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Friday Filberts: Jason Motte, Curly Williams, Carp, Etc.
- As Derrick Goold points out, while nobody’s really paying attention, Jason Motte’s put together one hell of a season.
- In case you’ve been sleeping under a big log all summer, Jeff Passan reviews the sorry states of the Mets and Dodgers.
- Remember when Joba Chamberlain was attacked by midges in Cleveland? That was awesome. Well, the bugs were out in force again, earlier this week, and -- as Uni Watch notes -- the A’s were ready. Well, sort of. Turns out their weapon of choice doesn’t work against midges. Maybe next time!
- From Asahi.com’s Rob Smaal, five Nippon Professional Baseball pitchers we might see in Major League Baseball next season.
- During a visit to Hiroshima, Greg Mitchell went to a baseball game and had some thoughts about ghosts in the outfield.
- As Aaron Gleeman points out, for a lot of the September call-ups, one month’s MLB salary is a great deal of money.
- Lincoln Mitchell says if the Giants won’t (or can’t) feature same-sex couples on their Kiss Cam, they should just stop doing the thing. Or, they could just stop doing the thing because it’s played out. That would be okay, too.Dave Cameron wonders: Is Adam Dunn suffering through the worst season for a good player ever?
- And finally, Nick Diunte says goodbye to Willie “Curly” Williams, a real Negro Leagues player who passed last week.
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