Brian Roberts waited 13 months for this.
Sidelined by recurring symptoms of a concussion and myriad other issues related to his health Brian Roberts showed last night why he was once considered one of the best second basemen in all of baseball. Continue reading “Major League Baseball Notes 6/13/2012: Baltimore Orioles’ Brian Roberts Returns With A Bang”
We’re just past 40 games in this 2012 season and we’re gonna take a look at my All-Stars to this point.
Disclaimer:You won’t find any Red Sox on this team Continue reading “My Quarter-Season Major League Baseball All-Star Team 2012”
“Just give me 25 guys on the last year of their contracts; I’ll win a pennant every year” -Sparky Anderson, Former Cincinnati Reds and Detroit Tigers Manager, Hall of Famer
Darren Dreifort, Chone Figgins, and Barry Zito. What do you think of every time you hear these names? Recipients of contracts that aren’t working out. Continue reading “Michael Bourn Is Having A Career Year, Should Braves Reward Him With A Long-Term Deal?”
Before this season started I wrote an a post regarding the top-five fantasy baseball  rookies for 2012. Within it, I spoke of Bryce Harper and Mike Trout, two guys we all expected to pay immediate dividends in 2012. While I ranked Harper higher (second) because of his power it pained me to do so, for reasons only Anaheim might understand. Continue reading “Bryce Harper Is Fun, Mike Trout Is Better”
“If they don’t have room for me here, then there’s no reason they shouldn’t trade me or just do something with me.” Continue reading “Mike Minor’s Struggles Have Put Atlanta Braves In A Tough Spot”
The Texas Rangers have put together a fine baseball team. As a matter of fact, they might have the best team in baseball right now. Right-this-very-moment.
Other than that, lets stop getting carried away. Continue reading “Texas Rangers Are A Good team, Lets Not Get Carried Away Yet”
Cleveland, you’ve got yourself a division leader.
Like the Baltimore Orioles, an unexpected sight atop the Central division has the Cleveland Indians in first place by two games. It seems to be redemption week for the clubs I wasn’t too keen on. Here was my initial review back on April 2: Continue reading “Cleveland Indians Benefiting From Underachieving American League Central, Good Baseball”
I’ve tried to convince myself it wasn’t real.
I will be the first to admit, I was adamantly against this Orioles team and with good reason. In fact here was my assessment of this ball club in my preseason predictions: Continue reading “Baltimore Orioles Continue To Put Baseball On Notice”
So coming back to the blog and perusing the different channels for stories I happened upon a little rift out of Boston (nothing new there). Continue reading “Kangaroo Court: Josh Beckett Needs A Reality Check”
I think Cole Hamels might want to leave the tough guy act at home for a while.
In receiving a five-game suspension he not only hurt his team, which is currently 1-3 against the Nationals and Mets in their last four games, but also his own reputation. Continue reading “Major League Baseball Notes 5/8/2012: Nothing “Old School” About Cole Hamels Drilling Of Bryce Harper”