Sweet! Fans will get free access to three live MLB Spring Training exhibition games today on MLB.TV:Indians at Braves, 1:10 p.m. ETOrioles at Nationals, 6 p.m. ETPadres at Angels, 9:05 p.m. ETThe freebie is a test-drive of the new MLB.TV NexDef plug-in, which enables users to watch games in 1.2MB clarity.I think my MLB.TV subscription is set to … Read more »

MLB.com's Jim Molony predicts that the 2008 baseball season will be full of drama. Here are the ten big stories he expects to see making the biggest splash: This could be the Cubs' year! They do look awfully strong this year. I haven't had the Cubs in my pool before, and will likely pass in favor of … Read more »

MLB.com has a feel-good story up today that should endear a few million more fans to the Rockies. Will George is a Rockies scout, and his wife Florinda sadly succumbed to cancer on May 22. The Rockies were at the low point of their season that day, with a record of 18-27 and in last place in the … Read more »

Ken Roberts has cooked up a very groovy site for sports stats freaks to get a fix, and possibly a tip as to which of their teams will make the playoffs. Sports Club Stats computes the chance of teams making the post-season by running a computer simulation millions of times each night. The site covers MLB, NFL, NBA, … Read more »

Ouch, this hurts–another city that's losing their beloved baseball team. As a Montrealer, I sympathize big time for fans of the North Shore Spirit, a CAN-AM league baseball team who have called Lynn, MA home for the past five years. Victoria Glidden, 9, did her best to keep the Spirit at Fraser Field. She … Read more »

A year ago, I wrote about the sale of the Ottawa Lynx minor league team. Today, the Lynx are playing what's expected to be their final game in Ottawa (though no official statement has been made about the team's future.) After this, they're rumored to be headed down to Pennsylvania to start their new life … Read more »

Last night I was watching the Pirates/Diamonbacks game on MLB.TV and was surprised to see a large white Steal Your Face with Eric Byrnes' #22 in the middle hoisted up by a fan when Byrnes came up to bat. (I tried to get screenshot but was too slow on the draw.) Being a longtime Deadhead myself (I have … Read more »

It's now been a couple of days since Bonds hit #756. I've been reading the blog fallout, and trying to form an educated opinion on the breaking of sports' most revered record. I watched the game on Tuesday, and it was obvious from Bonds' first swing that he was in the groove and would indeed break the record … Read more »

It's got to be a strange feeling seeing yourself immortalized as a bobblehead doll! I can't say that I've ever really figured our facination with the bobblehead, but it certain seems to have become a bona fide baseball tradition. Major League Baseball started producing bobblehead dolls in 1960. These were papier-mache dolls, one … Read more »

Yesterday, I griped about not being able to access MLB.TV and Gameday Audio simultaneously. Today, I have a new round of MLB.TV complaints:Blackout restrictions. Why can't I watch the Jays on MLB.TV? Because I'm on the West Coast, in the Seattle-area market? But there isn't even a Seattle game scheduled for today!The MLB.TV/Gameday Audio bundle. I've been a … Read more »