It’s time to take a look at the big boys of baseball….the 1st basemen. There are some serious sluggers in this group of 1st basemen which include Albert Pujols, Mark Teixeira, Adam Dunn and Prince Fielder. In honor of the 25th anniversary of WrestleMania (April 5th from Reliant Stadium), let’s see who the top fantasy [...]
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Heading towards the season all the hype is about Orioles rookie catcher, Matt Wieters. Well there is another rookie on a team of birds that might steal Wieters’ thunder during the season. His name is Travis Snider of the Toronto Blue Jays. Snider was the youngest player in the majors last season when the Blue Jays [...]
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As Americans we all love a good comeback. In the last year we have had Mickey Rouke, Robert Downey Jr (again) and Britney Spears all make comebacks. Well in baseball there are 10 players who are trying to make a comeback from injuries they suffered last year. Let’s take a look and see how these [...]
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Yesterday New York Yankees manager, Joe Girardi announced that Xavier Nady will be the starting RF come Opening Day. Girardi’s reason for starting Nady…”Nady did a lot of good things last year, so he had the upper hand going in.” Well there you go. I am kind of surprised by this move. Much like the [...]
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On his blog 38pitches.com, Curt Schilling announced his retirement today from baseball. Schilling finishes with a lifetime record of 216-146 with a 3.46 era and 3,116 K’s. But it was in the postseason where Schilling did his best work. Schilling was a remarkable 10-2 with a 2.23 era in 133.1 innings. Schilling played with the Astros, Orioles, [...]
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With Team USA losing in last nights semi-final game in the WBC to Japan 9-4, it marked the 2nd time in 2 WBCtournaments they failed to even make the finals. So what is wrong with USA baseball? Why can’t they win a game that they invented? It’s time to take a look at the 4 things [...]
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