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Hello Fans, Yes, we’ve all heard it before.  Some baseball studio announcer, or worse yet, an actual newscaster pretending to know the game say, “At this pace, Albert Pujols will hit eighty-three homers and have 201 RBIs this season”.  Well that ‘pace’ is just another reason why they play the games because at his current pace, Pujols will have ZERO… Continue reading AT THIS PACE…..

Hello Fans, It has been quite a week of milestones in the MLB.  First, Jamie Moyer broke Brooklyn Dodger Jack Quinn’s 1932 record of being the oldest pitcher to get the big ‘W’ at 49 years and change.  However, Moyer still has a ways to go for oldest player as Satchel Paige threw from the hill at… Continue reading ONE FOR THE AGELESS

Hello Fans, The games really count, the crowds aren’t on vacation in A-Z or F-L-A, and the managers are trying to be in the spotlight.  What?  The managers are upstaging the players?  Well, at least two of them are.  Ozzie Guillen and Bobby Valentine are known for putting their spikes in their mouths.  They’re both in… Continue reading GUILLEN MY VALENTINE!?

Here We Go Fans!!! Tonight is the U.S. baseball opener for the Miami Marlins in their new ballpark against the LaRussa-less, Albert-less World Series Champion St. Louis Cardinals.  Yes, that’s right, the U.S. opener.  This is exciting as every opener should be.  However, the opener should have already happened.  A Wednesday night single-game opener for baseball?  Come on,… Continue reading RE-OPENER

Hello Fans, A new season is indeed upon us.  In less than twelve hours, the A’s and Mariners will battle it out in Japan.  Ahh yes, I can see it now, the ballparks filled, the cool designs freshly mowed into the outfield grass, shiny batting helmets, new leather mitts, and oh yeah, those damned maple bats. … Continue reading MAPLE LEAGUE BASEBALL

Helloooooo Fans! Here in the Northeast, as in much of the rest of the country, Spring trumped Winter’s last blast and is even demonstrating a mid-Summer form.  Coming down the stretch of Spring Training’s last couple of weeks, any hurler can only hope for anything resembling that hot start.  In the colder early season games… Continue reading FOR STARTERS…..

Hello Ball Fans, In the Spring games we are starting to see some of the aces pitch five or more innings now and the lineups resemble more of a mid-season look than a 40 man roster style.  Things are heating up in the Cactus and Grapefruit Leagues as Opening Day is just two weeks away from today when Seattle takes on… Continue reading Catch-ing Up

Hello Fans, We’ve all seen and heard about how the great players of different eras play the game, whether it be live or from highlight shows or even recanted stories.  Baseball is perhaps unique in the sense that its greatest players not only dominated their respective eras, but also would have dominated any era that they came up the… Continue reading HOF vs. HOF

Hello Fans, There is no doubt Buster Posey suffered an unfortunate and horrendous injury by attempting to get the ball in time to block the plate while the Marlins’ 6′ 1″, 200 pound Scott Cousins came down the third baseline with a full head of steam looking to separate man from ball or his own… Continue reading Tick-Tock Positioning

Fans, Sadly, Hall of Fame masked man Gary Carter passed away last Thursday from complications related to tumors discovered last May.  Carter was known as The Kid for his youthful energy and passion for both the game itself and his teammates.  His skills behind and at the plate were recognized in his enshrinement in Cooperstown in 2003.  The cap on his plaque was the first… Continue reading Hail To The Kid

Alrighty Fans, as the mitts get oiled up and the arms loosened up, let’s take a look at last fall’s big-screen hit, Moneyball.  The story is based on the book Moneyball: The Art of Winning An Unfair Game by author Michael Lewis that was published in 2003.  The main character is Oakland A’s General Manager Billy Beane, played… Continue reading The Pitt-Balls of Hollywood

Hello Ballers, …..O.K. fans there was another HUGE (yeah right!) trade today as the Baltimore wOe-rioles acquired pitchers Jason Hammel and Matt Lindstrom from the Colorado Rockies for their top of the rotation man Jeremy Guthrie.  Guthrie led the majors with 17 losses last year.  That doesn’t mean he didn’t pitch well though.  He went up against… Continue reading wO’s (is) me…

Hello Fans,                                                                                   (Posted: 2/4 11:30 a.m.) History.  Sometimes it repeats itself.  We all recognize it, have experienced it, and will experience it again.  Red Sox-Yanks in the ALCS.  Near $4.00 a gallon gas prices.  Brady vs. Eli tomorrow night.  Yes, history has a way of repeating itself.  The other night, Rangers star outfielding super slugger and free agent… Continue reading Jostling Josh

Well fans, just a couple of weeks before pitchers and catchers report to their respective Grapefruit and Cactus League Spring Training facilities, MLB continues to make major headlines with free agency signings and even near-the-trade-deadline-like trades.  Here goes…..We’ve got the Giants making sure the 27 year old Tim “The Freak” Lincecum stays in San Fran. for… Continue reading Giants, Tigers, and Yanks, OH MY!

Hello Ballers, Theo Epstein’s first Big player move was signing Prince Fielder?  Nope, he’s still unsigned.  Mark Buerhle away from the Southsiders?  Nah, he went way south to Miami.  Theo’s first Big move was getting rid of Big Z (Carlos Zambrano) and the BIG sore thumb that he became to the Northsiders.  Big Z will join Buerhle in Miami as a member of the Marlins.  Chicago… Continue reading Random Rants