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By Richard Barber With C.C. Sabathia locked up to a reasonable long term deal, and Brian Cashman set to run the team for at least another 3 years, the Yankees can now begin the serious job of rebuilding the team into a world champion. Here are the moves Brian Cashman and the Yankee front office … [Read more...]
After last night’s 7-1 loss to the Phillies in Atlanta, in which the team managed only 4 hits, the Braves have relinquished their lead over the Cardinals in the NL Wild Card race. The Cardinals won last night, beating the minor league team the Houston Astros are fielding nowadays, 13-6. The teams … [Read more...]
Normally, I'm not one to jump off a team ship's before they're mathematically eliminated from the postseason; but the San Francisco Giants are fully testing my commitment. The Giants looked like the team to beat after taking 2 of 3 from the Phillies at Citizens' Bank Park earlier this month in … [Read more...]
Dan Uggla knew what he was doing all along. The abysmally low (.173) batting average; the disappearance of his power(sub-400 slugging percentage and just 12 homers in 86 games); his infamously unreliable glove looking as suspect as it's ever been; in general looking like another bad … [Read more...]
Genuine rivalries are a real rarity in the modern sports world. Free agency was a godsend for the players , but the constant turnover of players and coaches that came along with it make it harder to really hate another team--even a longtime division rival. Players come and go wherever the most money … [Read more...]
Jim Thome's name needs to be in more headlines. The Minnesota Twins slugger is nearing some of baseball's most rarified air, but there are no countdowns on ESPN, or the MLB Network itself. No live look-in to his every at-bat, nor non-stop analysis of his march towards career home run … [Read more...]
Now that the HGH dust has settled and there are no more steroids being used in baseball (yeah right), we can take a moment to reflect on the steroid era. I’m sick and tired of people on their high horses claiming that the sanctity of baseball was tainted by steroid use. Instead of steroids being … [Read more...]
The NFL may be the talk of the town with its lockout(or publicity stunt?) now over, but for guys like me, baseball's always been more than enough this time of year. The dust has finally settled on the non-waiver trade season; and more than a few contenders shored up their chances of playing … [Read more...]
Trading season--the most rumor laden time of any baseball season-is finally at it's end, but this vibrant time of year refused to end without a few more Pennant race altering deals. Until this last weekend before the Trade Deadline, the San Francisco Giants' big deal to bring All-Star outfielder … [Read more...]
Around this time of year, the baseball world is constantly buzzing with trade rumors and experts debating which contender is need of upgrade, and which player is the missing piece to a World Series run. After the Mets announced Jose Reyes would be wearing orange and blue for the rest of 2011, his … [Read more...]
