Fantasy Baseball Stretch Drive: Rookies or Veterans?
Call it boring if you will, but when it comes to fantasy baseball, slow and steady wins the race. There is no better time of the year for me to put this theory into practise than down the stretch. As fantasy owners start to gear up for the final month, which in many leagues represent […]
Biking for Baseball Cycles Through Cincinnati
Biking for Baseball [www.bikingforbaseball.org] is a youth mentoring organization that is currently cycling 11,000 miles to each MLB stadium this summer to raise funds and awareness for youth mentoring programs across the country. One of the riders, Chase Higgins, blogs about baseball games they’ve been to and general MLB throughout the trip. The most recent […]
Mid-August Cleveland Indians Reflections
So are the Indians a contender, or aren’t they? That seems to be the question that everyone who follows the team has been asking since the first day of the season. They have seen more ups and downs this season than someone driving through the Rocky Mountains and it doesn’t look like the journey […]
Factor 12 Leaders: Week 19
The Factor12 Rating (F12) is an analytic measurement utilizing league average performance to compare the value of all MLB pitchers on 60ft6in.com. (1) Justin Verlander clings to the number one position following his latest outing against the Texas Rangers. The 2011 AL Cy Young/MVP leads MLB with a 31.421 F12 Rating. (2) Felix […]
Floundering Beckett and Lester Lead Red Sox in Season-Long Mediocrity
Let’s be frank; the Red Sox have been the ugliest story in baseball over the past 12 months. Maybe ownership and the fans didn’t make it clear enough. After a historic September meltdown in 2011, it was crucial for the Sox to come out of the gates quickly in 2012, but such a hot […]
How To Overcome A Fear Of The Baseball
First of all, please realize that if you have a fear of the baseball, you are not alone. Just the opposite is true. In fact, almost all baseball hitters at every level have a fear of the baseball to one extent or the other. True, the amount of fear does vary significantly. You may have […]
Meet Bill Murray, the Charleston RiverDogs’ co-owner
Bill Murray is the Charleston RiverDogs’ co-owner and, most importantly, their Director of Fun
Baseball News: Pitching Highlights Of The Week
By SBRForum.com They say pitching is the key to winning World Series and who can argue with that? There have been a number of surprise throughout the 2012 season and we’ll focus on three of them this week as three veteran arms are shining fairly bright these days: Bartolo Colon, Oakland Athletics […]
Even the most patient person understands its time for Jason Bay to go
I have among the most patience when it comes to my sports teams. Unlike a lot other NY sports fans, I root for the uniform and want the best for every player on my favorite teams. I look at all the players as human beings and know that nobody wants to lose their edge […]
A Tale of Two Teams: NL West Supremacy Boils Down to an Old-School Rivalry
The Brooklyn Dodgers and the New York Giants were once the toast of the Big Apple, but their rivalry was dimmed when they were shipped to the longtime media dead zone of the West Coast. However, strong playoff pushes from both teams has rekindled the flame and reignited their relevancy. With a half-game split […]
Book Review: Stillpower
Why does everything worth anything have to be so unbelievably hard to achieve? Well, according to Garret Kramer in his new book, Stillpower: Excellence with Ease in Sports and Life , the goal one wants to achieve may only seem hard because that is how the person chooses to perceive it. Now, one could clearly […]
MLB Betting: Top Money-Making Pitchers Going This Weekend
By SBRForum We like to keep an eye on the MLB betting money charts just to see which teams and which starting pitchers have been bringing in the bacon for their financial backers. So here’s a quick look at the top money-making pitchers going this weekend, and some guesses as to how they might […]
Dodgers Finally Turning Things Around?
This article was written by Becky Wilcox. It has definitely been a whirlwind for the Dodgers last few years, and the past few months have been no exception. After a group lead by Magic Johnson put in a bid to buy the team from hated owner Frank McCourt, the fans were pretty excited about the […]
Eight Baseball Hitting Tips For Your Success!
Here is a list of eight very good baseball tips on hitting that are highly recommended to help you be successful. 1. A Balanced And Workable Stance. All good athletes are balanced almost all the time no matter what sport we are talking about. It gives you a solid, comfortable foundation, which is where baseball hitting […]
With season down the tubes, makes no sense for Mets to make a trade, or does it?
