Archive for August, 2008
More Thoughts on the State of the Game
No Yanks in the Playoffs With the Yankees finished like a Thanksgiving turkey, the major networks have to be shaking in their boots. One can’t imagine that a series that pits the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim against the Tampa Bay Rays is going to draw great ratings (even if it is great baseball).The problem [...]
Baseball Links Exchange
This week’s link exchange is for a blog entitled, Squawking Baseball: Wall Street Analysis of Major League Baseball’s Player Market. I have to admit that I don’t get to this site as often as I’d like and it’s not your average, run of the mill Baseball blog either. The subtitle is a clear sign to [...]
Brotherly Love and A New York State of Mind
<!–[if gte mso 10]> Washington Nationals With all of their injuries and a pitching staff that was in trouble before trading RP Jon Rauch, the Nationals find themselves at the bottom of the NL East once again and it is there they will be for years to come in my estimation. They also host the [...]
Melvin Mora Does it Again!
For the second straight week, the Orioles 3B Melvin Mora is the best hitter over the past week. He scored 10 runs, stole 1 base, hit 4 HRs while knocking in 11 RBIs and hit for a .321 average and a .394 OBP. In second, making a case for an MVP award while not being [...]
The Instant Replay Insertion Into MLB
Now before I go on, please don’t get me wrong, I’m for Instant Replay for the right scenarios, but I am not sold that inserting it in the middle of a season is the best idea the Commissioner’s office ever came up with. Using Instant Replay to aid in the proper calling of Home Runs [...]
Baseball Links Exchange
This week’s pick is Sabernomics: Economic Thinking about Baseball. It’s a blog that combines Sabermetrics and the economic side of baseball. The creator and author of this thinking man’s baseball blog is J.C. Bradbury. J.C. is an economist and associate professor at Kennesaw State University in metropolitan Atlanta. He is the author of The [...]
It’s A 2 Team Race in the AL Central
Kansas City Royals Unfortunately, they’re right where everyone thought they would be come August. Dead last in the AL Central. They have a solid closer, SP Zack Greinke has proved to be a solid starter as well and Jose Guillen has proved that he can still hit. Beyond that, the Royals have a very young [...]
Olympic Baseball/Softball Beyond 2008
Last night (August 18th, 2008), Bob Costas reported from the NBC studios in Beijing, the IOC’s (International Olympic Committee) reasoning behind the removal of the sports of Baseball and softball from future Olympics (a minimum of the 2012 games in London). Here is what he reported: Baseball According to Costas, the reason why baseball has [...]
Not Your Usual Suspects: MLB Week 20
Top 10 Hitters Taking a commanding lead over this list is Oriole’s 3B Melvin Mora who knocked in 17 RBIs with 4 HRs while scoring 11 runs himself. He maintained a batting average of .583 with an OBP of .585 last week. With the injury to Houston LF Carlos Lee, Astro’s 3B/2B/OF Ty Wigginton is [...]
Baseball Links Exchange
This week’s exchange is for a fan of the Cleveland Indians and the SB Nation hosted blog, Let’s Go Tribe. SportsBlogs Nation is a network of individual blog communities run by fans, for fans and united by a common devotion to their favorite team or sports. By empowering fans to have a voice in the [...]
Boston’s WEEI/NESN Jimmy Fund Telethon to Fight Cancer
WEEI/NESN Jimmy Fund Radio-Telethon Join me in raising the awareness to the wonderful work of The Jimmy Fund, the Boston Red Sox official charity for the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. The Jimmy Fund was founded in 1948 and made popular by the generosity and support of the late great Red Sox LF Ted Williams. To learn [...]
Olympic Update: Beijing 8/13/2008
Team USA Softball In Olympic Softball, Team USA wins 3-0 in another no-hitter, this time by pitcher Cat Osterman. Cat recorded 13 K’s while walking 3 batters in a complete game performance against the Australian team. This brings the women’s consecutive winning streak in the Olympics to 16 games. They play team Canada tomorrow. [...]
Team USA: Softball (1-0)
Our girls in Beijing won in impressive fashion earlier today with an 11-0 no-hitter against the first year Olympic team of Venezuela. USA starting pitcher, 2004 Gold medalist and now mom, Jennie Finch pitched 4 innings of no-hit ball with 2 walks and then pitcher Monica Abbott closed the door in the 5th without allowing [...]
Last Week’s Top Hitters
It’s weeks like these that makes baseball so unpredictable. Who would have guessed that Texas Ranger OF Marlon Byrd would have made this list this year? His 10 runs scored and 2 HRs & SBs to go along with a batting average of .531 (OBP .583) put him on top of this week’s list. At [...]
Baseball Links Exchange
This week I am going to plug two blogs after missing this section last week. Both of these blogs come from the great supplier of blogs, the MVN Blogging Network. But this is a baseball blog, not a general sports blog; therefore, here is the link to MVN’s MLB page, click HERE. Both of these [...]
What’s Brewing in the NL Central
Central W L PCT GB HOME PCT ROAD PCT RS RA DIFF Chicago 69 46 .600 – 43-16 .729 26-30 .464 615 472 143 Milwaukee 64 51 .557 5 32-23 .582 32-28 .533 535 512 23 St. Louis 64 52 .552 5.5 33-27 .550 31-25 .554 557 523 34 Houston 54 59 .478 14 29-26 [...]
Boston’s Diminutive Bad Boy
2007 Rookie of the Year, 2B Dustin Pedroia Boston’s diminutive 2B, Dustin Pedroia, is having another eye-popping year. In this, his 2nd season in the big leagues, he was voted into the starting line up at the All Star game (although some say that the Ranger’s Ian Kinsler would have been a better choice). He [...]
Red Sox Ok with Bay
OK, so here’s where I let my true colors shine for just a bit. The Red Sox had to trade Manny Ramirez because his attitude was finally beginning to be too much of a burden to carry for the 2008 Boston Red Sox. I don’t care if it was all his idea, his new agent [...]
Week 18’s Hottest Hitters
With double digit Runs (11) scored and RBIs (10), New York Yankees RF Bobby Abreu tops our weekly list while also hitting 4 HRs to go along with a .433 BA, a .514 OBP and a stolen base. Cubs LF Alfonso Soriano has been hot since returning from the DL as he hit 4 HRs [...]
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