If you want to see the pure essence of the game of baseball captured on film then you must see Spaceman: A Baseball Odyssey.

Bill “Spaceman” Lee, for those of you who don’t know, was the definition of a crafty lefthanded pitcher who played for the Boston Red Sox and the Montreal Expos.  As a pitcher he threw everything, including the …

George Bell karate kicks Red Sox pitcher Bruce Kison

On June 23, 1985 Bruce Kison was pitching for the Boston Red Sox and was giving the Jays a tough ball game.  A tremendous competitor, Kison was known for doing anything he could to help his team win.  This includes regularly pitching inside to batters, tight inside.  Sometimes, of course, the ball would …

On Sunday, June 4, 1989 the Toronto Blue Jays staged one of the biggest comebacks in baseball history.  It was the 3rd game of a 3 game set for the Jays at Fenway and they were looking to sweep this critical series.  Down 10-0 after 6, the Jays scratched back to score 11 in the final 3 innings to send the …

From the better late than never department comes pictures of sweaty greaseball Brad Penny (pictured above) at the Turks & Caicos with his girlfriend of Dancing With The Stars Fame – Karina Smirnoff.

Marco Scutaro was good on 0-2 counts in 2009. Almost too good….

Premise

Some basic research carried out by esteemed author and sports writer Joe Posnanski concludes that MLB batters averaged the following line (avg/obp/slg): .162/.173/.236 from 2000 – 2008 on 0-2 counts via action pitches. Joe’s definition of action pitches from his study:

By action pitch, I mean pitch where something happened: …