Picking My 2012 National League All Star Team

It’s that time of year again. It’s the time of year when schmucks like me pick there All Star Team and debate who should be on the team. Actually, it’s a pretty fun exercise. All Star Games are like fantasy football. The draft/selection process is always more exciting than the actual event itself. So without [...]

Arizona Diamondbacks’ Daniel Hudson Tears UCL

According to Nick Piecoro via Twitter, Arizona Diamondbacks’ RHP Daniel Hudson has a UCL tear in his right elbow. Hudson will most likely require Tommy John surgery and be out for the rest of the 2012 season and a good portion of the 2013 season. That’s what sucks about this type of injury. Not only [...]

New York Yankees Lose Sabathia, Pettitte

Remember at the beginning of spring training when the New York Yankees had more rotation depth than any team in baseball? A lot can change in five months and the Yankees went from having a wealth of rotation depth to the equivalent of one of those houses the two guys from American Pickersvisit on the [...]

Marlon Byrd Suspended For 50 Games

Jesse “The Body” Ventura was famous for the line “Win if you can, lose if you must, but always cheat.” Apparently, Marlon Byrd was cheating, but couldn’t win and now he definitely lost. According to the Major League Baseball Public Relations department, Byrd was suspended for 50 games because he tested positive for performance enhancing [...]

Not A Day At The Beach: Brandon Beachy Has UCL Tear

The Atlanta Braves are plugging away in the National League East just 4.5 games behind the first-place Washington Nationals. They are also right in the thick of the Wild Card race just 0.5 games behind the surprising New York Mets. But if they are going to catch both the Nationals and Mets they might have [...]

Bobby Valentine Sounds More Like Disgruntled Fan Then Major League Manager

One of my biggest pet peeves is when fans blame refs or umpires for their team’s loss. You hear it all the time. “Oh the refs were against us” or “The umpires cost us the game.” That talk drives me nuts. It’s a bunch of Tom Foolery. Refs or umps don’t cost teams games. Well, [...]