one going. Why? Did he diss the LA Times? No, Angelenos...

Don’t you love that feeling when the oldies but goodies come back? Old rivalries revived, WAR playing from the radio and now, a Cuban baseball player has defected to the U.S. What’s so special about that? Considering that the...

Ozzie Guillen’s tenure as White Sox manager could be going the Hilary Clinton-for-Presidency route. And—surprise!—it’s because of his mouth. The White Sox’s anemic offense made him go off his meds on Sunday, telling anyone who would listen that there...

We love our fantasy sports around here. But even we find it absurd that anything having to do with stat geeks hovering over the computer trying to find Roy Oswalt’s WHIP could make it to the Supreme Court. Yes,...

Catchers have one main job to do: relay signals to a pitcher and catch the sequential pitch thrown. A high schooler in Atlanta also integrated comedy, slapstick and laying down some serious vengeance to the list of duties when...

While some of our fantasy teams have been enjoying the Tigers’ Carlos Guillen’s fine season, he’s actually having a tough go of late. That’s because according to his coach, Jim Leyland, the third baseman has been dealing with hemorrhoids...

What in the wide world of sports is going on with the state of the fan today? Yesterday, the NFL commissioner wanted to neuter the fans in the stands via a “conduct policy.” Now comes word from the Chicago...

What is it about grown men trying to imitate Bart Simpson sliding down the stairs at baseball stadiums? For the second time this year, a man fell to his death, this time in Atlanta, after trying to zip down...

The biggest knock on Albert Pujols entering the season was that his injured elbow would cause him to lose some of the pop off his bat. Well, if you ask the Padres’ pitcher Chris Young his catcher Josh Bard,...

When Cuba becomes a bettor’s paradise again, gambling won’t be the only vice that will bring people to the island. Golf is huge there (as are the asses, but that’s another story), so it’s no surprise that Minnesota Twins...

While most of us rue each email we get promising something to do with sexual drive, enhancement or opportunities, at least we don’t get Ozzie Guillen’s email. The White Sox manger has been getting racist letters from anonymous jerks...

Alex Rodriguez has gone ahead and recorded a message to be played after Manny Ramirez hits his 500th career home run (he’s at 498, not that he’s cognizant of it). But this message doesn’t contain the words “douche,” “asshat”...

Here’s Manny Ramirez from yesterday’s Red Sox-Orioles tilt A) catching the fly ball over his head, B) climbing the left field wall to C) high-five a fan in the stands before D) picking off the Orioles runner at first....

While most of the press was aimed at his pitching partner Johnny Cueto at the beginning of this season, it’s Edinson Volquez who has dominated so far this year. After last night’s win over the Marlins, he’s allowed two...

The Cleveland Indians’ Asdrubal Cabrera became the 14th person in Major League Baseball history to turn an unassisted triple play. Cabrera made a diving catch on a line drive by Lyle Overbay, touched second base and then tagged out...

Drunk babies are scary because they vomit everywhere and continue to smile; they grip your fingers with their curiously small hands and never let go; and they’re usually appropriating your girlfriend’s attention because they happen to be “cute” when...

Out of all the people that Alex Rodriguez could at least hope wouldn’t criticize him publicly, you’d hope that his wife Cynthia would be on the top of the list. Apparently it’s time to make a new list because...

Miguel Tejada—who knew he would be one of the feel-good stories of the year so far? When he’s not being ambushed by ESPN about his age or dodging steroid questions, he’s been actually hitting the ball well during this,...

Chicago Cubs’ sensation Kosuke Fukudome was profiled on this week’s Sports Illustrated cover with the words “It’s Gonna Happen: Kosuke Fukudome can end the Cubs’ 100-year wait.” slabbed right underneath his lovely name. Of course, the Chicago Cubs’ can...

See the lovely young-ish lady to the left? Her name is Angela Moyer, and the New York Daily News, tired from trying to kill off Sean Avery, is reporting that Roger Clemens slept with her and many other women...

Alex Ferreyra is playing a season of fantasy baseball with just Latino players. You can read his original article here, and send him tips on players or comments about how he screwed up his team here. The Smiths once...

One of our favorite Simpsons is the Frank Grimes episode where the poor guy just can’t catch a break, even at his own funeral. That’s what immediately popped into our head when we finished this article about warring MLB...

At some point, someone much wiser that us is going to strap a microphone tp Ozzie Guillen’s body so the world can know what’s coming out of his mouth 24/7. It can’t be any worse than Barry Bonds’ reality...

High school is the place where boys who suffer frailty of ego can elevate their status to that of a man. It’s the place where boys callous their souls, enrich their bravado, and probably get arrested for stealing a...

At this time of the year, when the sun begins to come out and the children start to play, the freezer (and the treats that lie within) becomes our friend. Leave it to new Yankees manager Joe Girardi to...

eBay—it’s not just for unloading your Go-Bots collection anymore! It’s now the go-to place for on-the-fly charity auctioneering, as best exemplified by the Jimmy Fund’s high-end sale of the David Ortiz jersey the Yankees spent $50,000 to dig up...

As if the Giants didn’t have enough problems already this year with the whole lack of runs thing, it looks like they’re trying to start a holy war. Their reliever, Brian Wilson, wants to enter the game as pumped...

Normally we wouldn’t give two bits of a shit to a has been that was known more for his off the field antics than on the field success, but Jose Lima, a.k.a. Lima Time, has a special place in...

It seems that the Dominican Republic isn’t just a hot tourist destination for bankers trying to maximize their last dollars. It seems that everyone—like renegade scouts and ex-major league ballplayers like former Dodgers Jose Lima and Ramon Martinez—are descending...

Alex Ferreyra is playing a season of fantasy baseball with just Latino players. You can read his original article here, and send him tips on players or comments about how he screwed up his team here. When I was...

Out of all the non-narcotic habits to kick, caffeine has to be up there with cigarettes and crazy-ass women. Between the headaches, cramping and sweet taste of Diet Cherry Pepsi (sorry, projecting), we understand Carlos Zambrano’s reluctance to give...

In the greatest Yankee save since Derek Jeter’s backhand toss threw out Jeremy Giambi in 2001, the team yesterday unearthed a Red Sox jersey from the site of the still-being-built new Yankee Stadium. In a scene reminiscent of Geraldo...

Oh man, pity poor Ozzie Guillen. When the White Sox manager’s not getting called racist or lambasting a kid for not eating lima beans (from Peru… ha!), he’s getting into it with umpires—specifically Phil Cuzzi. It seems that Ozzie...

Turns out a cartoonist by the name of Dave Coulson and Topps trading cards were true contemporaries. Back in 1992, the duo teamed up to launch a children’s trading card series depicting major leaguers swollen from the waist up...

So I’ve been playing fantasy sports with the same knuckleheads for about seven years now. They’re a couple of friends (and their friends) who don’t mind if we argue, pay our entry fee a little late or skip a...

While some on our staff are off making Latino-only fantasy baseball teams, Chicago White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen is getting plenty of crap for creating what a lot of people believe is a real-life version. Guillen is getting emails...

Latinos dominate professional baseball more than any other sport in America, so what would happen if there was an entire team made up of Latinos? For almost a decade, Machochip contributing editor Alex Ferreyra has been playing fantasy baseball...

In the midst of a global tragedies like famine and our impending recession, we’re lucky we have computers to map out solutions so we can pull ourselves out of the mess. Unfortunately, most people use their laptops to look...

Sure, some people may say Alex Rodriguez isn’t the brightest bulb burning, but what do they know? They’re poor! Well, at least players for the Florida Marlins, whose entire opening day roster will make seven million dollars less that...