Nick Rickles: Baseball’s Best Unknown Prospect?
October 30, 2011 by Andrew Martin · 1 Comment
The movie Moneyball has brought the Oakland A’s methods of evaluating players to the mainstream. With position players in particular, Oakland covets those who have a high rate of getting on base and are defensively efficient. Nick Rickles qualifies in both of those categories, and if his 2011 season was any indication, he is well […]
Don’t Let Albert Pujols Fool You
October 25, 2011 by Andrew Martin · Leave a Comment
Game 3 of the 2011 World Series was a signature moment in the career of Albert Pujols. The three home runs he hit placed him in elite company with Babe Ruth and Reggie Jackson, as the only other players to accomplish such a feat. Pujols is undoubtedly one of the best players of all time, […]
Been Down So Long
April 17, 2010 by Ted Leavengood · Leave a Comment
A scant year ago, Jim Bowden departed Washington, DC with the Nationals baseball team as ruined as his reputation. Â Just as we tend to forget the desert at the first oasis, so the barren geography of hopeless losing was washed away this weekend as Matt Capps converted his first five save opportunities and up and […]
