Ludwick, Tejada improve Padres' lineupSaturday, July 31, 2010 @ 10:05PMNo team in the National League has won more games than the San Diego Padres this year, or outscored other teams by more runs. Just one team has a lower payroll. Credit them for trying to improve at the trade deadline, and credit them more for doing it.
Deals are there at trading timeThursday, July 15, 2010 @ 12:18AMArizona's Dan Haren and Houston's Roy Oswalt are top-of-the-line pitchers who appear to be available. Rick Hummel looks at all of baseball's potential buyers and sellers.
‘R’Oil indignationSunday, June 13, 2010 @ 11:44PMThe British are upset with the United States. That’s not too unusual. There was this revolution thing a couple of centuries ago.
Rox/Sox: Mauer in Coors Field? Why not?Wednesday, February 17, 2010 @ 10:40AMImagine Joe Mauer catching and hitting in the middle of the Rockies order next to Troy Tulowitzki for the better part of the next decade. Crazy talk? Yes. It is wild speculation and, as far as I know, a thought that hasn’t been entertained by...
Joe Strauss Live at 1 p.m.Tuesday, January 26, 2010 @ 11:26PMThe Cardinals beat writer goes one-on-one with readers at 1 p.m. Wednesday in a live chat. Joe Strauss : Just got through doing a lengthy hit with columnist Bernie Miklasz on his daily radio show (expecting the overnight book to explode now) and will move on to my day job: joining all of you on a thrilling ride atop the Tsunami!!!
Local luminaries make 2010 pop culture predictionsWednesday, December 30, 2009 @ 6:27PMAfter a largely forgettable 2009, Twin Cities luminaries provide pop-culture prognostications for the year to come.
Toys as investment playsMonday, December 28, 2009 @ 9:28AMYou still have a few more days to buy two toys for each child on your Christmas list. Make a gift of one, and hide away the other toy unopened in its original box for 20 years. In 2029, give the now-g...
Couple set their own paceSunday, December 27, 2009 @ 6:18AMTom and Dr. Cheryl Chapman are saying “aahhh” this weekend.
Wild financial ride marked millennium's first decadeSaturday, December 26, 2009 @ 2:28AMIt was a decade of living dangerously.