Should we be proud of Barry Bonds’ 756 homeruns?
Sunday, May 20th, 2007
If you caught Barry Bonds’ record-breaking 756th home run, would you keep it or would you throw it away?
Some people are saying that if they catch Bonds’ 756th home run ball, they’d throw it back. They think that by throwing the 756 Bonds ball back, it’ll be in protest to everything MLB Baseball allowed Barry […]
Joel Piniero is Red Sox’ new closer hope
Friday, March 2nd, 2007
Where do MLB closers come from? Well, some are identified for the role early on and ascend to ninth-inning status right away. Billy Wagner and Huston Street fall into that category.
Many closers, however, are failed starters. Even the Yankees’ Mariano Rivera was once a starting pitcher, converted to relief because he had only one dominant […]
MLB Betting Odds: Atlanta Braves poised to reclaim NL East crown
Tuesday, February 27th, 2007
The Atlanta Braves come off their first year in the last fifteen that they didn’t win a division title, so they look to return to prior glory in 2007. It will be a challenge to take back the NL East crown, but if everything clicks with their young players, they have a shot at […]
Bad news for New Yor Mets: El Duque has arthritis
Saturday, February 24th, 2007
Ever since Orlando “El Duque” Hernandez defected from Cuba, there have been whisperings that he is a few years older than what has been presented to the baseball public.
Those rumors probably aren’t going to ebb after Thursday’s news.
Hernandez was diagnosed with arthritis in his neck. Arthritis? What, is this guy 85 years old? OK, to […]
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 […]