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Hello Ball Fans, The post-season is settling in on its midpoint as both Game Fours of the League Championship Series are being played tonight thanks to heavy rain in Detroit.  The Yankees will try to stay alive in the best of seven match up against a Tigers team on top of its game while the Giants will… Continue reading ‘INSTANT’ HITTING

Hello Fans, We are down to the last three days of the regular season.  It’s been a great ride already and there is plenty of exciting action left.  We still need to determine the NL East Champion as the Wild Card clinching, Chipper-led Braves are still alive at three games behind the Nationals.  We need to declare winners in… Continue reading THE LITTLE THINGS

Hello Fans, Many of you know of a long time sportswriter and now t.v. broadcaster by the name of John Bayless.  Well, that’s his real first name, you know of him as Skip.  He has a long career and wrote on subjects such as Steve Garvey’s hey day as a Dodger, etc. and was a columnist for years in the… Continue reading SKIPPING TO SKIP SKIP

Hello Fans, We’ve seen a ton of great action this year with the arrival of a new wave of super youngSTARS (Trout, McCutchen, and Stanton) and great individual perforMANces.  With forty games left to play in the 2012 regular season, barring some crazy prospects of a regular season ‘playoff’ to determine the actual playoff teams, let’s… Continue reading THREE S’s

Hello Fans, We are just a few short days into the start of what is anticipated to be another long and exciting career at the glory-laden position of shortstop after the Orioles called up the number one position prospect in all of baseball, 20 year old Manny Machado, while another shortstop’s magnificent and celebrated career… Continue reading Hello Manny, Thank You Johnny

Hello Fans, The Milwaukee Brewers made a splash in the cannon ball wave that is the movement of players at this season’s Non-Waiver Trade Deadline of July 31st at 4 p.m. EST.  They considered offers from both the Texas Rangers and Anaheim Angels before selecting the Angels’ prospects as worthy of ‘losing’ former Cy Young… Continue reading Trade Alive-Line

Hello Fans, Well things are heating up with the trade deadline looming in the next six days.  With the new playoff system providing extra Wild Card teams in both leagues, everyone thinks they have a chance.  Thus, they are all “buyers” when it comes to the trade deadline.  Somewhere, there has to be some “sellers”… Continue reading Go East-a-Ro Old Man

Hello Fans, Break time is over and it’s time for our ball heroes and rivals to get back to work.  It’s ABOUT time!  What’s the big deal!?  They had at least three days off in a row after working and traveling roughly 86 out of the last 100 days or so.  That much downtime is an eternity… Continue reading PAR-i-T-y TWO

Hello Fans, Well, inter-league games are now complete for the 2012 season as the end of June draws near.  It’s now time for teams to focus on a division series or two and league games before the All-Star break.  And then, it’s on to the dog days of summer.  The Texas Rangers won the crown of best… Continue reading INTER-Selig PLAY

Hello Fans, Yesterday was both a fabulous and famous day in MLB history.  R. A. Dickey of the Mets went from being perhaps mildly disappointed following a one-hitter last week to excited after throwing a 2nd consecutive one-hitter last night.  And earlier in the day, Roger Clemens went from being understandably anxious following his defense team resting in a perjury… Continue reading R.A.’s One-One & R.C.’s No-No

Hello Fans, The MLB is loaded with young, young talent both in pitching staffs and everyday players.  One new addition to the surplus is the Nationals’ Bryce Harper.  Yes, he’s still  a teenager.  And I did keep a copy of his Sports Illustrated cover from ’09 when he was 16 and looking to get out high school two years early to go play… Continue reading Bryce Is Nice But Trout Is Stout

Hello Fans, We’ve finally seen it.  After fifty years of playing games, the New York Mets have finally pitched a no-hitter.  Johan Santana, just one year after major shoulder surgery, completed that daunting task that the likes of Dwight “Dr. K” Gooden, the Nolan “Ryan Express”, Tom “Terrific” Seaver, Ron Darling, David “Coney” Cone, Jerry Koosman, nor Al… Continue reading LOOK METS, NO HITS!!

Hello Fans, The Chicago Northsiders, a.k.a. the Cubs, are trying to turn things around for the famously longtime struggling franchise.  As the Chicago Cubs’ new manager Dale Sveum and general manager Theo Epstein continue to evaluate both their Major League talent and prospects throughout the organization, there will undoubtedly be ups and downs.  Currently, they are riding a three game… Continue reading A Star Theo-RY

Hello Fans, Unfortunately, only a couple weeks after commenting on the ‘at this pace’ type of analysis and considering whether or not any players may contend for the Triple Crown past the All-Star break (i.e. Matt Kemp and Josh Hamilton), I watched Hamilton play in four games last week.  Well, let me clarify that.  It was actually… Continue reading TRIPLE THREAT RE-VISITED

Hello Fans, There was some very, very sad news for a legendary player on the field, Mariano Rivera, who is also one of the great guys off the field too.  This year, the all-time saves leader and devastating post-season closer, was not denying rumors of thinking of retirement following the 2012 season.  Unfortunately, in pre-game warmups he slipped on the… Continue reading FALLS OF THE LEGENDS