I was googling Erasmo Ramirez in an attempt to see if there was news on his injury when I stumbled across this book review. Lucas Mann wrote a book about time he spent following around the Lumberkings. He picked a really good year (2010) because the article mentions both Nick Franklin and Erasmo Ramirez in various excerpts.

or is it the other way around?

Mune Stares in wonder at Sandoval's tattoos.

A nice little piece on Felix in the New York Times.

Dodger's 3rd base coach told Kemp that there was a Dodger fan that wanted to meet him. He did much more than just meet him

I read a lot of baseball on the net. Too much, probably. Most of it is sabermetrics oriented, but once in a while I catch one that describes the non-numerical beauty of the game so perfectly. This is one of those. It's a different world in there.

Less than a month into the season, things are already getting tense in Seattle.

In this week’s Sports Illustrated, Ben Reiter profiles the team that could become baseball’s next juggernaut.