Archive for March, 2008
Nationals Park Opens with a Bang!
Nationals Park is the new home of the Washington Nationals of the NL East.
Although the Braves tied the game at 2 in the top of the 9th on a Paul Lo Duca (C) passed ball, young Nationals 3B Ryan Zimmerman launched a walk off HR to center with 2 outs in the bottom of the [...]
MLB Announcers & me
Has anyone else out there have this happen to them? I’m watching a game and during play, I make a comment o r two about the situation, strategy, etc. only to find my comments being said by the TV announcers; almost word for word. My wife thinks it uncanny, because this isn’t an occurance that [...]
A-Rod and The Curse of the Pink Panther
Now that Boston has rid themselves of that ridiculous “Curse of the Bambino” with 2 World Series wins in the last 4 years (2004/2007), it’s time to find another cursed team to take their place.
Enter the New York Yankees! They haven’t won a World Series since beating out Boston (as fate would have it) [...]
Boston & Oakland Tied for the Best Record in Baseball!
The A’s (1-1) beat Boston (1-1) today in the Tokyo Dome in Japan by a score of 5-1 behind a great outing by oft-injured SP Rich Harden. This is the reason why the A’s were able to trade away Dan Haren. They are counting on Harden staying healthy, because if he can, he’s got # [...]
Red Sox are in First Place in the AL East
With most teams still close to a week away, the Red Sox won game one of their regular season this morning in the US, while it was evening in Japan, against the A’s. It was not pretty, they were down 2-0; then went up 3-2 only to find themselves down 4-3 in less than an [...]
Pete’s Picks: NL West
NL West
This is a tight division overall and anyone can easily pull ahead of the pack, but they will need to improve without costing them security in another spot on the roster (see the D’backs with trading Jose Valverde).
1. Diamondbacks : The difference makers here are the departure of SP Livan Hernandez and the addition [...]
Pete’s Picks: AL West
AL West
1. LA Angels of Anaheim : In the long run, I like the Angels overall in this division. I like their bullpen especially with K-Rod, Scot Shields and Justin Speier. The additions of CF Torii Hunter & SP Jon Garland help put them over the top and Garland helps ease the pain of not [...]
Pete’s Picks: AL Central
AL Central
1. Tigers : They might have arguably the best line-up in all of baseball 1-9, but their pitching, in my opinion, is suspect past the first three starters and especially their bullpen! As good as their hitting will/should be in ’08, their pitching might be the great neutralizer. Outside of Verlander, there are some [...]
Interview with the Creators & Owners of BallHype & ShowHype
Hi everyone! I take this slight detour in baseball talk to bring you an interview with the creators and owners of both BallHype and ShowHype, Erin & Jason Gurney. BallHype was launched in April of 2007 and will be celebrating its 1 Year Anniversary next month! Way to go you two! I’m not only the [...]
Pete’s Picks: NL Central
NL Central
1. Brewers: I think that they had a good team last year, but were too young to win the division, but with a year under their belts I think they have a shot at winning this division, that is unless Gagne pitches like he did in Boston last year. [...]
Hot Coco -vs.- Free Tacos
Who will win this Spring Training battle for the CF position in Boston this summer of 2008? The former player that was acquired via trade for the 2005 season, Coco Crisp or the young man who provided the nation with FREE tacos during the 2007 World Series, Jacoby Ellsbury. Coco is hot, upset about the [...]
On the DL Again: Baldelli, Schilling & Others
Will either of these two players play baseball in 2008? Roco has been hampered by injury in almost every year of his young professional career. Could this be the start of the end of his MLB career? I for one, hope not! He’s a talented player that I would have loved to have had on [...]
The Fall of the 1977 Phillies
Here is a new book that was written by one of my readers, Professor Mitchell Nathanson of Villanova University School of Law where he is the Associate Professor of Legal Writing. He contacted me about his book in an e-mail just this morning. I’ll save you the idle chatter and just provide you with info [...]
3 Nights in August -vs.- Moneyball
In the Buzz Bussinger book, “3 Nights in August”, the author provides his take on the book by Michael Lewis called, “Moneyball”. To give you a little insight, Bussinger worked on his book with current St. Louis Cardinals Manager Tony LaRussa (who previously managed the Oakland A’s and the Chicago White Sox), while Lewis worked [...]
3 Nights in August: Emotionally Good
Throughout this book (again, written by Buzz Bissinger), Buzz takes you on various emotional flashbacks into the past of LaRussa’s career. He goes back to his times with the White Sox in the early to mid 80’s as well as with the A’s and earlier years in St. Louis.
For example, he talks about the [...]
Tony LaRussa is Obsessed!
**Reader beware! This is purely an opinion based post! I am aware that people are going to disagree with part of this, but before you roast me, please read this book and you’ll see where I am coming from.**
After reading the book, “3 Nights in August” by Buzz Bissinger I can convinced that LaRussa is [...]
Any Hope for Bonds?
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Fantasy Baseball Analysis: RF
Detroit’s Magglio Ordonez was more than 20 points better than the nest best RF in 2007, but don’t expect him to have a repeat performance in 2008. He may hit over .300, but probably not over .340 again. He HR totals can be reached, but the R and RBI totals may be a stretch in [...]
1B Sean Casey: Is He For Real?
Going into his 11th year in MLB, “the Mayor”, as he is called by some fans, has done the unthinkable in the mind of today’s modern athlete. He has opted to take a lesser role to play on a winning team in contention for another World Series title (it would be their second in a [...]
