Triple Milestones–Final 2011

October 1, 2011 by Bill Gilbert · Leave a Comment

Seven players reached the milestones of a .300 batting average, 30 home runs and 100 RBI this year. Four American Leaguers and three National Leaguers made it. The only repeaters are Miguel Cabrera and Paul Konerko. The three National Leaguers who made it last year, Albert Pujols, Joey Votto and Carlos Gonzalez fell short but Pujols […]

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Turning the Corner in DC

March 28, 2011 by Ted Leavengood · Leave a Comment

The future for the Washington Nationals is about to arrive. Â The major league team looks vastly improved from the ones that finished dead last among the 30 teams two years in a row. Â But Baseball America’s new rankings put the Washington development pipeline at number 13 among MLB organizations. Â That climb from the bottom may […]

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Stephen in Syracuse

May 8, 2010 by Justin Murphy · Leave a Comment

Beginning with a low rumble on draft day 2009, the Stephen Strasburg hype built gradually in the city of Syracuse, spiking after each successful start for the Double-A Harrisburg Senators and peaking gloriously Friday night, when The Phenom took the mound at Alliance Bank Stadium for his first Triple-A start.

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Can’t Get No Satisfaction

March 26, 2010 by Ted Leavengood · Leave a Comment

Five days in the Florida sun watching baseball without commuting on Metro, conference calls from hell, or stereo political rhetoric. Â How can the crowds be so small down here when the grass is so green?

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