Could Andres Torres help a contender as a 4th OF?
While I thought about the possibility of Erik Bedard returning to the Baltimore Orioles, I took some time to evaluate a player who recently passed through waivers. Though Andres Torres has not torn the cover off the ball, he has done about what most educated fans could expect. The Mets put him in a tough […]
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 […]
A Love Affair With the Pittsburgh Pirates
Baseball is America’s game, and the Pittsburgh Pirates have been a part of baseball tradition since the end of the nineteenth century. If you consider yourself a Pirates fan, you should know these important tidbits of Pirate history. A Pirate By Any Other Name In the beginning, Pittsburgh and other teams were identified by […]
San Francisco Giants’ Matt Cain pitches franchise’s first perfect game
This article was written by Ian Palmer & use of this article was provided by Feed Crossing. Matt Cain of the San Francisco Giants became the first pitcher in the club’s 129-year history to throw a perfect game when he beat the Houston Astros 10-0 at home on June 13. Cain goes into Major […]
Factor 12 Leaders: Week 9
The Factor12 Rating (F12) is an analytic measurement utilizing league average performance to compare the value of all MLB pitchers on 60ft6in.com. (1) Aroldis Chapman vaults into the number one position this week despite allowing his first earned run of the season on Thursday night. The “Cuban Missile” has struck out an amazing 54 […]
MoneyStats top 5 players at each position
Here are the top 5 players at each position separated by League according to the MoneyStats Player Rater. We use an exclusive formula to rate each player according to their MoneyStats Value. To view our complete Player Rating System including exclusive Splits for Starting Pitchers, please join us at www.moneystats.net. Click on the […]
Season-ending Reflections on the Cleveland Indians
If Indians fans were asked prior to the start of the season how they would feel if their team finished just two games below .500, they would have probably said “ecstatic.”However, the trip the Tribe took to get to their final record of 80-82 was anything but expected. In a season in which they lead […]
Reflecting on the Giants: September and Beyond
Well, it looks like the 2011 NL West Champions will be the surprising and over-achieving Arizona Diamondbacks. I think that it would take a miracle for the Giants to repeat as NL West Champs and make the playoffs. If the Giants did repeat as NL West Champs, I honestly do not believe that they would […]
Reflecting on the Giants Midseason Trades
I love baseball trades, especially in midseason. They are exciting! You just do not know what you are going to get. of course, it also depends on whether your team is a buyer or a seller. Is your team competitive and trying to build for the post season? Or, is your team auctioning good players […]
Oh No Don’t Hit My Catcher: GM’s Changing Their Tune on Blocking the Plate
My, oh my, how times have changed. Twenty years ago if the baseball world could have heard the conversations over the past week about whether or not catchers should block the plate, many would have thought the baseball people just got soft. That being said, probably the worst reason not to change […]
A Giant April
Well, the month of April is over for the Giants. I do not feel the same hopeful optimism that I felt last year. However, I do also recognize that it is early in the year. I find the Giants’ lack of offense of great concern, but this was the same situation they were in last […]
Opening Day 2011 at A T & T Park for the World Champion San Francisco Giants
Ah, Opening Day. To me, there is nothing more special than Opening Day. I just love the smells of the ball park: the freshly cut grass, the hot dogs and the fraternity of fans who are banded by their love of baseball now coming together for another new season. It is, like seeing friends that […]
Marty Kuehnert: A Lifetime in Japanese Baseball
“Everything with Japan started in the toilet.” When Marty Kuehnert speaks of the serendipitous event that led to his first trip to Japan, that’s usually how he begins. “Spend the summer in Japan!” the flyer above the urinal beckoned. Kuehnert, then a freshman at Stanford, noticed the sign while he was, er, in the toilet […]
A Charlie Rose Interview with Hall of Famer Willie Mays
This interview is over 20 minutes long and was found on hulu.com Enjoy!
A Fan’s Perspective on the World Champion SF Giants Off Season
A few weeks ago, one of my dear friends e-mailed me to ask what had happened to my enthusiasm for the Baseball Winter Meetings. I think that my feelings for the Winter Meetings changed when it went from being an opportunity for teams to trade players to try to shore up their weaknesses to being […]
The Big Business of MLB World Series Baseball
The following CNBC video discusses the business of baseball, with Larry Baer, San Francisco Giants COO, and CNBC’s Darren Rovell. Dated 10/27/10 before the 2010 world Series
2010 SF Giants World Series Victory Parade: A Fans-Eye View!
The Giants’ World Series victory was spectacular!! I had spent the previous day working at the Polling Booth, starting at 6 am until 9 pm. I was utterly exhausted, but I wasn’t going to miss the parade. I kept waking up in the middle of the night trying to avoid my worst nightmare of oversleeping […]
A Giants Fan’s Elation on their 2010 World Series Championship
The San Francisco Giants are the 2010 World Series Champions, the champions of the baseball world. They are the champions for the first time since 1954, and for the first time in San Francisco. Nothing can ever take this away from them. Wow!!! I cannot think of anything that more that can express my feelings […]
WHATEVER HAPPENED TO CIVILITY?
