Mutt's Edge
Sent into the Saint Paul Saints as a character assassin by Rolling Stone Magazine, gunning for Bill Murray and Darryl Strawberry, author Neal Karlin finds a bit of his own character in the characters of indy baseball's most unique Saint Paul Saints. [Article]

Game Card
An air tragedy brings a Major League baseball scout back to a spring evening in 1997. A rememberance of pitcher John Hooker.
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Have Gun - Will Travel

Who is the guy with the radar gun sitting behind home plate? The most important person in the game. [Article]

A Minor League Momento

Jon Hooker pitched for the indy Fargo-Moorhead and the Joliet Jackhammers and died in a tragic airplane crash on Sunday August 27th. Joe Thurston spent this weekend breaking into the Philadelphia Phillies lineup. Stephen Drew breezes through the Diamondbacks organization. What do these three players all share in common? [MAJOR BLOGS]

The Doubleday Code
So Dark the Con of MLB

Luke Hochevar's No. 1 pick in the June MLB Draft 2006 exposes an old, dark secret of Major League Baseball. If the independent pro leagues outside the MLB system can be home to the draft's top pick for a season and a half, who is a pro, and who is an amateur? Will there be more? [Article]

The Dead Brain Era

For future historians seeking a name for this whacked-out period in baseball history, MLN's senior editor Brian Ross has come up with the perfect moniker: The Dead Brain Era. [Blog]

The Green Cap

What screws up Major League Baseball most? It's not steroids. It's not the "dilution of talent" because major league baseball has more teams. It's the officially licensed product of moneyball... Sr. Editor Brian Ross examines how the Green Cap keeps mediocre players in the majors, and traps talented newcomers in the minors.

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