Baseball Analysis

Kenny Rogers won't let fellow Texan and 40-something Roger Clemens outdo him, as he pitched a complete game shutout in Minnesota. Read more »

14th May, 2005 Shea Stadium, New York. Two aces of the American League will meet in the NL when Mark Mulder battles Pedro Martinez. Read more »

The Mets' Cliff Floyd hit two solo home runs into the Queens sky in New York's 2-0 win over the Cardinals. Read more »

13th May, 2005 Petco Park, San Diego. Josh Beckett and Adam Eaton will have a pitcher's duel in a pitcher's park. Read more »

Arizona's Jose Cruz hit two home runs in their 6-3 victory over the Rockies. Read more »

When the Boston Red Sox finalized the contract with catcher Jason Varitek last December, they knew exactly the type of player that they were keeping in the fold for the next four years. Just a little over one month into the season, the investment is paying immediate dividends. Read more »

12th May, 2005 US Cellular Field, Chicago. Jon Garland goes for his 7th win against Bruce Chen who has been a consistent part of Baltimore's pitching staff. Read more »

Florida's Dontrelle Willis pitched eight-innings and gave up just one run to pick up his MLB leading 7th win of the season. Read more »

11th May, 2005 SBC Park, San Francisco. Noah Lowry takes the hill for the Giants as they try to take the rubber game of a 3-game series versus the Pirates. Read more »

Hee-Seop Choi is batting .400 over his last 12 games and on Tuesday he hit a game-winning 3-run home run. Read more »

Carlos Beltran didn?t waste any time making his presence felt once he became a Met in January. Of course, you?d expect a guy who?s just signed for $119 million for seven years?about $17 million more than he apparently was willing to settle for to play for the Yankees?to do something significant. Read more »

10th May, 2005 Wrigley Field, Chicago. Kris Benson returns to action tonight against a 300-game winner not named Rocket. Read more »

There is plenty of blame to go around for the fall of the once premier set-up man in the game. The question now for the Cubs and Dusty Baker is, ?How do we restore all that lost confidence?. Because confidence is exactly what has been lost for Latroy Hawkins and it is spreading like wild fire in that Cubs bullpen. Read more »

Roger Clemens pitched seven scoreless innings, striking out six and giving up just four hits. He also hit a nice line-drive to right field for a base knock. Read more »

Coming into the 2005 baseball season, everyone from the wealthiest owner to the poorest fan of the San Francisco Giants could be seen surfing a monumental wave of confidence. Dire needs had been addressed, and all that remained was to play out those 162. So much for the Design Phase. You know? best laid plans and all that. Read more »

While In Japan signing some papers to finalize his importing/exporting venture, Buster Gunning, a veritable ?jack of all sports and trades? discovered something quite unusual about Japanese born baseball player turned American sporting phenom Ichiro Suzuki. Read more »

After a 7 game losing streak, which saw 3 straight losses in the 9th inning, the Cubs are hoping to build some momentum after their 2-1 victory over the Phillies. Manager Dusty Baker has opted to take Ryan Dempster out of the starting rotation and give him temporary closing duties. Read more »

1. Chicago White Sox: An unfathomable start. 2. St. Louis Cardinals: Ready for October. 3. Atlanta Braves: Where else would they be? 4. Baltimore Orioles: Can they keep it up all year? 5. Minnesota Twins: Trying to catch the Sox now. Read more »

Brian Sabean, Theo Epstein and Billy Beane have become three of the MLB's best general managers. Who are the other seven that made RealGM's Standing 10? Read more »

9th May, 2005 Dolphins Stadium, Miami. The Roger Clemens tour heads to Florida on Monday to face A.J. Burnett. Houston only seems to win when The Rocket takes the mound. Read more »