Coming into the season, it seemed like the New York Mets were a step behind a lot of organizations in baseball, particularly in their own division. The Phillies and Marlins were supposed to be among the best in the league (LOL) and the Braves and Nationals were still considered better than the Mets. During the […]
A Look Back at Barry Larkin’s Hall of Fame Reds Career
This past week Barry Larkin received the highest honor in baseball, induction into the Hall of Fame. A 12 time All-Star, nine Silver Slugger Awards, three Gold Glove Awards, an MVP in 1995, a World Series champion in 1990, and a trip to Cooperstown to cap it off. It only took 177 minor league games […]
Factor 12 Leaders: Week 16
The Factor12 Rating (F12) is an analytic measurement utilizing league average performance to compare the value of all MLB pitchers on 60ft6in.com. (1) Justin Verlander retains the number one position despite allowing 5ER on Thursday night against the Cleveland Indians. The 2011 AL Cy Young award winner leads MLB with a 31.105 F12 Rating. […]
MLB Weekend Pitching Report: The Best Money Pitchers
By SBRForum.com Today we’re taking a look at the leading starting pitchers on the MLB odds money chart, and what some of them are up to this weekend. Here’s what we found. No. 10 on the list is St. Louis’ Lance Lynn, who starts Friday vs. the Cubs at Wrigley. The Cardinals are […]
SABR 42: Right on Target
This article was written by Jeff Polman and was originally posted here on Huff Post Sports. The conventioneer was in his 60s, wearing a ball cap, glasses and trim little white beard. Like me, he was at the Marriott City Center in Minneapolis last week to attend the yearly gathering of SABR, the Society for American Baseball […]
MLB All Star Game Shouldn’t Matter
This month’s Major League All-Star Game marked the 10th anniversary of it counting, and it’s time that it stopped. This time ‘it counts’ is one of commissioner Bud Selig‘s bad ideas that just won’t go away. There is so much wrong with an all-star game playing a role in deciding the outcome of that […]
IchiRolls into the Bronx: 10 Reasons to Love The Yankees’ Newest Acquisition
Even if you’re a mild Yankees fan, you probably heard about how they swung into Seattle for a three-game series and swapped two pitching prospects the legendary Ichiro Suzuki, the 11-year Mariners’ veteran. The 38-year old outfield is far removed from his speedster days, but the Bombers and their fans should be thrilled to […]
Phillies prospects looking good…for other teams
Ruben Amaro’s tenure with the Phillies has brought some big, big, names to Philadelphia since he took the reigns from Pat Gillick over three years ago. Amaro landed Cliff Lee, Roy Halladay, Roy Oswalt, and Hunter Pence in hopes of bringing another championship. Well, that didn’t pan out and the Phillies are now in a […]
Midseason Pythagorean Projections
In the midst of the muggy swelter of July, it’s not just baseball aficionados who look forward to the crisp, cool days of October. But with twice as many wild cards this year, fully one third of all major league teams will be suiting up when the season ends, giving fans an additional reason to […]
Factor 12 Leaders: Week 15
The Factor12 Rating (F12) is an analytic measurement utilizing league average performance to compare the value of all MLB pitchers on 60ft6in.com. (1) Justin Verlander remains in the number one spot after tossing eight shutout innings against the Baltimore Orioles. The 2011 AL Cy Young award winner leads MLB with a 31.400 F12 Rating. […]
MLB Midseason Report
By SBRForum.com We’re past the halfway point of the baseball regular season. Join us as we reflect on the top performers and on which teams have made the most money in MLB odds throughout the first half. In terms of player performances, there’s been one true standout in each league. The AL […]
A Totally Bizarre Way To Raise Your Batting Average!
If you are struggling at the plate, what you should attempt to do is to hit every pitch at the pitcher‘s belt buckle. And no, I haven’t lost my mind and I resent that you’re thinking that I’ve lost it. Try to do this on every pitch, no matter what type of pitch it is […]
Upton in Smoke: Trading Justin Would Send The Diamondbacks Back to the Basement
We’re halfway through July, and that means one thing in Baseball Land: trade rumors. The July 31st trade deadline is quickly approaching, and with the new wild card additions to each league, there are more contenders than ever. As of July 15, 9 of MLB’s 30 teams are within 3.5 games of a wild card […]
With Gee out indefinitely, Harvey clearly best option
Sometimes I choose not to weigh in on highly discussed topics pertaining to the Mets because so much has circulated about it already and its hard to put a different spin on it. Also, by looking at the title, it would be hard to decipher between my article and the other articles that are recycled, […]
Factor 12 Leaders: Week 14
The Factor12 Rating (F12) is an analytic measurement utilizing league average performance to compare the value of all MLB pitchers on 60ft6in.com. The 83rd All-Star game in Kansas City took place on Tuesday night limiting the schedule of regular season games played for the past week. There were no changes to the F12 Top […]
Coaching Little League Baseball
Little league baseball can either be a good experience or a bad experience. I think that a lot of it depends on the coaching. I can still remember when I was a kid how much I didn’t like my first coach in baseball. It almost made me not want to play again. I felt […]
