This is about Dusty Baker vs. Bruce Bochy, but it's really about old-style baseball managers vs. new-style. I prefer old style -- Baker, etc. -- in a specific way, but I am not criticizing Bochy --a new style guy. Got that? The Reds were in SF over the weekend and [...]
This topic of home plate collisions won't go away. So, OK think about this. Some are suggesting a runner must slide into home plate. That would stop runners from crashing into catchers as the runners try to dislodge the ball. That is an interesting idea and it leads to this [...]
I need to make this short and sweet, and will expand on this in my column later. Should baseball change the rule about runners knocking into catchers at home plate? No way. The collision at home is an important part of hardball. Period. More later.
Turns out I'm attending the Bonds trial tomorrow just in case the jury comes up with a verdict. Phil Barber will cover the Giants for the Press Democrat. So I'm going to bed now and getting up early for court. In the meantime I want to link to a piece [...]
My son Grant wrote a piece for ComcastSportsNet BayArea listing five must-watch players on the A's and Giants. These are not the usual guys. I mean we know the usual guys like Tim Lincecum and Trevor Cahill. Those guys are obvious gimmes. The ones he's writing about are the not [...]
As long as I'm getting things off my chest this morning, here's something else. Opening Day means Opening Day. Baseball always should start with a day game not a night game. Come on. Tonight the A's opener is a night game, as usual. I understand, tv ratings are better at [...]
www.Bodog.com kindly sent me all kinds of odds for this baseball season. I pass selected odds to you: Pablo Sandoval's batting average in the regular season. over/under .290. Tim Lincecum total wins regular season: over/under 16.5. Matt Cain total wins regular season: over/under 15.5 Barry Zito total wins regular season: [...]
Lowell Cohn, retired columnist for the Santa Rosa Press Democrat, covered sports for almost 40 years and never ran out of things to say.