Hot Off the Wire: Fantasy Baseball Players to Consider Adding
Although all of the big names may be taken in your fantasy league, there are always options on the waiver wire. Players available in the majority of leagues, have been streaking over the past week and may be worth a look to fill a need on your roster are: Pedro Alvarez (Pittsburgh), third base [23 percent […]
Hey Mr. Valentine, When is the Time to Act?
New Red Sox skipper Bobby Valentine has gone on the record as saying that adding a starting pitcher isn’t at the top of his priority list. He thinks they have plenty of arms in the mix when they get to Ft. Myers in three weeks, so for right now, it’s not at the top of […]
My Outlook on the Boston Red Sox 2012 Season
This article was originally posted at BaseballDigest.com on December 4th, but was updated for this publication due to a few transactions that have occurred since it was written. A Look Back at Boston’s 2011 Season First, they had that horrific 0-6 start which led to their 11-15 April finish and this was after being tabbed […]
Bobby V Lends a Helping Hand to Japan
Bobby Valentine may have left Japan at the end of the 2009 baseball season, but it’s obvious that the former Chiba Lotte Marines manager’s heart is still with the country. The ESPN baseball analyst has been involved in relief and fundraising efforts to aid in the recovery of the decimated Tohoku region. His collaboration with […]
Does Anyone Want To Manage The Orioles?
In the three weeks since Dave Trembley was dismissed as manager of the Baltimore Orioles there has been no shortage of familiar names battered around as potential managerial candidates. However, with the withdrawal of former Mets and Rangers manager Bobby Valentine from the list and the seeming reluctance to pull the trigger on former Diamondbacks […]
The Oendan: The Japanese Baseball Fan Club
“What I was amazed, bewildered, and never, never surprised at was the love that the Japanese people have for the game of baseball. It’s mindboggling. It’s not to be understood . . . in a normal way. It’s abnormal.” When Bobby Valentine made the above remark about Japanese baseball fans at an event at New […]
What is Japanese Baseball?
Ever since 1872, when professor Horace Wilson explained the game of baseball to his students at Kaisei Gakko (now Tokyo University), the Japanese have been obsessed with the American pastime. Americans have been familiar with some aspects of baseball in Japan, but generally that knowledge was limited to home run leader Sadaharu Oh and Japanese […]