Only Steve Bartman appreciated Milton Bradley for what he was worth. Then again, Bartman moved down the scape”goat” list thanks to Bradley’s antics in Chicago. Now that baseball is the #1 attraction in Wrigleyville, the Cubs look to reclaim the division that was there’s for two consecutive seasons before Milton Bradley’s “Game of Strife” hit [...]
Posted by Rob McQuown on Wednesday, March 17, 2010 at 4:05 am
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Greetings from your friendly editor. Funny story about the Milwaukee Brewers. When I was a kid, my cousin and I realized the Brewers “glove” logo was actually an M and a B. We were amazed. What’s that have to do with this preview? Well, nothing. Let’s hand this thing over to Michael Street… Read on [...]
Posted by Michael Street on Tuesday, March 16, 2010 at 5:28 am
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By now “Yes we can!” is so played out that even using it to introduce the President’s favorite baseball team is lame. It’s difficult to keep a White Sox intro short, though. There’s the obligatory mention of Ozzie Guillen’s Twitter, the South Side, and, for the nostalgic, throw in a Black Sox reference, too. Were [...]
Posted by Rob McQuown on Sunday, March 14, 2010 at 11:55 pm
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There are a few things you can be sure of about this year’s Cincinnati Reds: IF all of their talent plays up to their full potential, the young Red Machine will be tough to handle; IF it doesn’t, we’ll blame Dusty Baker. Sorry, Dusty, that’s just how it works with you… We don’t make the [...]
Posted by Isaac Thorn on Saturday, March 13, 2010 at 11:01 pm
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Our guess is that if you found a Padres fan who woke up from a coma, he was awfully confused when looking at a newspaper last season. For those of us who weren’t in a coma, it probably still was a little surprising to see Tony Gwynn grace a Padres lineup again… especially a less [...]
Posted by Geoff Young on Friday, March 12, 2010 at 11:35 pm
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Let’s start from the obvious: Losing Joe Nathan for the year is a bad thing, maybe even a very bad thing. However, if losing the closer completely derails what appeared to be a very promising season, then chances are that the odds of playoff success weren’t that high in the first place.
The Twins are in [...]
Posted by Dan Wade on Wednesday, March 10, 2010 at 1:03 pm
Filed under Dan Wade, Featured, Main Page · Tagged 2c, 3f, Akinori Otsuka, Brewers, Carelton, Closers, David Aardsma, Dominant Guy, Emotional Loss, Five Seasons, Gold Standard, Joe Borowski, Joe Nathan, Jose Mijares, Mantle, Matt Guerrier, Playoff Success, Precarious Position, Promising Season, Sure Thing, Wxrl