Baseball Analysis

In acquiring Pedro Martinez and Carlos Beltran, Mets General Manager Omar Minaya did almost everything right this off-season. But his failure to land Carlos Delgado may turn out to be the defining reason why the Florida Marlins, and not the Mets, will make the playoffs in 2005. Read more »

25th May, 2005 Jacobs Field, Cleveland. The hard-lucked Kevin Millwood faces Carlos Silva and the Minnesota Twins. Read more »

Jason Schmidt came off the DL and gave the Giants a solid start, striking out 7 and also hit a solo home run in the bottom of the third. Read more »

In time, New York first baseman Doug Mientkiewicz will prove to be the glue of this Met team. Read more »

24th May, 2005 SBC Park, San Francisco. Giants' ace Jason Schmidt returns to the mound against Jeff Weaver and the Los Angeles Dodgers. Read more »

The Angels' Ervin Santana pitched a complete game shut out, preventing Jon Garland from getting his 9th win of the season. Read more »

Things are going a little different for the Athletics this year. This is a team that is used to winning, having notched at least 91 in each of the last five seasons. At present, they are nine games under .500 and treading water at a furious pace. They?re not far from being totally stuck in the muck. Read more »

Seattle's Aaron Sele pitched a complete game shut out of the Padres. Sele gave up just four hits and walked one. Read more »

23rd May, 2005 Dolphins Stadium, Miami. Dontrelle Willis takes the mound against former Yankee Jon Lieber as the Marlins and Phillies kick off a 3-game series. Read more »

One of the primary, and least predictable, joys of baseball is watching a breakout season unfold out of nowhere. Rookies bursting on the big league scene. Resurgent veterans finding the Fountain of Youth. Journeymen making the most of perhaps their only chance. Guys who suck managing to... well, suck a little less. Just when you thought you had a player pegged, the numbers prove you wrong. Read more »

If Clement is going to continue to make Red Sox Nation forget above a certain pitcher that signed with the New York Mets in the off-season, he will need to perform on the big stage in Yankee Stadium. Read more »

Baseball fortunes sure can change in a hurry. Just when the Philadelphia Phillies started feeling good about themselves after winning four of five games they got pummeled 7-0 by the American League East leading Baltimore Orioles. Read more »

Leading off the seventh inning with the Mets nursing a 2-0 lead, the left-handed swinging Koo likely was just looking to survive against the 6?10 lefty known as the Big Unit. Mets players moved to the top step of the dugout, anticipating another embarrassing adventure at the plate by the man known as ?Mr. Koo.? Read more »

David Dellucci hit two of the Texas Rangers' eight home runs in their 18-3 victory over the Astros. Read more »

20th May, 2005 Shea Stadium, Queens. New York's big free agent pitcher's, Pedro Martinez and Carl Pavano will meet in the rubber match of the subway series. Read more »

Via an exclusive IM interview with Yankees' owner George Steinbrenner, it seems that the eccentric owner is once again considering bringing back off-and-on manager Billy Martin in place of Richard Nixon look-alike Joe Torre. Read more »

June is nearly here, and things are starting to shake out a bit in the National League West. The Padres are beginning to live up to pre-season expectations, elbowing and shoving their way up through the competition. Apparently first place was calling. Read more »

Nearly two months before the trading deadline, there is already a buzz on potential trades for teams positioning themselves for postseason glory. The name that is close to the top of everyone?s want list is Houston hurler Roger Clemens. Read more »

20th May, 2005 Fenway Park, Boston. Tim Hudson returns to Boston in an Atlanta uniform to kick off the first day of interleague play. Read more »

Joe Mays pitched a complete game shut out against the Toronto Blue Jays in the Twins 4-0 victory. It was Mays first complete game. Read more »