The 2012 Major League Baseball season started with a ton of excitement for The Los Angeles Angels. Angels general manager Jerry Dipoto signed former Texas Rangers starting pitcher C.J. Wilson to form a formidable quartet of starting pitchers including All-Stars Jered Weaver, Dan Haren, and a dependable Ervin Santana. Dipoto came out nowhere to sign [...]
In 1995, The Kansas City Royals drafted outfielder Carlos Beltran in the second round of The Major League Baseball Draft. Beltran along with Carlos Febles and Johnny Damon were expected to return The Royals to prominence. In playing on some bad teams in Kansas City, Beltran was able to win The American League Rookie of [...]
Chicago,Illinois is the third largest media market in The United States behind New York City and Los Angeles. Although The Chicago White Sox won The World Series in 2005, they continue to be second class citizens to their rivals on The North Side of Chicago in the form of The Chicago Cubs. One player on [...]
Since 2007 The Philadelphia Phillies have been the kings of The National League East. The Phillies have earned five consecutive division titles and they have won one World Series Championship during this stretch. The Phillies ascended to the top of the division by bullying The New York Mets along the way.The Mets faltered down the [...]
The Major League Baseball season is only one month old and we have seen some great pitching performances. On April 21, Chicago White Sox pitcher Philip Humber threw a perfect game against The Seattle Mariners while Los Angeles Angeles pitcher Jered Weaver threw a no-hitter versus The Minnesota Twins on May 1. Besides pitching in [...]
In one of the biggest signs of highway robbery, Los Angeles Dodgers center fielder Matt Kemp finished second to Milwaukee Brewers left fielder Ryan Braun in last season's National League Most Valuable Player voting. Kemp led The NL in home runs (39) and runs batted in (126) while finishing third in batting average at .324. [...]
More than ever The New York Mets need something to draw the interest of their fans. That something is third baseman David Wright. Since 2005, Wright has emerged from a rising star to now being "The Franchise". It had been a tag-team effort along with shortstop Jose Reyes, but that duo was broken up when [...]
*Playoff format is based on tentative expansion for 2012American League Wild Card Game: Boston vs. TexasThe Red Sox will do what they couldn't in 2011, get to the postseason. The Rangers are battled tested and they have their eyes set on a third trip to The World Series. American League Division Series: Texas vs. Los [...]
Last season was very exciting in The National League. The St. Louis Cardinals were left for dead in August when they were 10.5 games out for The NL Wild Card. Down the stretch The Cards got hot while The Atlanta Braves faltered and they bowed out on the final day of the season. Before you [...]
Don't look now but we are on the cusp of another season of Major League Baseball. Anyone that thought the game had lost some luster only had to look to last season's finale and see that this game is still exciting. The Boston Red Sox won the paper championship in the off-season and were expected [...]