8/16. Game time- 7:05 PM Attendance: 40,702 Weather: 78 degrees, overcast Matchup: Chicago White Sox at Minnesota Twins Pitchers: Gavin Floyd vs. Francisco Liriano Result: MIN 7, CWS 6, W- Manship (1-0) L- Floyd (8-10) Ticket Purchased: Standing room only, $22 Beer of choice: Summit Extra Pale Ale – $7.50 Food: Pork chop on a [...]

Deadspin received some very interesting, detailed financial statements from recent years for the Pirates, Mariners, Rays, Angels, and Marlins. As usual, Maury Brown already has an analysis up. Take a look at the docs if you have time, I’ll chime in shortly. Note: There is one team remaining to have its numbers leaked. Will it [...]

8/16. Game time- 7:05 PM Attendance: 36,814 Weather: 77 degrees, partly cloudy Matchup: San Diego Padres at Chicago Cubs Pitchers: Kevin Correia vs. Tom Gorzelanny Result: SD 9, CHC 5, W- Correia (10-7) L- Gorzelanny (6-7) Ticket Purchased: Upper reserve outfield- $29.25 including fees Beer of choice: Choice? What’s that? Budweiser 16 oz. – $8 [...]

I have to admit that on my way back from Milwaukee, I was caught speeding by an Illinois State Trooper. I was going 82 in a 65 zone. I explained to the officer that I was coming back from a Miller Park tour, though I also neglected to mention I was also coming back from [...]

I’m at a train “layover” in Spokane. They’re splitting the train so that one part goes to Seattle, the other to Portland (my half). Three more days, it’s been great so far. So far, home teams are 1-8 in the games I have attended (or in the White Sox case, was prevented from attending). The [...]

Those of you who follow the site’s Twitter feed found out on Sunday that the train I was taking from St. Louis to Chicago accidentally hit a car on the tracks a few miles south of Joliet, IL. It happened shortly after 11 AM at a crossing with no gates to prevent cars from roaming [...]

8/14. Game time- 3:10 PM Attendance: 46,313 Weather: 94 degrees, sunny Matchup: Chicago Cubs at St. Louis Cardinals Pitchers: Carlos Zambrano vs. Chris Carpenter Result: CHC 3, STL 2, W- Zambrano (4-6), L- Carpenter (13-4), S- Marmol (20) Ticket Purchased: Upper reserve outfield- $42.75 including fees Beer of choice: Choice? What’s that? Budweiser 16 oz. [...]

8/13. Game time- 7:05 PM Attendance: 30,680 Matchup: New York Yankees vs. Kansas City Royals Pitchers: Dustin Moseley vs. Kyle Davies Results: KC 4, NYY 3, W – Davies (6-7), L – Moseley (2-2), S – Soria (32) Ticket purchased: Upper Box Infield ($22) Beer of choice: Boulevard Pale Ale ($7) Food: BBQ Pulled Pork [...]

On paper, the differences between Houston’s Reliant Field and Arlington’s Cowboys Stadium aren’t vast. Both have retractable roofs. Both have hundreds of luxury suites and thousands of club seats. Both are meant to act as extremely large arenas via flexible floor use plans. Yet the biggest difference can be summed up by my initial experiences [...]

8/11. Game time- 7:05 PM Attendance: 48,676 Matchup: New York Yankees at Texas Rangers Pitchers: Javier Vazquez (9-8) vs. Cliff Lee (10-5) Result: NYY 7, TEX 6, W – Wood (2-4), L – Feliz (3-3), S – Rivera (24) Ticket purchased: $15 Standing Room Only Beer of choice: Ziegen bock (Anheuser Busch) Food: Brought in [...]