Hot Stove breakdown
With the World Series behind us (yet another less than seven series) it's time to turn our focus to the off-season trade market: the Hot Stove. Dayn Perry has a thorough article up that breaks down each teams' needs. Rather than read me echo Perry's thoughts, just go check it out. And no, the title [...]
Rox and Sox: Don't let Game 1 fool you!
The Red Sox looked masterful last night, but you won't find me sporting a false sense of security today. The Rockies are one tough ball club, and there's no reason for them not to rebound. While the 13-1 rout now stands as the biggest Game 1 blow out in World Series history, MLB.com pointed out [...]
The Rockies' Angel
MLB.com has a feel-good story up today that should endear a few million more fans to the Rockies. Will George is a Rockies scout, and his wife Florinda sadly succumbed to cancer on May 22. The Rockies were at the low point of their season that day, with a record of 18-27 and in last [...]
The Nats' Centerfield Conundrum
Since we have time for a short break between post-season games, let's catch up with the Nationals and their centerfield conundrum. Capital Punishment has an excellent post up that reviews how this position was handled by Manny Acta in 2007. Nook Logan, Ryan Church, Ryan Langerhans, and rookie Justin Maxwell all spent time roaming centerfield, [...]
Into the Championships!
My post-season predictions are only half working out! I really though the Phillies were going to put up more of a fight. The Cubs were also strangely impotent. Neither team gave me much of anything to cheer for, so in the case of the NL, the victories were earned. The NLCS will be a very [...]
The Secret to Predicting Playoff Teams
New tool computes the chance of teams making the post-season by running a computer simulation millions of times each night. The site covers MLB, NFL, NBA, NHL, NASCAR, F1, IRL, Champ Car and Premier League.
Losing the Spirit!
Ouch, this hurts–another city that's losing their beloved baseball team. As a Montrealer, I sympathize big time for fans of the North Shore Spirit, a CAN-AM league baseball team who have called Lynn, MA home for the past five years. Victoria Glidden, 9, did her best to keep the Spirit at Fraser Field. She started [...]
My 2007 post season picks
Wow, what an end to the season! Let's see, what went down? The Mets crumbled, despite John Maine's awesome performance last Saturday against the Marlins, where the righty had a magical game, striking out 12 and carrying a no-hitter to the 7th. Wow, that was a wild one! J-Ro and the Phillies surged to capture [...]
Canada loses yet another baseball team
A year ago, I wrote about the sale of the Ottawa Lynx minor league team. Today, the Lynx are playing what's expected to be their final game in Ottawa (though no official statement has been made about the team's future.) After this, they're rumored to be headed down to Pennsylvania to start their new life [...]
Pitcher with coolest name signed by Nationals
Seriously, if you were hoping to become a major league pitcher wouldn't you just love to have the last name, Smoker?! With just one day left before the deadline to sign players from this year's Draft, the Washington Nationals announced the signing of left-handed pitcher Josh Smoker on Tuesday, the 31st overall pick in the [...]
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