MLB: National League Divisional Predictions

Baseball’s National League is old school in the sense that pitchers still hit for themselves. That is also why the NL average ticket price is considerably lower than the AL.
No one wants to see Cole Hamels holding “the wood”, unless it is kindling for a camp fire.
The NL recently got the AL’s best pitcher [...]

Written on March 12, 2010 | Posted in Baseball - MLB | No comment

MLB: AL Players That Will Leave Their Impression in 2010

One of the greatest things about sports is the memories they give us. Each year in baseball a lot of the same names give us something to remember and each year new player’s break onto the scene with memorable performances.
The guy that made baseball special for me was Sammy Sosa. In ’96 and [...]

Written on March 10, 2010 | Posted in Baseball - MLB | No comment

MLB: American League Divisional Predictions

Major League Baseball has several strong teams in the American League. They hold a slight edge over the past 10 World Series, 6 – 4.
With a 162 game regular season things can fluctuate more than Oprah’s weight. All of the teams have the same uniforms but some teams have very different looking rosters.
The Yankees [...]

Written on March 4, 2010 | Posted in Baseball - MLB | No comment

MLB: The Diamond is a Drugs Best Friend

For the past six years Major League Baseball has been plagued by the use of Performance Enhancing Drugs. The games biggest names have been accused, suspended, or admitted to using a PED.
Another scandal is starting to surface in baseball over the drug Actovegin. This particular substance is a free protein extract obtained from [...]

Written on February 28, 2010 | Posted in Baseball - MLB | 3 comments

MLB: Lincecum, Thomas, and Glavine Learn How to Deal

There are many things that all athletes have to deal with; pressure, injuries, media and many more. When I think of the word “deal”, I automatically think of problem or conflict.
Tim Lincecum has just dealt with contract negotiations and landed himself a pretty nice deal. Maybe now he can afford a hair cut [...]

Written on February 13, 2010 | Posted in Baseball - MLB | No comment

The General’s Preseason National League Predictions

Spring Training is almost upon us, and I think it’s time to predict who will rise and who will fall in the National League.  2010 promises to be a loaded season with teams reloading, wallowing, and retooling.
Major League Baseball’s season is VERY long and VERY complicated.  Plus, it offers us a glimpse into the character [...]

Written on February 3, 2010 | Posted in Baseball - MLB | No comment

MLB Off-Season Winners and Losers

In a few short weeks pitchers and catchers will be reporting to training camp, so Major League Baseball and its fans can try to will someone other than the evil empire (New York Yankees) to a World Series Championship.
The baseball off season has been over looked for many reasons. Two of the major reasons [...]

Written on January 30, 2010 | Posted in Baseball - MLB | 9 comments

Bryant Gumbel Opens His Mouth And Inserts His Foot

I always liked Greg Gumbel better than his brother Bryant, but Bryant kept it a little too “real” the other day on his show.
After Mark McGwire came out and admitted that he used steroids during the 90’s everyone started taking shots at “Big Mac”.  It didn’t get any better when Bryant Gumbel took his “cannon” [...]

Written on January 24, 2010 | Posted in Baseball - MLB, Sports | No comment