I couldn’t let an opportunity pass to mention my continued campaign for Javier Vázquez to win the AL Cy Young–he pitched well yesterday, though maybe not great, striking out eight while giving up seven hits, three runs, and a walk. After pitching through seven innings, his win was ensured by a five-run bottom of the […]

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A week shy of his forty-second birthday, Greg Maddux posted his first win of the season yesterday, as the Padres beat the Giants 8-4. Maddux went seven innings and gave up only three hits, a run, and two walks; he struck out five. On the San Francisco side, starter Matt Cain, considered something of a […]

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We are moving to a new server so there may be some issues in the next day or so. I will try to work it out as smoothly as possible and minimize any disruptions. This is a great thing for the site as we are now big enough to be part of the Fantasy Players […]

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Continuing what’s shaping up to be a theme for the week, Indians closer Joe Borowski blew a save opportunity last night by giving up a walk-off grand slam to Torii Hunter, who had already hit a solo home run in the eighth inning (just to be clear, that’s 2 runs, 2 home runs, and 5 […]

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Putting myself on the line by keeping a list of all my official predictions in one place. Let’s hope I am more successful than Mike Podhorzer’s dating record.
So here is a list of my official predictions that I have made here and on the radio show. I am not counting any pure speculations. Feel free […]

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So if you missed me mentioning it in several articles, I’m in 4 leagues this year. And it’s pretty crazy.
I’ve never done more than 2 leagues, so 4 this year is quite the jump. For fun, let’s see why it sucks to be in that many leagues:
1. For a month straight in March, I […]

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What can be divined from the Tigers’ slow start?
Justin Verlander during the White Sox 13-2 Rout
The Tigers’ astounding 0-6 start to the season doesn’t mean much, does it? Maybe, maybe not. Tim Kurkjian (I believe) touted a stat on ESPN that no team that started 0-5 had ever won the World Series. Interestingly, the […]

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