Baseball Analysis

In a recent victory over the Boston Red Sox, which saw an estimated 400 ?fans? in attendance at best, avid Devil Rays fan Robert Nickle was denied access to the lower levels to view the extra-innings win. Read more »

Even with a healthy Vladimir Guerrero the Angels hitting is significantly weaker than that of the Red Sox. John Lackey?s lack of success in Fenway Park and Kelvim Escobar?s horrible pitching of late will prove to hurt the Angels, as they can?t compete in a slugfest with the Red Sox. Read more »

The Indians? starters have little (or no) playoff experience whereas on the other side of the diamond the Yankees have tons. The Yankees also won all six matchups in 2007, but can the Tribe tame MVP Alex Rodriguez? Read more »

The Wild Card has been entrenched in the MLB for 13 seasons now and has created great September races every single season. While we wait for the Giants and Dodgers and the Cubs and Cardinals to finally meet in the postseason, here is what the playoffs would have looked like since 1995 if there was still no Wild Card. Read more »

A tired bullpen, aging veterans, immaturity, poor preparedness, lack of focus - the excuses are endless as to why the National League favorite to go to the World Series ended there season on September 30th. Read more »

Considered the dominant league for the entire year, the final four teams left in the AL will give any opposing manager restless nights as he looks over the roster. With dominant pitching and loaded line-ups, weaknesses are hard to find, but we will do our best to break down each of the four teams and provide the eventual winner. Read more »

The National League has a new look this year with the old guard being replaced by new, young teams. Gone are the Atlanta Braves, St. Louis Cardinals and New York Mets. In are the Arizona Diamondbacks, Philadelphia Phillies and yes, the Chicago Cubs. So, who is going to win the wacky and wide open National League? Read more »

Considered the dominant league for the entire year, the final four teams left in the AL will give any opposing manager restless nights as he looks over the roster. With dominant pitching and loaded line-ups, weaknesses are hard to find, but we will do our best to break down each of the four teams and provide the eventual winner. Read more »

While the American League MVP race was decided in early July, the National League race is full of intrigue, but Matt Holliday appears to be the player most deserving of the award. Read more »

Josh Byrnes is one of the young guns in the general managing world, coming to the Arizona Diamondbacks after the 2005 season. In his first general managing job, he was handed a great franchise with loads of young talent and in just his second year, he has this team primed for a division title. Read more »

Prince Fielder became the youngest player to hit 50 homeruns in a season this week. The feat has been reached in 40 other seasons, here are their ages when it was accomplished, ending with Barry Bonds? record-breaking 73 homeruns at 36. Read more »

With the final week of the regular season upon us, it is of course time to look ahead to 2008. With only eight teams heading to the playoffs, that means 24 other teams have work to do to get their in 2008. Here is how your respective teams are shaping up for 2008. Read more »

Dan O'Dowd is responsible for the signings of Mike Hampton and Denny Neagle, but he has built a strong core on offense and a much improved pitching staff, which features nice balance. Read more »

Several questions linger, on both sides: Can Manny and Ortiz overcome nagging injuries? Can Dice-K get out of his funk? (1-4 and 9.57 era in last five starts). Does big Schill have enough in the tank for another run? In New York, will the young guns (Hughes, Chamberlain, and Kennedy) have an impact down the stretch? Will A-Rod continue his ridiculous hitting when it counts? Read more »

Though he started slowly and had many naysayers questioning his true abilities, New York Mets' starting third baseman David Wright should be considered a strong National League Most Valuable Player candidate and is well on his way to becoming the greatest Met player ever at that position. Read more »

I hate to be the one to do it, but I have to wake us up out of that dream. The fairy tale is over. Our Paul Bunyans and John Henrys have been replaced by the all too real Svengalis and Rasputins of the sports world. Wars couldn?t do it. The color barrier couldn?t do it. Work stoppages couldn?t do it and even a missed World Series couldn?t do it. Read more »

The baseball regular season is winding down with more and more teams dropping out of the playoff races. So, with just a handful of games left, we will take a look at team ERA since the All-Star break. Read on to see where your team stands and how they have done since the break. Read more »

The unique Jack McGeary deal proves that the Nats can look after themselves. Why respect some unwritten economic tradition that MLB casually insists upon? Especially when Bud Selig almost took the franchise away after it had moved to DC and basically forced the city to put up an entire publicly funded stadium (all $611 million of it). Read more »

Will Boston use Clay Buchholz as a pinch runner given his ability to steal? Is Ozzie Guillen no worse than Lou Piniella? Should the Yankees change the rules for Joba Chamberlain? Read more »

Nearly two months ago I came to a horrible and very premature decision. With three months left in Major League Baseball season I decided, more as a journalist than fan, that the New York Yankees were finished. Read more »