Mar
28
The last few years, the Phillies have wheeled and dealed themselves from obscurity to the pinnacle of baseball. They have landed superstars like Roy Halladay, Hunter Pence, Jonathan Papelbon, and even Cliff Lee, twice! However, during that time, they also gave Ryan Howard one of the worst contracts in team history. It was April …
Mar
26
This article is courtesy of our friends at Alex Belth’s Bronx Banter Written by: Bruce Markusen Once Hideki Okajima failed his physical, most Yankee observers assumed that Joe Girardi would carry only one left-hander–the erratic Boone Logan–in the Opening Day bullpen. That situation may have changed now, thanks to the remarkable spring performances of two obscure …
Mar
26
This article is courtesy of our friends at South Side Sox Written by: Larry Or so says his Twitter feed. Magglio Ordonez, like another former White Sox rightfielder, had attached some preconditions to the continuation of his career, namely that he would only accept a guaranteed major league contract. Considering his less than impressive 2011 …
Mar
24
This article is courtesy of our friends at Baseball Me Love Written by: John Bohan Taking a look at the Cactus League in Arizona and how the teams are doing in Spring Training through week three in 2012. Checking on the team records and who some of the hot and cold players are. Oakland Athletics …
Mar
24
This article is courtesy of our friends at The Flagrant Fan Written by: William Tasker You know how you avoid bending over so that your underwear does not show? Writing about baseball can be like that. Topics are sometimes avoided because of fear you will look either biased or uninformed and neither is a comfortable …
Mar
20
This article is courtesy of our friends at Over The Monster Written by: Marc Normandin The Red Sox have three starters lined up for the start of the season in Jon Lester, Josh Beckett, and Clay Buchholz. Former reliever Daniel Bard is likely to be the fourth of five. Who’s the fifth, though? That’s the …
Mar
20
This article is courtesy of our friends at Camden Chat Written by: Eat More Esskay Spring training games are kind of on the boring side. The visiting team only brings like three regular players, and for between three and five innings the field is full of players who will never appear on a 25-man roster …
Mar
18
This article is courtesy of our friends at Over The Monster Written by: Ben Buchanan Despite utilizing a depleted lineup and facing hyped rookie starter Matt Moore, the Red Sox managed to push eight runs across Sunday, knocking off the Rays in Port Charlotte, 8-4. Four of those runs would come off of Matt Moore, …
Mar
14
This article is courtesy of our friends at Mets Chronicle Written by: Dominick DiFucci Final Score: Detroit 7, Mets 6 Prince Fielder homered and had three hits and the Detroit Tigers beat the New York Mets 7-6 in 10 innings on Wednesday. Fielder’s two-run homer came off Mets starter Dillon Gee in the fourth inning. …
Mar
14
This article is courtesy of our friends at Crawfish Boxes Written by: Clack Another starting pitcher named Clemens may be on the horizon for the Astros. It’s young, rail-thin Paul Clemens, and not Roger, that I’m referencing. J.A. Happ was the starter against the Cardinals, and although his pitching performance was encouraging, young Mr. Clemens …
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