MLB season early MVP performers
Friday, April 6th, 2007
The 2007 MLB season is less then a week old, but already there are a few players putting up some solid numbers. Here are three pitchers and three hitters that have started off the year in midseason form.
Ben Sheets - The Brewers’ ace showed what’s ahead for Milwaukee baseball fans as long as he […]
Asian fever hits 2007 MLB season opener
Monday, April 2nd, 2007
The Asian armada has arrived in MLB.Â
As the 2007 MLB baseball season begins, no change in the game is so stark, no trend so significant than the Asian invasion of the major leagues. Almost every team has at least one Asian player, and the most talented among them are no longer […]
New pitching rules will speed up MLB games
Monday, February 19th, 2007
Think you had a bad day on Friday? At least you’re not Kenny Rogers. Unless you are.
Major League Baseball has updated the rulebook for the first time since 1996. The most substantial changes target slow-working, resourceful moundsmen like the Tigers’ 42-year-old lefty.
Starting this season, any pitcher caught scuffing the […]
With Dice-K, Red Sox bullpen to dominate MLB season and another World Series win?
Friday, February 16th, 2007
Daisuke Matsuzaka arrived in Fort Meyers, Fla. a few days early for his first spring training with the Boston Red Sox. There is plenty of time to speculate on just how well Matsuzaka can be expected to perform.
For now, let’s ponder the Boston starting rotation: Dice-K, Curt Schilling, Josh Beckett, Jonathan Papelbon, Tim Wakefield. These […]
Red Sox, Yankees take storied rivalry to Asia
Tuesday, February 6th, 2007
After shelling out a combined $77.1 million (9.3 billion yen) for the rights to simply negotiate with two Japanese pitchers this offseason, the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox have brought their heated rivalry to Asia.
Daisuke Matsuzaka signed a US$52 million, six-year contract with the Red Sox in December after they bid US$51 million […]