Week 10: Puig Mania
Steroids are back and Cleveland is faltering. Baseball never changes. Good Week – Those who wake up Monday feeling pretty damn good. Yasiel Puig (Los Angeles Dodgers Right Fielder #66) Welcome to the...
View ArticleMemo to Cooperstown
Am I missing something? I have been siting around all day waiting for NL manager Bruce Bochy to call me and invite to play in the MLB All-Star game Tuesday night. I am only joking, but would not be...
View ArticleThe Rays Move On
Seven hits. That is all the potent Rangers could manage. David Price went nine innings absolutely dealing against a lineup that got a boost this morning when they heard Nelson Cruz was coming back....
View ArticleNLDS Predictions
Dodgers over Braves Pirates over Cardinals No reason. I’ll be wrong. Just thought this great site should post predictions.
View ArticlePitchers Negate Home-field Advantage
How at home do you feel when Clayton Kershaw strikes out 12 guys on three hits. Or when David Price throws a complete game gem in a win or die situation. The raucous Texas and Atlanta crowds really...
View ArticlePitching Strategy Propels Red Sox and Dodgers
Clayton Kershaw took the ball in Game 4. He did so on three day’s rest as he worked through six flawless innings giving up no earned runs. Although two runs were scored while he was on the mound, it...
View ArticleVERLANDER! VERLANDER!
I am not sure what it is about Justin Verlander that makes me fall in love. Maybe its his fastball that gets faster as the innings go on. Was it the 2011 season and the month of June where he was 6-0...
View ArticleWhere Detroit Lost, St. Louis Won
Michael Wacha is not Justin Verlander. He isn’t Max Scherzer either. He is Michael Wacha and is a 22 year-old winning championship series MVPs and shutting down teams in the World Series. The NL has...
View ArticleOrtiz Leads Sox to Game Four Win
“Stud. That’s why we call him Cooperstown. He does it every day…when he talks you listen.” – Red Sox catcher David Ross on David Ortiz There was a looming question regarding David Ortiz’s role in St....
View ArticleI Should’ve Never Doubted Boston
Dear Red Sox Nation, In January I said you were a piecemeal team who could maybe scratch out a few wins. The Orioles had more power in the line-up. You could never beat the Rays in Fenway with Price...
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