If you could pick two current teammates, one batter and one pitcher, to start a MLB franchise, who would it be?   The rules are that the players must be current teammates (no September call-ups since this was finished on the last day of August) and you can select players that are on the MLB […]

Remember when Kouzmanoff was a highly touted prospect with the Indians and was traded to San Diego for a player, Josh Barfield, who had just come off of a .280/.318/.423, 13 home run, 21 stolen base season? Kouzmanoff, now 30 years old, hasn’t lived up to expectations, but he did have one year with the […]

Fantasy baseball, like any good addiction, has its fair share of high highs and very low lows. I am currently in the midst of a very low low. My team is fading fast. It must mean something, even though I’m not really too sure the intent of the meaning. The league has been together for […]

Managers quitting, superstars slacking, young studs demoted, a twitter controversy, front office staff calling out players, players calling out front office staff and empty seats that are almost as big of a joke as a Lake County Fielders game.   On top of all that, the Florida Marlins sit in the cellar of the NL East, 23 games behind the […]

I was playing poker on a recent Saturday night with a few friends. Most of us are married with kids, so the night out was a welcome reprieve. We played outside on a new deck that a friend had built. He had been given redwood for free, so he decided to build a deck. It […]

Let’s be honest about something here: The sweeping generality when it comes to those who follow sabermetrics in baseball is that they are nerds who have created a buzzsaw that threatens the “romanticism” long associated with the game. These guys are ruining the fun for everyone, so to speak. They are too worried about Elvis […]

There is controversy surrounding the Toronto Blue Jays. In mid July, Yankees’ manager Joe Girardi suggested that the Jays might be stealing signs by means beyond the playing field. The story circulated, but seemed to lose steam soon thereafter. Yesterday, however, reports stemming from an ESPN The Magazine article have brought the controversy back to life. Of course, the Jays front office […]

It certainly won’t happen this year. It probably won’t happen next year. But for Astros fans that are patient enough, a playoff contender could be on it’s way by 2013. After trading away two of their best players, Hunter Pence and Michael Bourn, the Astros have solidified their title as the worst team in baseball. If they […]

Youth is a funny thing. It feels like Evan Longoria has been around for a long time. In a sense, he has. He has existed in our collective baseball subconscious as a viable entity since he was drafted by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays with the third pick of the 2006 amateur draft. Promise was […]

Years ago, a website was created that skewered hardline thinking on issues stemming from cliches and how people in charge of multi-million dollar operations covered up their mistakes by using those cliches. The website was called “Veteran Presence” (probably the most used of all cliches when it comes to sports) and was spearheaded by Phil […]

Yadier Molina was suspended. Yadier Molina was suspended for five games. He bumped an umpire. He bumped Rob Drake. He bumped him several times. In the midst of his tirade, saliva sprung from his mouth. The saliva peppered Rob Drake’s face. Yadier Molina, being a thoughtful chest bumper, apologized for the spray. He did not […]

The non-waiver trade deadline has come and gone. Some teams were winners and some were losers, but one team’s moves, in particular, caused me to say, out loud, “What were they thinking?”.  Sorry Orioles fans. Your team really screwed the pooch on this one. Before I got started, I decided to ask resident Orioles expert, Daniel Moroz, author […]

If back in June you asked what pitchers would likely be moved at this year’s trade deadline, I’m not sure you’d find many, if any, mentions of the name Ubaldo Jimenez. By all accounts, Jimenez’s contract is extremely team-friendly and he’s singed through the next two seasons. He’ll make $4.2M inn 2012 with a $5.75M […]

When the Blue Jays acquired Colby Rasmus from the Cardinals on Wednesday, the first thing that popped into my head was, “Alex Anthopoulos is, AMAZING!” What he has done in such a short time as the GM of the Toronto Blue Jays takes most GM’s years to do. That is, get rid of aging players […]

Marred in the middle of a franchise-record 17 game losing streak, the hapless Seattle Mariners are looking all over the place for answers but continue to find nothing in their search for a victory, having being held without a win since July 5th. But while the entire team has been in the epitome of baseball […]