Baseball Historians

Did you ever see the movie, “Catch Me if You Can”? It stars Leo DiCaprio and Tom Hanks and is directed by Steven Spielberg. For all intents and purposes it’s a highly enjoyable flick. There’s a line in it, however, that I feel c…

You know what really used to agitate me? Back before the internets, computers used to rely heavily upon the CD-ROM. One of the most popular CD’s was Encyclopedia Britannica. I think it came free with every computer from 1990-95 sorta how those ha…

The Blue Jays have gotten good at one thing, and that’s avoiding the arbitration table.  Shawn Camp signed over the weekend and that marks twelve straight years where the team has avoided arbitration.  Camp will make $750k in 2009. Pitchers and…

What a couple of years. The Rockies nab a surprise World Series bid in 2007, struggle out of the gate, and then put together a nice second half run to at least get their name mentioned down the stretch.  The good news is, if you like the current machi…