Slump

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The Rundown: Slumping

May 16, 2008 · 1 Comment 

April showers bring May flowers, in your garden, as well as in baseball.  We don’t think much when a quality player or a team struggles out of the gate.  It’s early.  We figure that with the proper amount of seasoning that they will eventually blossom and prosper.  The problem is that sometimes, inexplicably, they never begin to bud.  Sometimes last year’s hardiest plant will just wither away the following summer.  Just because a team has the most talented players it doesn’t mean they’ll hit.  Sometimes the conditions just aren’t right, or the egos, at times, choke each other out. [Read the full story]

Bonds

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Can Someone Sign Bonds Now?

May 13, 2008 · 2 Comments 

When I made my bi-hourly visit the MLB page on ESPN and was greeted with a photograph of Barry Bonds under the headline, “Breaking News”, I was shocked.  ‘Someone finally wised up and signed this guy,’ I thought to myself.  ‘The greatest player of our generation is going to end his career on his own terms.’  Instead, I was let down.  Bonds won’t be making his way to back to the field.  Not now, maybe not ever.  The report was just to inform us that his perjury charges have been broken down so they now include additional counts. [Read the full story]

Volquez

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Cueto or Volquez?

May 13, 2008 · Leave a Comment 

Johnny Cueto could one day be the greatest pitcher in the Major Leagues.  There is a lot to be excited about, he has a superfluous amount of potential, his raw talent is astounding.  When it’s all said and done there’s a chance that he could force us to place his head next to Pedro’s on the Mount Rushmore of brilliant Dominican pitchers.  [Read the full story]

The Wire

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The Wire Episode Three: Don’t Take the Money

May 12, 2008 · 6 Comments 

Back for the third time.  Nick Underhill and Jeff Truitt discuss the OJ Mayo debacle, the NBA Draft, Mike D’Antoni and more in Episode Three.

 
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Hanley

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Why, Hanley? Why?

May 11, 2008 · 3 Comments 

I guess the thing that we all love about sports is that you never know what is going to happen on the field.  Off the field, things are usually pretty predictable.  For instance, for the last ten years or so, you could pretty much figure that any star player that came up with the Marlins, Orioles, or Royals was going to split town the first chance they got.  Or, in the Marlins case, they were going to deal that player before they had to start paying him big dollars through arbitration, and in most cases, the star player would be ecstatic to escape baseball’s purgatory. [Read the full story]

D'Antoni

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D’Antoni to… New York?!?!

May 11, 2008 · 3 Comments 

If you’re sitting there in complete disarray right now, you’re not alone.  Its one thing for a team to make a stupid trade or to draft a player and have him crash and burn, but to purposely commit career suicide is something else altogether.  This is something I cannot begin to understand, let alone fathom.  Mike D’Antoni to New York- I just don’t get it. [Read the full story]

The Wrap-Up

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April Wrap-Up

No more excuses.  April is over, and by law, we no longer have to preface any statement about the baseball season with the phrases, it’s early, it’s too soon, or some other... [Read more]


Other News

Howard

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Should the Phils Deal Howard?

An interesting proposition is floating around the baseball world involving the future of Ryan Howard.  Just two years ago it looked as though he was going to be the heir apparent,... [Read more]


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Fact or Fiction

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Cliff Lee, the Best Pitcher in Baseball? Hardly

Last night my fantasy baseball league finally held its draft.  I know, I know, we’re about eight weeks late.  Getting us all together at the same time was a project in itself. ... [Read more]


Duncan

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The Genius of Dave Duncan

Dave Duncan has gained a mysterious reputation over the years.  His story is what folklore is made of.  If you listen to how the baseball people tell it, he’s a healer, a genius,... [Read more]