Clearing The Bases

May 10, 2012 by George Kurtz · Leave a Comment

As Fantasy owners we have been complaining all season about one of three things. Players who are off to slow starts (Albert Pujols, Jose Bautista), injuries (Jacoby Ellsbury, Chris Carpenter, Carl Crawford), and the weekly merry-go-round that has been the closer situation throughout baseball (half the league). This week however, we are starting to get […]

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Bobby V. is Coming to Town

November 29, 2011 by Andrew Martin · Leave a Comment

Well, it’s happened. After two months of speculation and plenty of smoke and mirrors, the Red Sox are set to announce Bobby Valentine as their next manager. The world hasn’t come to an end; at least everything looks peaceful when I look out my window. I was not in favor of this move when I […]

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Breaking Down The MVP Candidates

October 2, 2010 by Jess Coleman · Leave a Comment

While the Cy Young debate in the American League is getting a lot of attention, the Most Valuable Player award is not. Although it is discussed occasionally, people are not giving it the attention that it deserves. The front-runner(s) at this point areÂ Robinson Cano, Miguel Cabrera, and Josh Hamilton. All have had incredible seasons, but […]

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Another Brick in the Wall

June 2, 2010 by Ted Leavengood · Leave a Comment

Is Strasburg’s looming debut next Tuesday more important for the future of the Nationals, or Roy Oswalt’s admission on Tuesday of this week, that he would accept a trade to Washington? The two are inextricably linked. Â Oswalt’s view that there are good things going on in Washington redounds to the excitement Strasburg is generating, but […]

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So Long Mr. Harwell, you will be missed

May 5, 2010 by Steve Lenox · Leave a Comment

Â It was late September, 2002.Â I had a busy week scheduled.Â Fly out to Kansas City, MO to do a broadcast with the Kansas City Royals and return home and get married on that Saturday.Â My first big league broadcast.Â The Royals invited the announcers from some of their minor league affiliates to come […]

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A Pain in the Back

March 23, 2010 by Daniel Shoptaw · Leave a Comment

The Cardinals split up the squad yesterday and wound up with two wins, including a huge eighth inning that brought them from behind against the Red Sox. Â So what’s the major story today? Albert Pujols’s back, of course. Â The man gets a hangnail, Cardinal Nation hyperventilates. Â With good reason. This is starting to trouble me […]

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