MLB Legacies: Mike Trout
Baseball truly is America’s favorite pastime: a fact that has resulted in a recent surge in Major League Baseball (MLB) popularity in recent years. With the rising quality of its players, and its marketability to young and old fans, MLB now houses some of the sporting world’s greatest figures. Ever-changing MLB odds are a testament […]
Shohei Otani has everyone talking, but will he be able to bring glory to Los Angeles and the Angels
In sports, sometimes you watch a player and you know they are going to be something special. Many people who watched the FIFA World Youth Soccer Championships in 2005 knew that Argentina’s Lionel Messi was going to make it at the top level. Onlookers at Lebron James’s high school games could tell they were witnessing […]
Baseball Players who have Disappointed Us in 2017
By Adam Eyal The 2017 Major League Baseball season has only just finished, but some players should have given up a long time ago. Every year scouts and experts pick out the hottest prospects to watch out for over the coming months. These players are meant to deliver some of the best baseball in the […]
Top Earners in Baseball: Worth It or Not?
By Becky Wilcox When Nolan Ryan became baseball’s first million dollar ballplayer in 1980 in signing with the Houston Astros, everyone thought the game was going crazy when it came to salaries. Over 30 years later and adjusted for inflation, a million dollars doesn’t have the buying power it did in 1980 for Ryan. In […]
Tommy Hanson is why scouts will always have value
Atlanta Braves former top prospect and oft-injured starter Tommy Hanson was traded over the weekend to the LA Angels for relief flame thrower Jordan Walden. It is scary to think that three years ago Hanson was one of the most valued assets in the game with scouts raving about his ability and three above average […]
Pujols Talks About His New Team: Angels
Albert Pujols opens up about his decision to sign with the Angels, noting that he brings experience to a young club.
Fish or Cut Bait? Which Players to Keep and Who to Throw Back
We’ve all experienced it. Poor early season performance out of top players or early round draft picks. It is a fantasy owner’s worst nightmare. There also comes a point when you must decide to either hold onto the player and hope he turns it around or cut him loose (either by trade […]
Hall of Famer Rod Carew on Making Contact, Step 2: The Stride
As you continue taking steps toward becoming a successful hitter, one of the crucial steps is actually making a stride. In your quest for contact, the purposes of the stride are many. For starters, it gets your energies moving in the right direction. It also eliminates a flat-footed swing and balances the weight shift and […]
A’s work out details to make MLB doubleheader a reality
Editor’s Note: This post was originally posted to Kevin’s Examiner page! Not since Bill Clinton was in the White House and Beavis and Butthead were childishly giggling their ways into our living rooms have the Oakland A’s done what they will do next year. For the first time in 15 years, the A’s will conduct […]
What Gives The Angels Their Edge? Manager Mike Scioscia
The longest name in sports franchise history has suffered a large share of personnel misfortunes due to a variety of causes on and off the diamond, yet they are still consistently expected not only to contend, but to win the American League West. Why? Two words: Mike Scioscia. Owning two World Series rings as […]
Stupidity Is Better Kept A Secret Than Displayed
DRSEA INFORMER Volume III, Issue 5: A Publication For Your Reading Enjoyment Torii Hunter apparently never read Greek philosopher Heraclitus of Ephesus’ caution on stupidity. The Anaheim Angels center fielder gave new meaning to the phrase “dumb jock” when he claimed that dark-skinned baseball players from the Dominican Republic are not black but “imposters.” “People […]
Yankees Say Goodbye – and Hello – to Old Faces
The New York Yankees may be coming off their 27th World Championship, but Brian Cashman didn’t spend much time this offseason basking in the afterglow of the title. Instead, he made significant changes to reshape the team. But not everybody in Yankeeland is happy with those changes. Most fans figured that either World Series MVP […]
Hot Stove Baseball Free Agent Tracker: 3B
Third basemen make up another fruitful class of free agents, perhaps the most fruitful of the entire 2009 class. The trade market for third baseman is also pretty bare, which should add intrigue, as most of the trade candidates have at least one serious flaw: Mike Lowell (injury-prone), Kevin Kouzmanoff (has gotten worse at the […]
BBA 2009 AL MVP Ballot
Image by Getty Images via Daylife Warning: most of this ballot is going to surprise you. How do I know, because it surprised me! You see, I didn’t just use my eyes or even the traditional method/statistics to make up this ballot. I used 11 statistical categories including defensive metrics & added some objective weight […]
As the Cubs Roll Into August…
July turns to August and finds the Chicago Cubs still in the NL Central hunt. Nevertheless, they didn’t look like a contending team as the trading deadline neared, making a nominal move for minimal help which may actually hurt the team this season. Image by Getty Images via Daylife In a month in which Roy […]
Yankees Heat Up in July – but Still Freeze Up Against Angels
The Yankees went 18-9 in July, with a phenomenal 13-3 home record. But the month wasn’t all fireworks and picnics for the Bombers, who ended the month in first place. The Yanks started the month in the midst of a seven-game winning streak. Then they had their usual hellish games against the Los Angeles Angels […]
Interview With SlumpBuster Co-Founder Jeff Brannon
If any of you have ever played sports as a kid, I’m sure you all have experienced being in a slump. But what did you do to get out of it? Some may have thought about wearing the same underwear to every game until the slump was broken. Others might not have washed their socks, […]
Torii Hunter Beats the Odds
Image by Getty Images via Daylife The nice people at Guideposts.com have been kind enough to allow us to bring these stories of current Major League players in their entirety while I’m away on vacation. So without further ado…Torii Hunter Beats the Odds by Louis Berney. He rose above his father’s addiction to make it […]
Oakland Still Sitting In Last Place
Although they were originally looked at as the number one contender to knock off the two time reigning American League West champions, the Oakland Athletics find themselves ten games under .500 and in last place in the division. General Manager Billy Beane deviated from his usual plan this past offseason by adding aging veterans and […]
RIP: Nick Adenhart (22) Angels Pitcher
Sad news out of Orange County, California today. Rookie Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim pitcher Nick Adenhart, 22, was killed in an auto accident in Fullerton a little after midnight Thursday morning, just hours after his first start of the year. Two others also died in the accident. A man driving a maroon minivan ran […]
Baseball Reflections on the Rangers
The Texas Rangers finished the 2008 season with a 79-83 record, finishing second in the AL West behind the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. During the season, the Rangers finished first in all offensive categories, while finishing last in all but one category in pitching. It is no secret the Rangers need to focus on […]
