Baseball Analysis

Andruw Jones hit his ninth home run in eleven games in the Braves' 8-0 win over Florida. Read more »

Never has the difference between $29 million and $200 million seemed as obvious as it did last night at Yankee Stadium. The Yankees spotted the Rays a 10-2 lead, then took them apart 18-1 the rest of the way, including a 13-run eighth inning that was appalling even by the Devil Rays? lowly standards. Read more »

Jon Garland became the MLB's first 12-game winner by pitching 8.1 innings, giving up just 4 hits and 1 run. Read more »

22nd June, 2005 Safeco Field, Seattle. Barry Zito and Jaime Moyer square off in a battle of two of the AL West's best lefties. Read more »

21st June, 2005 Dolphins Stadium, Miami. John Smoltz and A.J. Burnett face-off as their rivalry continues to march on. Read more »

San Diego's Jake Peavy pitched 8 scoreless innings, giving up just 2 hits and striking out 13 in the Padres 1-0 win over their SoCal rivals. Read more »

While the Cincinnati Reds' hitting is very solid this season, their pitching has been subpar at best. Read more »

George Steinbrenner can't stand the Mets. He really can't. The man can't bear the thought of that National League team doing ANYTHING to better him and his beloved Yankees. Just a few days ago, he announced a plan to completely rebuild Yankee Stadium, this coming less than three days after the Mets had announced their plan for a new ballpark to coincide with the 2012 Olympic bid by the city of New York. Read more »

1. Lee: Bonds of 2005. 2. Rodriguez: Lee minus the batting average. 3. Willis: Number win keeps growing. 4. Abreu: Has a chance to go 40/40 this year. 5. Pujols: Amongst the league's elite, but behind Lee. Read more »

After dropping 2 of 3 in Toronto, the Cardinals headed to Tampa Bay and completed a rare sweep. The lowly Devil Rays are hardly a franchise that strikes fear in any team, especially not the Cardinals. Read more »

The Red Sox are enjoying the comforts of Fenway Park this year. But everything changes the minute they leave the city of Boston. The Red Sox are 22-10 at home this year, good for third best in all of baseball behind the Nationals and White Sox. But they are a disappointing 16-20 on the road. Read more »

20th June, 2005 Petco Park, San Diego. Brad Penny, coming off a contract extension will be up against Jake Peavy, who will get a huge contract extension in just a few year's time. Read more »

So it took him a little longer to adjust to pitching in the Big Apple. So what. Maybe he had other things on his mind. Randy Johnson dusted off his smoking fastball and sharp slider in a return to the form that once made him one of the most feared pitchers in baseball. Read more »

Jake Westbrook pitched eight strong innings to help the Indians pick up their 9th straight victory. Read more »

19th June, 2005 Fenway Park, Boston. Matt Clement and Kip Wells take the mound in the series finale. Read more »

Derek Jeter hit a grand slam in the 6th and followed it up with a home run in the 8th. His first home run in 136 at-bats. Read more »

Jason Schmidt regained his All-Star stuff in Detroit, pitching eight scoreless innings, striking out five in the Giants' 4-0 win. Read more »

18th June, 2005 Rogers Centre, Toronto. Two of the MLB's finest pitchers will match-up when Ben Sheets battles Roy Halladay. Read more »

The Angels knew that Jose Guillen?s return to Anaheim could be a stressful one. But Guillen turned out to be a lot less trouble than their own manager, Mike Scioscia, who went overboard in a silly game of one-upsmanship with Washington Nationals manager Frank Robinson. Read more »

17th June, 2005 Yankee Stadium, New York. The Cubs head to the house that Ruth built and Carlos Zambrano will battle Carl Pavano. Read more »