The other night, my friends and I were at dinner (Five Napkin Burger in NYC is very good) and we were talking about the Rookie of the Year candidates in both leagues and who would win the awards. It’s a pretty interesting debate considering there are a lot of great rookies in baseball this year. In [...]
Update Chris Carter, one of the players rumored to be going to the New York Mets in the Billy Wagner deal, won’t be going to the Mets anytime soon. The Boston Red Sox, who placed Chris Carter on waivers (customary for a player like Carter) was actually claimed by of all teams, the New York [...]
I say this with a staunch and unblemished record of heterosexuality — I have a man-crush on the Colorado Rockies. That’s right, not just one player, but the entire team. I usually reserve my man-crushes for individual players like Michael Young, Chase Utley, or back in the day George Brett. However, the Rockies are a [...]
Can you believe that Brad Penny was 6-2 at one point during the season? After watching Penny pitch for the last couple of months, it’s almost impossible to believe. Penny has been terrible in the monthof August going 0-3 witha stellar 8.31 ERA and combined with the fact Boston Red Sox needed a roster spot for the newly acquired [...]
During the course of a 162 game season, every team faces a huge decision that could potentially shape the course of their season. These decision can come from about 100 different areas. For the New York Yankees, it was the decision to put Phil Hughes in the bullpen and for the Colorado Rockies it was [...]
This is just a quick update to my New York Mets trade Billy Wagner to the Boston Red Sox post earlier today. The Boston Red Sox are sending two players to be named later to the Mets for Wagner and one of those players will be Chris Carter. Carter is a 26-year-old 1B/OF who was [...]
