The economy’s influence is being felt everywhere, and baseball is no exception. For large market teams like the Yankees, Mets, Red Sox and Cubs, the impact isn’t quite as big: after all, many of these teams have their own television networks for starters, not to mention a larger pool of fans to draw revenue from. […]

Aside from some negative news coupled with Stephen Strasburg’s no-hitter on Friday, this past weekend’s baseball happenings centered around a number of situations where personalities came out a bit “too much”, perhaps breaking baseball’s unspoken “code”. To review: Aubrey Huff mocked Joba Chamberlain’s trademark fist pump after taking him yard. Ryan Braun glared at Ryan […]

Live blogging makes it a bit difficult to step outside the moment and analyze what you’re seeing on a deeper level; usually not a big deal, but considering what happened today, I think it’s important to decompress a bit and let you fine readers know what it was like to be there. The most important […]

The Ninth Inning, Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Here’s the video from the second inning: 8:16: It’s official: Stephen Strasburg has thrown a no-hitter. I was sure to make it down to the field to see it firsthand (not to mention capturing some video for you guys, which will be up soon). Easily one […]

Seeing as how his name is on the stadium and he’s coaching the team, Tony Gwynn was definitely the guy to interview today (Strasburg himself, understandably, has limited direct media access). Gwynn has a reputation as being a friendly guy with tremendous respect for the game of baseball, and that definitely came through in this […]

Since moving out here five years ago to work at Upper Deck, it always stuns me how San Diego weather is always perfect for baseball. It’s like this place was made for it, and today is no exception. I got to the stadium and almost immediately bumped into some players headed to the locker room. […]

Life could definitely be worse. I came into work this morning, finished up a few things in the office, and took the freeway down from our office in Carlsbad to Tony Gwynn Stadium, here at San Diego State University. Phenom pitching prospect Stephen Strasburg is set to pitch tonight, and I’m ridiculously excited to see […]