Baseball Analysis

We have a "new" #1 and #2 at the top of this weeks rankings. The "quality players" always seem to produce for their respective teams during the month of September. The 2005 season is no exception, as A. Jones, Ortiz, Pujols, A-Rod, Carpenter, D-Lee, and Colon battle for MVP and Cy Young honors. Will these players lead their teams to the Playoffs and World Series? Read more »

15th September, 2005 Fenway Park, Boston. Joe Blanton RHP (9-11, 3.60, 102 K's) vs. Curt Schilling RHP (6-7, 6.28, 66 K's). The AL East meets the AL West in the first game of a crucial 4-game series at one of America's historical ballparks. Read more »

On the day that his Mother (Bess Clemens - 75 years old) passes away, Houston Astro's pitcher Roger Clemens went to the mound and defeated the Florida Marlins, 10-2, and tighten the NL Wildcard race (6.1 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 4 K). The legendary Clemens is now 12-7 for the season. Read more »

Standing pat with a 12-12 record, Greg Maddux has only three starts left in this 2005 regular season, and he needs to win every one of them to get his customary 15 wins, making 18 consecutive seasons winning 15 or more games. Read more »

While Bonds return will affect how teams game plan the Giants, which should give Moises Alou and Ray Durham more pitches to drive, it will take awhile for Bonds to regain his form. Read more »

14th September, 2005 Minute Maid Park, Houston A.J. Burnett RHP (12-10, 3.43, 176 K's) vs. Roger Clemens RHP (11-7, 1.78, 171 K's). Two of the NL's best pitchers square off in a crucial game, with big time wildcard implications. One or two runs may be enough to win this one. Read more »

The Indians defeated the Athletics on Tuesday night, 5-2, behind the clutch hitting of Ben Broussard (2-4, 2 HR's, 5 RBI's). Broussard hit a game-tying 2-run homer in the 7th inning, and a game-winning 3-run HR in the bottom of the 8th inning. Read more »

OK, baseball fans. We've got about 3 weeks and about 20 games to go until the end of another long, highly satisfying season, and for me at least, the best is yet to come. And while the playoff races have trimmed down considerably since last week, the final roles are still far from being cast. I can tell you one thing: this past month I've gotten every penny's worth of the money I plonked down in April for the MLB Extra Innings subscription. Read more »

13th September, 2005 Jacobs Field, Cleveland Kirk Saarloos RHP (9-7, 4.06) vs. Kevin Millwood RHP (7-11, 3.11) duel in a crucial AL Wildcard game. Read more »

Boston's David Ortiz hit two homeruns, including a solo HR in the 11th inning, to defeat Toronto, 6-5, on Monday evening. The Red Sox increased their AL East lead to 3 1/2 games over the idle Yankees. Read more »

12th September, 2005 SBC Park, China Basin Adam Eaton (10-3) vs. Kevin Correia (2-5). Barry Bonds is scheduled to return to the Giants lineup for the first time this season, playing left, and batting cleanup. Read more »

Braves CF Andruw Jones belted his 48th & 49th homers in Atlanta's 9-7 win over the Washington Nationals on Sunday afternoon. The feat broke the franchise record (47) previously shared by Hank Aaron (1971) and Eddie Matthews (1953). Read more »

Generally, players will do a short stint in the minors before displaying an up-thumb. Not for Barry, and not for the Giants. No time for such barefaced silliness. Shake off that year?s worth of rust dude, and let?s get busy. Oh, and don?t get hurt either. Read more »

Derek Lowe shutout the Padres for eight innings in the Dodgers 3-1 win over their SoCal rivals. Read more »

11th September, 2005 Yankee Stadium, Bronx Tim Wakefield RHP (15-10) vs. Randy Johnson LHP (13-8). The crucial rubber match in the big ballpark in the Bronx on an important date in the history of both NYC and the USA. Read more »

The candidates for Cy Young, which are not defined by how old they are, how well-known they are, or any other prerequisites. There's a little bit of everything involved in this one. Some mainstays, some newcomers, and some re-invented contenders enter the final balloting. Let's take a look, shall we? Read more »

10th September, 2005 U.S. Cellular Field, Chicago Bartolo Colon RHP (18-6, 3.24, 135 K's) vs. Jon Garland RHP (17-8, 3.28, 93 K's). Read more »

Cleveland closer Bob Wickman recorded a career high 38th save on Friday night, as the Indians defeated the Minnesota Twins, 4-2. Cleveland maintains their 1/2 game lead over the Yankees in the AL Wildcard race. Read more »

In a game that is predicated on moves and countermoves, it is essential that you have the right manager if you want to win in this league. Here are the top ten in the business, and it isn?t all about wins and losses. Read more »

In an historic report, the human rights organization Amnesty International has cited the Atlanta Braves baseball club for a ?systematic pattern of abuse and torture? against the New York Mets and their fans, extending as far back as 1998. Read more »