Baseball Analysis

28th June, 2005 Bank One Park, Phoenix. Jason Schmidt takes the mound for the Giants, in what could be their most cruical game of the season, as they are on the verge of becoming seller's. Read more »

In baseball, the most telling way to separate the contenders from the pretenders is how the team handles adversity. To the shock of few, the Philadelphia Phillies have proven themselves to be pretenders. Read more »

How perfect would it have been for the Mets themselves to send former Met player and manager Torre to his firing from the Yankees? A Yankee season without postseason play, much less a sub-.500 season, is unthinkable in this age of the $200 million payroll. Read more »

27th June, 2005 Fenway Park, Boston. Kevin Millwood and the Indians face Bronson Arroyo and the red-hot Red Sox. Read more »

There is an even greater list of players that don?t deserve any sort of consideration for the game. These are players that the fans will vote for because they recognize the name on the ballot, not realizing that the player is either hurt or their career is taking a swan dive. Read more »

While it appears the A?s have turned their season around of sorts, the Giants have sunk into an even greater depth. The disparity in the number of runs scored was overshadowed by the disparity in the number of hits: 24-1. Read more »

Mark Prior came off the DL with a great performance, pitching six scoreless innings, giving up just two hits in the Cubs' 2-0 win over the White Sox. Read more »

26th June, 2005 Yankee Stadium, Bronx. The Big Unit takes the mound for the Yankees to avoid a sweep at the hands of the Mets. Read more »

Cliff Floyd hit two home runs for the Yankees, as they beat the Bronx Bombers once again. Read more »

In a rare occurence, Baltimore Orioles manager Lee Mazilli was handed down his first suspension from the League, a two-game stint for "innapropriate actions" in last Sunday's win over the Rockies. Read more »

Friday night the Cardinals won convincingly, evening the series 1-1. Home cooking helped Jeff Suppan deliver one of his strongest performances of the season. He gave up 5 hits and one run while Jim Edmonds hit two two-run homeruns and So Taguchi joined the act, hitting two out of Busch Stadium. Suppan is now 7-6. Cardinal fans hope that Suppan is back on the winning pace he set last season, notching a 16-9 record. Read more »

25th June, 2005 U.S. Cellular Field, Chicago. Greg Maddux will take the mound on the South Side against Jose Contreras and the White Sox. Read more »

Tim Wakefield pitched eight scoreless innings, giving up just two hits in Boston's 8-0 win over the Phillies. Read more »

Buster Gunning, while eating crawdads with his meaty friend in Atlanta, a Mr. Matt Aemmer, investigates reports that the Atlanta Braves are changing their boring image. Read more »

Braves centerfielder Andruw Jones is finally beginning to realize his potential and to add to his defensive prowess, he has 21 home runs to go along with 49 RBI's so far this season. Read more »

Currently, the "All-Star" starting line-up can be compared more to homecoming royalty than a showcase of the game?s top athletes. It?s great that fans get a say in who starts the All-Star Game, but since commissioner Bud Selig decided in 2003 to award the league that wins the "mid-summer classic" with home-field advantage in the World Series, it only makes sense that the best players should decide the fate of such a major intangible like home-field advantage. Read more »

24th June, 2005 Yankee Stadium, Bronx. Pedro Martinez returns to Yankee Stadium and "Who's Your Daddy Chants?" for the first time since Game 7 of the ALCS. Read more »

Derek Lee continued his tear, hitting two home runs in the Cubs' 8-7 loss to the Brewers. Read more »

Carlos Delgado will need to step up his game and become a true leader if the Marlins expect to turn things around and return to championship form. Read more »

23rd June, 2005 Miller Park, Milwaukee. Ben Sheets takes the mound for the Brewers against the Cubs. Read more »