Baseball Analysis

The San Diego Padres will meet the St. Louis Cardinals in the NL Division Series and, because of baseball?s most unappreciated player, take St. Louis to the brink of elimination and with a little health and help, over the edge. Read more »

12th August, 2005 Dolphins Stadium, Miami Willis and Lowry are two of the NL's best young left-handed pitchers and they do battle tonight in Florida. Read more »

Greg Maddux stopped another losing streak as he threw a complete game against the Cardinals. Read more »

With first baseman Rafael Palmeiro serving his tenth and final day of a MLB suspension for steroid use, the rest of the Baltimore Orioles went about their business of trying to resurrect their own season against Tampa Bay last night. And it payed off. Read more »

What is the value of a 34 year-old pitcher with 27 consecutive saves on a last place team? Read more »

If the White Sox can take two out of three at Fenwey Park, or possibly all three, it would make them the hands down team to beat in the American League. Read more »

11th August, 2005 Turner Field, Atlanta Tim Hudson and the Braves face Jason Schmidt in a battle of Bay Area aces. Read more »

Atlanta's Andruw Jones hit his 36th and 37th home runs of the season in the Braves' 5-4 win over the Giants. Read more »

Brian Sabean's track record of acquiring Major League-proven talent has worked with tremendous success for the better part of a decade. With frustrations mounting, and the Giants currently sitting 15 games under .500, some fans are looking for reasons to explain the dismal year. And they're looking in the wrong place. Read more »

With so much ability at such a young age, Francoeur is already drawing comparisons to former Braves great Dale Murphey. Even Chipper Jones has dubbed him with the nickname, ?Smurf.? Read more »

The Sox have been rumored to be interested in using the waivers to get Ken Griffey Jr. Acquiring Griffey has a lot of question marks considering his passed health problems and enormous contract. It?s debatable what would be more amazing: the Sox winning it all, or Griffey staying healthy for an entire season. Read more »

10th August, 2005 Miller Park, Milwaukee Ben Sheets and the upstart Brewers face Jeff Suppan and the powerhouse Cardinals. Read more »

Vladimir Guerrero drove in five runs, including a second inning grand slam on an 0-2 pitch from Rich Haren. Read more »

Buster Gunning gives us a recount on his recent trip to Fenway Park with die-hard Red Sox fan, Senator John Kerry, as the Sox take on their bitter rival?s, the New York Yankees. Read more »

Jeremy Bonderman, the Tigers 22-year-old hard throwing right hander, is already in his third year of major league baseball and second year removed from losing 19 games. Thrown to the fire in his first year Bonderman, then 20, had the stuff, just not the head. Most agreed he would one day be a good pitcher, but probably on a different team, years from now. No one would have guessed Bonderman could go from a 19 game loser to a 19 game winner in just 2 years. Read more »

With a team loaded with talent and a 54-58 record, is it time for the Cubs to part ways with manager Dusty Baker? Read more »

Chris Hoyler gives us the Marlins week in review and a preview of things to come. Read more »

In a league filled with winners, losers, and mediocre teams, the Tigers sat below all of them. Culminating in the 2003 season that featured near record numbers of losses, team average and fan attendance. Read more »

9th August, 2005 Yankee Stadium, Bronx Former Yankee Jose Contreras returns to face his old teammates, who could use his services. Read more »

Dustan Mohr followed up an awesome catch in extra innings down the right field line with a walk off home run in Colorado's 4-3 win over Florida. Read more »