Baseball Analysis

4th July, 2005 Bank One Ballpark, Phoenix. Matt Morris and the Cardinals travel to Arizona to face Brandon Webb and the Diamondbacks. Read more »

Roger Clemens pitched seven scoreless innings, yielding just four hits and also had an RBI single in Houston's 9-0 victory. Read more »

Aquired in the off-season, Richie Sexson and Adrian Beltre have not yet lived up to their billing, and with that, their massive contracts adding to the Seattle Mariners misery this season. Read more »

June was a long month for the Baltimore Orioles. They lost eight of their final 10 games and posted a record of 12-15 for the month. Unfortunately, July has not begun any better. Last night?s 3-1 loss against the Cleveland Indians further highlighted areas of struggle for the O?s. Read more »

Slugger Miguel Tejada took a back seat to Baltimore pitcher Daniel Cabrera whose 7 shutout innings helped the Orioles defeat the Indians, 4-0. Read more »

June was the Baltimore Orioles first losing month of the season and is an indication that they may need to go after some extra firepower, A.J. Burnett of the Florida Marlins appears to be the best candidate. Read more »

Rookie pitcher Hayden Penn never made it past the fourth inning. The 20-year-old starter could not seem to get it together as the Cleveland Indians scored five runs while he was on the mound. Read more »

1st July, 2005 Petco Park, San Diego. Jake Peavy takes the mound against a Giants club that just swept the Diamondbacks in Arizona. Read more »

Kevin Mench hit three homers and Mark Teixeira had two as Texas hit eight home runs in a game for the second time this season, leading the Rangers to an 18-5 rout of the Los Angeles Angels. Read more »

Forget the fact that Craig Biggio roke into the record books yesterday by being hit by a pitch for the 268th time, Biggio should get the respect any future Hall of Famer deserves. Read more »

The Cardinals are 49-28 and open up a four game series against the struggling Colorado Rockies. A sweep would be a powerful statement. Not because arguably the best team in baseball would be beating up the worst team in the league ? but because it is time for the Cards to go on a run; the type of run that sees the better team imposing its will on weaker opponents. As it stands, the national media still has hopes for the Cubs to make a run and win the NL Central. Read more »

30th June, 2005 Ameriquest Field, Texas. The Angels and Rangers close out their series, that is unless more cameras get in the way of Kenny Rogers. Read more »

Craig Biggio broke Don Baylor's hit by pitch record on Wednesday, as he also added a home run. Biggio now has 268 HBP's, passing Baylor's 267. Read more »

A sellout crowd of 47, 465 filled Camden Yards to witness the end of the Orioles? losing streak. Even former Oriole Cal Ripken came out. ?I wanted to come out and bring them some luck, hopefully break the streak,? Ripken stated. ?I?ll be back tomorrow.? Read more »

Texas Rangers veteran pitcher Kenny Rogers is having a superb season at 9-3, however, his recent bout with a water cooler not only jepordizes his pitching, it threatens his ability to lead. Read more »

29th June, 2005 Wrigley Field, Chicago. Ben Sheets and the Brewers battle Kerry Wood and the Cubs at the Friendly Confines. Read more »

Mark Buehrle outdueled Nate Robertson to win his ninth straight decision in the White Sox 2-1 win over the Tigers. Read more »

People sometimes think that yelling and screaming are all a Major League manager can do. Thank god we still have managers like Tony Larussa. I'm sure he does his fair sharing of yelling but usually it's always behind closed doors. Read more »

Not long ago, the Baltimore Orioles were first in the American League East. Now a six-game losing streak has placed them in second place and in low spirits. Leading 4-1 at the end of the fifth inning, the Orioles began to break down. Read more »

Julio Franco hit a grand slam in the 8th and final inning of the Braves 7-2 rain-shortened win over the Florida Marlins in Miami. Read more »