Phiguring Out The Phillies
May 31, 2012 by Matt Aber · 3 Comments
Memorial Day is the “unofficial-official” start of summer for many. It is also the time when even the most casual of baseball fans start to peruse the standings and pay attention to the everyday reality show grind known as baseball’s dog days of summer. If you happen to live in the Delaware Valley chances are […]
Clearing The Bases: Closers
March 31, 2011 by George Kurtz · Leave a Comment
The old axiom when it comes to relief pitchers, is never pay for saves. I follow this mantra somewhat, especially in mixed leagues, but in NL or AL only leagues I want to have one solid closer. I don’t like to spend a big part of my budget on more than one, but I want […]
The Favorite Toy and…Bob Feller
December 21, 2010 by Mike Lynch · 1 Comment
In the wake of Bob Feller’s death on Wednesday, many a tribute has been paid to the man they called “Rapid Robert,” including one by our very own Arne Christensen, who wrote “Bob Feller in His Own Words,” in which the Hall of Fame hurler states, “A lot of folks say that had I not […]
The Favorite Toy and…Grover Cleveland Alexander
December 9, 2010 by Mike Lynch · Leave a Comment
Those of you who read my last Favorite Toy article about Babe Ruth probably noticed that the second installment was supposed to be about Ted Williams. Well, after giving it some thought I realized that I wanted to go deeper with Williams than most of the others I have in mind, mostly because of the […]
The Favorite Toy and…Babe Ruth
November 30, 2010 by Mike Lynch · 3 Comments
With the 2011 season still a few months away, I thought it was too early to bust out The Favorite Toy to determine what milestones we might see next year, so I thought I’d go retro and look at some of the game’s greats, not-so-greats and what-might-have-beens to see what odds The Favorite Toy gave […]
Shuffle Leading to Three Dominant Indy Leagues
October 21, 2010 by Bob Wirz · Leave a Comment
While a last minute change of heart apparently has kept the American Association from becoming a super-sized league approaching 20 teams, it is becoming increasingly apparent when all of the dominos have stopped falling sometime in the next couple of months Independent Baseball will have three dominate circuits. The non-affiliated brand of professional baseball started […]
Sigh-Inducing
August 18, 2010 by Daniel Shoptaw · Leave a Comment
Just when you start to believe in this team, to think that they’ve finally found that gas pedal on the team car, they stomp on the brakes.  A four game winning streak to get into first place?  Let’s follow that up with three losses against sub-.500 teams!  I feel like I’m a driving instructor. Of course, […]
