Don’t hate the messenger Rays’ fans: While there was a lot of whining about being stuck in baseball’s toughest division, Tampa Bay played down to the rest of the weaker American League, posting a 31-41 record against the AL Central and AL West. In the elite division in baseball, that’s just not going to get [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]