Baseball Daily Digest’s minor league correspondent Paul Bugala witnessed the beginning of the Stephen Strasburg era in Altoona, Pa. on April 11. The following are a couple video highlights.
Strasburg’s first batter.
Strasburg hits a double.
Both divisions in the West are considered the tightest, according to oddsmakers. In the AL West, the “longshot” on the board are the Oakland Athletics… at 8-to-1! Despite their decent odds, no one amongst the BDD writers were willing to slide the Athletics in the #1 column… here’s our predictions:
1. Texas Rangers
BDD’s Texas Rangers Preview [...]
Another trip to L.A., more Randy Newman (eventually)! It’s been an impressive 10 years under Mike Scioscia with 6 earning postseason appearances and one World Series ring. How will Scioscia’s 11th fare? BDD’s Paul Bugala shares his thoughts, this editor wishes he could stay *BEEP* *BEEP* *BEEP* “I must kill the queen!” Read on for [...]
Fewer words breed optimism like “pitchers and catchers report” have a way of doing. From a Chicago Sun-Times headline that reads “Cubs ‘hungry as pitchers report” to a MASN Sports blog entry by former Major Leaguer and current Washington Nationals lackey… errr… broadcaster Rob Dibble willing to use Nationals and “Winning a Championship” in the [...]
Two common problems occur when prepping for a fantasy baseball draft: one is to get buried under mountains of stats and manuals, and the other is to buy a fistful of mags and manuals, only to find that they simply parrot the same predictions over and over.
Many managers solve this information overload by reverting to [...]
Monday is the last day of the 2009 minor league regular season. For some players, that may mean a call-up to the major leagues. For others, it’s the beginning of an off-season spent preparing for the next step on the ladder to the majors. And for others, it’s the end of an opportunity to play [...]
Like a lot of students, Orioles prospect Brian Matusz visited Washington, DC when he was in junior high. Like a lot of kids that age, he visited the monuments and the Smithsonians, but never imagined he’d return to the Mid Atlantic to help renew hope in the long-suffering Baltimore Orioles organization.
“In eighth grade I didn’t [...]
Someday Baseball Daily Digest will be the first site you look at every day… if it isn’t already…
Opening Day = New Beginnings: Thanks to Joe for his kind words as I take over the reigns here at BDD… I feel the need to ramp it up already after his more than generous introduction. For the [...]
10 writers from BDD and Jeremy Tomasulo who helped us out with the Rockies preview made our own predictions for the upcoming year. Now, we’re no Sports Illustrated when it comes to predictions (take that however you want to) but fresh off of our impressive run in last year’s postseason, we’re ready [...]
10 writers from BDD and Jeremy Tomasulo who helped us out with the Rockies preview made our own predictions for the upcoming year. Now, we’re no Sports Illustrated when it comes to predictions (take that however you want to) but fresh off of our impressive run in last year’s postseason, we’re ready [...]
