Last Tuesday after this year’s Oscar nominees were announced, I couldn’t help but imagine Joe Morgan walking in circles and muttering to himself over and over, “Why on earth was Billy Beane nominated for Best Actor?”
It’s a shame that fifty years from now the Oakland Athletics of the late 1990’s/early 2000’s will be known for [...]

As soon as David Murphy flew out to left field to end Game 7 of the 2011 World Series, it seemed a foregone conclusion that David Freese would earn the World Series MVP title.  Who else deserved the award but the hometown player with the single-best World Series performance in baseball history as well as [...]

What happens in baseball when a pre-conceived narrative doesn’t really fit reality?  In the case of Justin Verlander, you make it fit anyway.
When it comes to the Oakland Athletics, Moneyball, and small market teams, it seems like the baseball community is still struggling with what the Moneyball revolution really means.
Last year I looked at the [...]

I’m not sure I ever thought I’d say this but it looks like the baseball community is suffering from Derek Jeter fatigue.
For perhaps the first time it appears as though the Captain is not getting his due.  How else to explain the lack of recognition for the fact that in his first 50 games since [...]

Maybe it’s the relative lack of playoff races this year that’s contributing to what seems to be an excessive amount of discussion for the month of August regarding individual awards.
Simply put, baseball fans get worked up over their Cy Young Winners and MVPs.  And when a pitcher such as Justin Verlander wins 20 games before [...]

The American League Central has been the personal stomping grounds of the Minnesota Twins for the last couple years, and BDD’s Jeff Lubbers tells us whether that trend will continue in 2011 …
 

 
For the first time in three years the A.L. Central winner was determined in a mere 162 games in 2010, as the division [...]

Now that we have looked at both the Promotions for all teams in the American League and National League in 2011, exactly how many promotional days and giveaway items are the teams collectively offering this year?
All totals do not include the Boston Red Sox, who traditionally do not announce any promotional events or giveaways before [...]

Following a look at the American League Promotional Events and Giveaways in the 2011 season, we now take a look at all the free stuff the National League has to offer in 2011:
 
Atlanta Braves
Total Promotions: 50
Fireworks Games: 14
Bobblehead Giveaways: 3 (Jason Heyward, Chipper Jones, Dan Uggla)
Adult Giveaways (21 and older): 0
Kid Giveaways (14 and younger): [...]

The marketing machine that is Major League Baseball never takes a break, and of course the 2011 season is no exception.  Looking at the American League teams, an average of 56 games will include at least one promotion or giveaway in 2011 (including Boston who has no scheduled promotions again).
In the next couple of days [...]

Even the most partial baseball fans have to admit that certain players and managers can have a tendency towards hyperbole when spring training rolls around. Players claim to be in the best shape of their lives (apparently having mailed in every other offseason) and even the Pittsburgh Pirates have delusions of reaching .500.
Individual accomplishments that [...]