With one out and runners on first and second in the top of the second, Randy Wolf thought he enticed Brandon Crawford to hit into a routine 6-4-3 double play. The 6 and the 4 worked out, but there was no three because Milwaukee Brewers’ 2B Rickie Weeks turned into Forgetful Jones and forgot to [...]
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Earlier in the day, we looked at who are the candidates for the American League and National League MVP award at the quarter mark of the baseball season and now it’s time to look at the guys who are toeing the rubber better than anyone else through 40 games in 2012. American League Candidates: Jake [...]
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Sorry for the lack o’ posts last week, specifically Thursday and Friday. I was in Austin, TX on vacation with the fellas. It was a weekend filled with BBQ, baseball, booze, and some of the most extraordinary talent I have ever seen. White pants/shorts + cowboy boats + a tan = a winning combination. If [...]
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Today is Opening Day in baseball and every team starts out 0-0 and a dream. Well, every team starts out 0-0 except for the Seattle Mariners, Oakland A’s, Miami Marlins, and St. Louis Cardinals. Be it as it may, this year baseball is wide open. You could make the argument for at least 12 teams [...]
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It’s now time to get into the big boy awards. Today we will look at our predictions for the American League and National League Cy Young award winners and tomorrow, we will get into predicting the MVP award winners. Let’s get right into it. American League Candidates: C.C. Sabathia, Jon Lester, Justin Verlander, Jered Weaver, [...]
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Last week we kicked off our “Key” player series with a look at the “Key” player for each National League East team. We will continue the series this week starting with the National League Central. Chicago Cubs – Ryan Dempster: The Cubs don’t have too many players with value on their current roster, but Dempster [...]
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