I know, I know. We’re all grieving over the way our boys have been playing. I hope everyone’s been keeping the faith though. Sure, it’s a cold streak. But they’ll be back. I know it.
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24 July 2009
1 April 2009
(Note: originally posted on February 25.)
Each year, prior to the start of the MLB season, I use a unique mathematical system (one that I will not get into, because it's boring) to project the performance of every player and team. This season, in lieu of their significant offseason additions, I expected the Yankees to come out on top. Surprisingly, my expectations were wrong...
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iously hinder this particular bullpen's success rate during the first half of the MLB season.)
1-Chicago White Sox: D.J. Carrasco, Scott Linebrink, Octavio Dotel, Matt Thornton, and Bobby Jenks.
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30 March 2009
It’s Day Two of The Sports Don’s 2009 Baseball Preview, and I present perhaps the toughest division in baseball to predict. The American League Central could finish in any order, and I wouldn’t be the slightest bit surprised. And yes, that includes the upstart Kansas City Royals winning the division for the first time since 1985 when George Brett was 32, and the Royals defeated the St. Louis Cardinals in the World Series.
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12 February 2009
Well, get ready for another season of Detroit Tigers baseball. We have been spoiled the last couple of years. The team actually has expectations and unfortunately so do the fans. Can Mo Town survive another sports team to fail miserably like the hapless Lions? Are we just a hockey town? I don't have the answer to that, but I do get excited for Tiger baseball. As a proclaimed member of the Red Sox Nation, I still love the Tigers. I watch most games and even try to get to the ballpark. I lived in misery because all my neighbors are "Tigers for Life". So my sports life is much better when the Tigers are winning.
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30 September 2008
With the MLB playoffs set to begin, there is a subtle difference in the air compared to start of any other postseason. In the NHL, fans can potentially look forward to a great Canadians/Bruins series that is not only exciting, but has a historical kick to it. Likewise basketball fans always have the chance to see if the Suns can finally get past the Spurs and football fans love seeing the rivalry of the Eagles Vs the City of Philadelphia when the Eagles so much as get tackled for a loss.
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29 August 2008
Does anyone remember that commercial where two teams are playing a game in the pouring rain? As it continues, a player goes over to a pay phone, says something (that I can’t remember) and then decides he’s going to play all out? The song “take me out to the ball game” comes on, with electric guitars and all that jazz (I guess it’s not really jazz…you get the picture) and the show the player sliding into the mud and having a blast. As the song concludes, you hear an announcer saying “What a game!”
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21 August 2008
Just picture it: it’s the top of the ninth inning and the Toronto Blue Jays are holding a slim 2-1 lead over the New York Yankees. Up to bat is Derek Jeter with Bobby Abreu and Alex Rodriguez on deck. Cito Gaston, in order to shut the door on the game and the series gets on the phone and brings in the big gun, Pedro Luis Lazo, winner of two Olympic Gold medals with Cuba and current closer of the Blue Jays. And even if he gives up a run its okay, because leading off the bottom of the ninth for the Jays is Alexei Bell, who hit 30 HR with 100 RBI with Santiago del Cuba last year.
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18 August 2008
Jon Lester can add this to all of the accolades he has already achieved: he is a definitive stopper on the Boston Red Sox. He has overcome Cancer, won the deciding game of the World Series, pitched a no-hitter and, oh yeah, is right now the most effective starting pitcher the Red Sox have.
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10 August 2008
Below is the original blog I wrote about last night's game. Upon finishing the blog, I learned some disturbing news about Tim Wakefield. I thought I'd share that first:
“Tim Wakefield has been scratched from his scheduled start on Tuesday with tightness in the back of his shoulder, the same injury that kept him off the World Series roster. Wakefield has already been sent back to Boston, where he'll be examined by Dr. Thomas Gill.
Continue reading "Dice-K dominates, but Wakefield goes to the DL..."
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9 August 2008
As I sit here watching the Futures at Fenway game on NESN, it’s nice to see the minor leaguers get a taste of the big leagues – especially after our own big leaguers lost 5-3 last night.
Continue reading "Frustrating loss for (Red) Sox in series opener"
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8 August 2008
You know, I was just thinking about how the White Sox are going to be a lot tougher to play than the Royals. They're a first place team who are fighting to keep their spot. They have hitters like Orlando Cabreara, Jim Thome, and the All Star Carlos Quentin. Oh yeah, they also picked up Ken Griffey Jr.
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3 August 2008
Whether you choose to root for the big-money, big-market, big-name Chicago White Sox or the small-money, small-market, little-name Twins depends on your tastes, I suppose.
If it weren't for
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31 July 2008
A few trades of note for Mariners fans--the ones made, the ones not made, and the ones made by other teams. Here are the Top 3 Seattle Deadline Stories:
1. Rhodes is now a Marlin. This was the guy everyone figured the Mariners would deal, and it came through. It makes complete sense, as the Mariners don't need Rhodes down the stretch, for a handful of lefty specialist innings, while the Marlins do. In return, Seattle gets Gaby Hernandez, a once-well-regarded starter who's scuffled at Albuquerque (where every pitcher scuffles), and he'll get a fresh start with Tacoma and the Mariners. He's nobody special, but Rhodes is an aging lefty in a one-year deal, so Lee Pelekoudas got who he could. Nice job, Lee.
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15 July 2008
One of the All-Star Break traditions: Reassessing our predictions from the first half of the season. Some of mine have changed, some have stayed the same—and some were just damn wrong. Living in the West, I will take the contrarian position and roll from west to east in my choices.
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1 July 2008
All right then, it’s almost July, which means it’s almost time for yet another midsummer classic, which once again will pit the National League against their arch-rivals, those bums from the junior circuit.
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18 June 2008
A very successful manager with the Chicago White Sox, Manuel was replaced by the outspoken Ozzie Guillen, in a change of personality that seems deliberate. Under Manuel, however, the White Sox seemed lackluster, perennial second-placers that only once managed to break through the glass ceiling atop the division, in 2000, only to be swept by the Mariners. If the Mets need to have a fire lit under them, Manuel seems like an unlikely source.
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10 May 2008
Not only is it twice in a week that our closer, our saver, has blown the save and lost the game, it's back to back. While he's a long way off from the Timlin class, this is definitely worrisome.
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24 March 2008
Here are the key questions facing each team this season.
Chicago White Sox
Will ‘more energy’ be enough to help the White Sox rebound from a disappointing 2007?
Last year the South Siders won only 72 games, a sharp decline after two consecutive 90-win seasons, including a World Championship. They finished last in the American League in runs scored and 12th in ERA. Really, it’s a wonder they didn’t lose more. This past off season, Ozzie Guillen and the front office cited a lack of energy as the reason for the dismal season. Operating on that belief, they went out and acquired the hyper active Orlando Cabrera and boisterous, fun-loving Nick Swisher via trades with Anaheim and Oakland, hoping they will re-energize the team.
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18 March 2008
The AL Central is my favorite race in the league this year. The Tigers and Indians are both stacked this season and I think it will very close all year. I don’t expect either of these teams to have anymore than a 4 or 5 game lead. The rest of this division is pretty weak which will help these two powerhouses build up the wins. Let’s get to the breakdowns.
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19 February 2008
As we enter this new baseball season, there is nothing better to do than predict what will happen this year. Below are my predictions of each divison of what the final standings will be. I also posted what the playoff picture will be and who will be the World Series Champ
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