I’ve been kicking around ideas lately for how to tweak things a bit with the site, keep it moving forward and whatnot. To that end, I’ve got an idea I think might be worth trying. Starting today, all Loss Column comments become eligible for our new Featured Comment Feature. A lot of the best content [...]

Forgive me for a moment as I advocate for the best interests of the site. If anybody out there has designs on doing any of their holiday shopping via Amazon, I’d like to encourage you to do so using the advertising link in the upper right. No matter what you eventually purchase, The Loss Column [...]

Once again I’ll be a guest this evening on Michael Popovec‘s excellent evening radio show on 1570 AM. I’ll be there at 6 pm and sticking around for at least an hour, talking sports in that smooth, debonair way that only I can. If you’re in the general area of the city you can tune [...]

– Gird your loins and grit your teeth before reading this post at MLB Fanhouse about the ’07 Orioles. It’s rough. Unfortunately, though, it’s also probably a pretty fair representation of how the rest of the baseball world sees Baltimore. Nine straight losing seasons will do that. Yet isn’t this the same way everybody saw [...]

Like everything and everyone else these days, The Loss Column is now on MySpace. So what are you waiting for? Befriend us.

As you get ready to ease into your weekend, I’ve prepared a treat for you. Or more accurately, a treat for me that I hope you enjoy. It is…(drumroll)…the official 2007 Loss Column logo (click for giant version): Created at the suggestion of founding contributor Chris, it’s a Baltimore-centric take on one of the all-time [...]

You might notice a slight difference to your right in the sidebar there. Allow me to explain. The Loss Column operates — as you might guess — at a loss (no pun intended). That’s really not a big deal since our costs are relatively low, but at the same time there is a fair amount [...]