With Jose Reyes in the fold and Hanley Ramirez not going anywhere according to team President Larry Beinfest, let’s look at the Miami Marlins Opening Day lineup as currently constructed. 1. Jose Reyes, SS 2. Omar Infante, 2B 3. Hanley Ramirez, 3B 4. Mike Stanton, RF 5. Logan Morrison, LF 6. Gaby Sanchez, 1B 7. [...]
Everyone likes a good, ole-fashioned baseball brawl. Fighting in baseball dates back to the 30′s when Bill Dickey broke Carl Reynolds’ jaw after Reynolds collided with Dickey at home plate. Since then we have seen some classic brawls between Bud Harrelson and Pete Rose in 1973, the Atlanta Braves and San Diego Padres beat the [...]
My buddy Tom and I were talking about various baseball topics during work yesterday and the topic of the National League Rookie of the Year came up. We both had our favorite to win the award, but there are a lot of good candidates out there to choose from. That being said, I thought I [...]
After I was done making a Staples run (no, I didn’t scream “WOW THAT’S A LOW PRICE!!!”), I ran into my friend Tom walking on Park Ave. South. One of the things we were talking about other than how awkward the pre-All Star Game mingle between the People All Stars and the MLB All Stars [...]
Let’s get right into it. Here are the fantasy studs, players who have me concerned and the potential pickups from the week of June 7th – 13th. Fantasy Studs Josh Hamilton – .370/4/13/.433. Very quietly Hamilton is having a very good season. He’s fourth in HR’s (15) and fifth in RBI (47). Jonny Gomes – [...]
Prediction week continues today with the National League and American League Rookie of the Year. The Rookie of the Year Award or Jackie Robinson Award as it became known in 1987, was originated in 1940 by the Chicago chapter of the Baseball Writers’ Association of America (BBWA). The Rookie of the Year Award, is given [...]
