I am in the midst of packing for my trip to Las Vegas, so I will keep this post short and sweet. What on earth are the Chicago Cubs doing? The Cubs made headlines yesterday afternoon when they announced that they were putting RHP and Opening Day starter Carlos Zambrano in the bullpen. I know [...]
Many of you have been asking me how come I have not written about the Boston Red Sox slow start to the 2010. The reason I have not written about the team yet is because I wanted to gather all my thoughts and really think about what has happened so far. If I wrote about [...]
Another year, another former All Star suspended 50 games by Major League Baseball for testing positive for performance enhancing drugs. Last year it was Los Angeles Dodgers’ slugger Manny Ramirez who was suspended for 50 games and now yesterday it’s Cincinnati Reds’ pitcher Edinson Volquez who was suspended. Obviously Volquez’s suspension isn’t as big of [...]
The Chicago Cubs are off to a lovely start in 2010 going 5-8 through their first 13 games. Since I gave Ozzie Guillen the over/under of game number 20 for his profanity laced tirade, I am going to up the ante with Lou Piniella. I say within the next five games, Piniella grabs Alfonso Soriano [...]
Conor Jackson has always intrigued me. He looks and sounds like a guy who should hit .320 with 30 home runs and be an All Star every year. Unfortunately, he is a guy who hits about .285 with 15 home runs every year. Which, if you consider it, isn’t all that bad. But the issue [...]
Kansas City Royals pitcher Zack Greinke used a historic April to propel him to the American League Cy Young award last year. I don’t think anyone expected Greinke to repeat his April performance this year. Through three games this year, not only has Greinke not repeated his 2009 April performance, but has really struggled so [...]
