Three quarters of the way through yet another grueling, daunting, rumor filled offseason, Major League Baseball is set for a philosophical battle the likes of which have rarely been seen.  Spring Training is still more than a month away and already the stage is set for perhaps the biggest showdown in baseball history.  No, I’m […]

The world might end in 2012, right? So why should major league baseball teams continue to hide behind their generic slogans as they do every season? “This is Birdland”, “Green Collar Baseball”, etc. Nice try people, but it’s time to give the fans a slogan that shows them what you really want to say. In […]

With the news breaking yesterday that Bud Selig got a contract extension and wouldn’t be leaving his post as MLB commissioner after the 2012 season, fans pretty much went nuclear on Selig. Every negative thing that’s happened during his tenure as league commissioner has been brought up as as a black mark against him. But […]

After a 2011 season that saw ten different pitchers get MLB starts, the Boston Red Sox are going down a different route in 2011. None of Boston’s starters thew over 200 innings, with just two, Josh Beckett and Jon Lester, qualified for the ERA title. Three of Boston’s six starters who started double digit games, […]

If there is ever a nuclear holocaust, the only thing that will survive will be cockroaches and Bud Selig.  I’m not that the commissioner of Major League Baseball is the exact same thing as a cockroach, but, let’s just say that there are some distinct similarities. The polarizing Selig had “promised” to hand over the […]

When I started this series a couple months ago, my goal was to provide a cursory look at the best prospects each team had to offer and to provide you, the audience, with an informative and critical look at each player and each organization. I hope that I have done just that, and I hope […]

Just a couple hours ago, I examined the fit between free agent reliever Ryan Madson and the Reds. Well, the Reds and Madson have agreed to a one year deal, according to CBS’s Jon Heyman. Terms weren’t immediately disclosed, but Bob Nightengale of USA Today reports that the money is “in excess of $10 million”.  […]

News is floating around on Twitter that the Cincinnati Reds are heavily interested in former Philadelphia Phillies closer Ryan Madson. The move would make sense on the surface, as the Reds are looking for a closer after the declining former closer Francisco Cordero’s 2012 option (who the Reds signed to a four year, $46 million […]

If there is one thing we can all agree that we love about sports, it is when players get hurt in bizarre and unbelievable ways.  For some reason, athletes just seem to be magnets for injuries induced by seemingly mundane activity.  Take for example the case of Dustin Penner of the LA Kings hockey team […]

Everyone has been waiting for weeks for the Cubs to trade Matt Garza and now… they still have to wait.  What they don’t have to wait for is the Cubs to replace Garza in the rotation as they look to have lined up his replacement by signing free agent pitcher Paul Maholm today. Financial terms […]

With 86.4% of the vote, Barry Larkin will join Veteran’s Committee selection Ron Santo as the only two inductees in the National Baseball Hall of Fame this season. He easily surpassed the needed 75% for induction and will be enshrined on July 22 in Cooperstown. Just missing out on induction was Jack Morris, who got […]

While the Marlins have become big-spenders this off-season, they’ve always built their teams from within. That, of course, has only brought them periodic success, and it only gave them a fifth place finish as Hanley Ramirez had his worst professional season and Josh Johnson was lost early on to shoulder surgery. Michael Dunn made the […]

Keep in mind, the offseason isn’t over, so these rankings are subject to change before the season starts.   1. Texas Rangers Why they deserve it: They’ve been to the last two consecutive World Series and have the best offense in baseball.  They may also add Darvish, Fielder or Madson. Why they don’t deserve it: […]

I thought Jim Rome (via Twitter) put it best with regard to Tim Tebow’s performance in Sunday’s wild card game against the favored Pittsburgh Steelers… “5 hours ago, Tim Tebow was trying to prove he was better than Brady Quinn. Now he’s John Elway. He was playing 4 his job. Now he’s a legend.” While […]