Here are some new items to fill in your day from around baseball.
The Seattle Mariners are said to be interested in interviewing the Dodgers assistant GM. Why would this be newsworthy? Because Ms. Kim Ng would be the first woman to become a GM in Major League Baseball! What does USS Mariners have to say [...]

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 With most players now reporting to camp I thought it was time to sit back and enjoy the moment. This time, that means getting a little help from your friends and mine from EzineArticles. I don’t do this often, but this one was fitting. Enjoy! J
Spring Training Excitement - Can’t You Just Smell It?
By Brian [...]

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Ozzie Smith (the Wizard of Oz) of the St. Louis Cardinals
See his career stats from Baseball-Reference .

He has compiled 13 straight Gold Gloves at SS from 1980 to 1992
He has been selected to 15 All Star gameso

12 Consecutive from 1981 to 1992
Then 3 more consecutive appearances between 1994 and 1996
He [...]

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After reading this article, I just had to include it. By the way, sorry for the lapse in writing, the holidays (and my wife’s birthday on the 1st.) can make it tough to find the time to write. More of my work to follow so stay tuned…

Ruth, Aaron, Or Bonds - Who Really Is The [...]

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Reader Interaction Time
Here’s the part in the blog where you get out of it, what you put into it.
Please reply to this post with your (the readers) choice for the best closer in Major League Baseball and don’t forget to tell us why you choose who you did. I will post these at the [...]

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Pete’s Perspective
After close to two years we now have the results of the Mitchell Report on PEDs (Performance Enhancing Drugs) in major league baseball. One question now has emerged on the lips of many. What do we do about it?! Roger Maris didn’t cheat when he hit 61 HRs, but did get an asterisk next [...]

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Last week, Baseball Musings wrote about the timeline found in the Mitchell Report (See pages 167-176) on 300 game winner, Roger Clemens entitled, “Clemens 1998”.

This does not help Roger’s denial case that he’s trying to build up. Now I’m not saying that he’s lying, but I do remember when he left Boston as a free [...]

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The Johan Santana situation, the Twins, and Blogging with Sooze from BabesLoveBaseball
I recently contacted Sooze from BabesLoveBaseball for a Twins fan’s perspective on the latest rumors coming out of Minnesota and about how she began blogging. BabesLoveBaseball has become one of the best baseball blogs around, it has a strong following and is unquestionably unique. [...]

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This is an article I found & I thought it was worth publishing on the site. This is one Tampa Bay Rays fan’s perspective, but I think Joe Gonzales, the author of the article below, has reason to be excited. Good for them! The Red Sox and Yankees could use the extra competition to stay sharp [...]

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Pete’s Perspective
By Peter Schiller
Pete’s Winter Meeting Predictions

Johan Santana will no longer be a member of the Twins
Coco Crisp will either be tagged as the starting centerfielder for the Red Sox in 2008 or he will be on another team
Someone will show interest in closers Keith Foulke and Eric Gagne (possibly the Brewers, Giants or Braves)
We [...]

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By Peter Schiller
The Starting Rotation
The 2007 Braves rotation was not even close to what the fans in Atlanta have come to expect. Is this the affect of no longer having longtime pitching coach Leo Mazzone or do they just not have the talent that they once had and managed to always maintain? My vote lies [...]

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Pete’s Perspective
By Peter Schiller
The Usual Suspects
The players who supported the Braves offense in past years, did so again in 2007…with a little help from their youth movement. Chipper Jones was his typical offensive self despite trips on the DL due to arm and wrist woes. See his numbers below. The only question I have [...]

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A Position by Position Breakdown of the 2007 Season
By Peter Schiller
Starting Pitchers:
Second year pitcher John Maine might not have been the Met’s first choice as the Ace of their staff, but despite his decline in the second half of 2007, his numbers dictate that he was at least in the running. Maine’s VORP was the [...]

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A Position by Position Breakdown of the 2007 Season
By Peter Schiller
C Paul Lo Duca, who is now a free agent, caught 119 games for the 2007 Mets and was ranked 14th among all major league catchers offensively. He is an average hitter, above average for a catcher & 2007 was no different. He may not [...]

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*In no particular order…
AL Rookie of the Year 2B Dustin Pedroia Boston Red Sox
NL Rookie of the Year 3B Ryan Braun Milwaukee Brewers
 
AL Cy Young Award winner C.C. Sabathia Cleveland Indians
NL Cy Young Award winner Jake Peavy San Diego Padres
 
AL Manager of the Year Eric Wedge Cleveland Indians
NL Manager of the Year Bob Melvin Arizona [...]

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