In the wake of the surprising but deserving San Francisco Giants winning the World Series came word that numerous riots broke out on the city streets. Is there any plausible reason for this adolescent behavior? What have fans become? Why, after a big victory in sports do fans have to act like idiots (Here’s a […]
The Giants First World Series Victory in San Fransisco
Congratulations to all SF fans… This must have been a close series MVP race between Renteria and Lincecum! If Renteria actually does retire, what a way to go! I was also impressed with the post season play of rookie catcher Buster Posey and OF Cody Ross who was a waiver wire pick up! The Giants […]
American and National League Divisional Series Prediction
OK, this is my first attempt at a webcast so it’s bound to be a little rough around the edges. I now see that it is much easier doing one of these with at least one more person like on the BBA Baseball Talk podcasts or online with the guys over at Pro Rumors TV. […]
An Editorial of the Book: Strike IX by Paul Lonardo
STRIKE IX tells the plight of the 1999 Providence College Friars baseball team and their beloved sport, which they learned would be eliminated at the end of that upcoming season in order for the school to comply with the federal regulation, Title IX. Written to commemorate the 10-year anniversary of PC’s historic season, this book […]
Tim Lincecum’s Mechanics: A Somax Analysis
Below you will find an analysis of Tim Lincecum‘s pitching mechanics as compared to other pitchers. Some pitchers are current day pitchers as well as including how he compares with selected Hall of Fame pitchers like Nolan Ryan, Tom Seaver, etc.
Top 5 Fantasy Surprises So Far in 2010: Pitchers
*These stats are as of 5/26/2010. The stats next to their names are W-L/SO/ERA/WHIP. These pitchers are the biggest surprises of the season so far… 5. Tyler Clippard, RP of the Washington Nationals 7-3/33/2.12/1.15 with 10 holds For a bullpen guy to have a 7-3 record so quickly into the season is unusual at best. […]
The Giants So Far in May And More…
Well it is now the middle of May, and the baseball season is starting to pick up steam. I am still trying to figure out this Giants team. They are now 1-6 against the Padres, thanks to last night’s win against them, 7-6, in 12 innings, and they are 6-0 against the Astros. Now, I […]
2010 Opening Day in San Francisco
Well, Opening Day 2010 for the San Francisco Giants was absolutely and utterly spectacular. It was everything that I could ask for from a baseball game. The giveaway was great– Giants calendars which they give away every year for Opening Day. Not only that, the game went into extra innings — lasting into the thirteenth […]
Arizona Diamondbacks Preview
Key Transactions Acquired Pos. Adam LaRoche 1B Kelly Johnson 2B Edwin Jackson SP Ian Kennedy SP Bob Howry RP Aaron Heilman RP Rodrigo Lopez SP Departed Pos. Max Scherzer SP Doug Davis SP Yusmeiro Petit SP Eric Byrnes OF Alex Romero OF Trent Oeltjen OF Daniel Schlereth RP Scott Schoeneweis RP Chad Tracy 1B Joshua […]
A Preview of Opening Day For the SF Giants
Ah, Opening Day!! There really is nothing else quite like it. It is the start of a new season, with new hopes, and new anxieties. I have been to every San Francisco Giants Opening Day from 1988 to 2009, with the exception of 1995. (I was upset about the Baseball Strike of 1994, and skipped […]
Interviewing the Good Doctor and Former Pitcher, John D’Acquisto, Ph.D
A few weeks ago, I connected with former pro baseball player turned doctor, John D’Acquisto, D.Sc. When asked about his professional playing days, when he earned his doctorate and the field he earned it in, he had this to say: “I played for 16 years of professional baseball I started in 1971 Major League Spring […]
Don’t Stop BeLEEvin’
Image via Wikipedia As the popular 1981 Journey song from their hit recording Escape reminds us to “Don’t Stop Believin’” I also found out that the song was adopted by the 2005 Chicago White Sox when they were in that year’s Fall Classic. Wikipedia also has the following story regarding the song’s connection to baseball. […]
