The Movember MLB Mustache Madness Manager bracket rolls on.  Bust out your AARP card for this matchup.  Two of the oldest interim managers ever get to square off now.  Winner gets a free pass for the early bird special at Hometown Buffet Davey Johnson The 1980’s were a pretty crazy time for the Mets, and […]

The Movember MLB Mustache Madness Manager bracket rolls on.  Surely you thought these next two entrants were glaring omissions from the Former Player bracket, but that is only because they can best do battle here.  They are also a true oddity in that they are players who were well known for their mustaches but have […]

We’re done with the player side of the Movember MLB Mustache Madness brackets, but the fun is far from done.  We now delve into one of the greatest untapped resources for baseball mustaches: managers.  Most managers don’t seem to know what they are doing on the field, but at least they know what they are […]

We’re down to the nitty gritty, the most important awards of all: the most valuable player. There’s a wide open competition in the American League, which is where I’m going to focus on first. Names like Jacoby Ellsbury and Dustin Pedroia of the Boston Red Sox, Curtis Granderson of the New York Yankees, Jose Bautista […]

Up next in Movember MLB Mustache Madness is the outfield matchup of our Former Player bracket.  Since this is the final matchup of the day, we saved a little something special for last.  Yep, you guessed it, more players with mustaches. Dave Henderson Not only is this a fine horseshoe mustache specimen, but it also […]

The news just broke on Twitter (courtesy of the official MLB account): Mike Quade will not return as Chicago Cubs manager in 2012. He was under contract for next season after signing a two year deal (with an option for 2013) prior to the 2011 season. After another disappointing Cubs season, new team president Theo […]

In the second installment, we take a look at the Pittsburgh Pirates with special thanks to our very own Pat Lackey at Where Have You Gone, Andy van Slyke? and they guys at Pirates Prospects. If you didn’t see them, I explained how I go about making these lists, and then I made the Padres’ […]

Up next in Movember MLB Mustache Madness is the shortstop matchup of our Former Player bracket.  Unlike the current players, the crop of former MLB shortstops is not, wait for it, short (see what I did there?) on quality upper lip decorations. Alvaro Espinoza This one is tough.  On one hand, I am pretty sure […]

Up next in Movember MLB Mustache Madness is the third basemen matchup of our Former Player bracket.  Two red-headed Hall of Fame third basemen in one match-up?  This is already too close to call. Mike Schmidt To many, he is known as Michael Jack Schmidt.  That isn’t a sign of respect to Mike, it is […]

It was supposed to be THE YEAR for the Chicago White Sox. They had finally brought Adam Dunn to the American League, where he’d be a force at designated hitter and his team wouldn’t have to worry about his awful fielding anymore. Alex Rios had an awesome bounceback year in 2010, and looked like he […]

Up next in Movember MLB Mustache Madness is the second basemen matchup of our Former Player bracket.  After some wimpy offering from the present day second basemen, we finally get to see what real manly second basemen mustaches look like. Davey Lopes Width, length, thickness, Lopes’ lip hair simply has it all.  Wait?  I kind […]

The 2010 Kansas City Royals won 67 games. The 2011 Kansas City Royals won 71 games. A four game improvement doesn’t seem like a huge deal, but look at it this way. The Royals slashed payroll from $74 million in 2010 to $38 million in 2011, a nearly 50% decrease. The average age of their […]

Up next in Movember MLB Mustache Madness is the first basemen matchup of our Former Player bracket.  The question here is do you vote for originality or pop culture relevancy? Keith Hernandez Does this even need an explanation.  After all, he’s Keith Hernandez. VS. Eddie Murray Honestly, I didn’t think Hernandez could be beat until […]

It was uh, not a good season for the Minnesota Twins. We normally break this down into “what went right” and “what went wrong”…I’m not sure I can find anything in the “right” side of things. A year after winning 94 games and winning the AL Central title yet again, the Twins lost 99 games […]