An Over-the-Shoulder Preview

October 24, 2010 by Ted Leavengood · 3 Comments

If it had been the Giants and the Yankees, the World Series would have had old world flavor and been a big television draw. Â The money lenders cannot win them all. Â Still, it will be an old fashioned World Series, one in which the very strong pitching of both teams will do much to decide […]

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Ranking the Goliaths and Davids

October 5, 2010 by Ted Leavengood · 3 Comments

The 2010 playoffs begin tomorrow and at first glance you would assume that the Tampa Bay Rays were carrying the banner of underdog once again. That would be wrong. The most under-privileged team teeing it up will be the Texas Rangers. Does their cheap price tag limit them? How far can we expect the light-weights […]

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