Baseball Analysis

The Dodgers couldn?t have asked for a better outing by Jae Seo, as the young South Korean went six innings and allowed two runs. But the San Francisco Giants got the best of Seo and the Dodgers when they won the series Sunday night, beating their rivals 2-0 Read more »

Odalis Perez went seven strong innings and allowed just a run, as the Los Angeles Dodgers were able to maintain a two-run lead to defeat the San Francisco Giants Saturday night Read more »

The Angels offense didn?t have an answer for Baltimore?s ace Erik Bedard. This win gives Bedard his third of the season, tying him with Curt Schilling for the AL league lead. Read more »

Jon Papelbon could be a one man closer by committee. If there is a bases loaded jam in the 7th, Papelbon can handle pitching in that spot. If you've got a one run lead in the 9th, bring the kid in. Put him in the pressure spot. His minor league batting average against got progressively smaller as people got on base. Read more »

LF Barry Bonds was of course welcomed to Los Angeles with boos coming from all over the stadium, but the Giants would have the last laugh in the end Read more »

Scot Shields gave up a walk off homerun to Orioles catcher, Ramon Hernandez, in the bottom of the 9th inning, giving the Angels their 5th loss of the season. Read more »

The Dodgers didn?t want to leave Pittsburgh with just one win, so Derek Lowe was given the nod to settle for a tie in the series. Los Angeles was able to do this when they annihilated the Pittsburgh Pirates 13-5 on Thursday, defeating opposing pitcher Oliver Perez in the process Read more »

Finally, the game is over. It's not fun watching your favorite team get crushed, especially after winning two games in a row. The Angels were looking so good this series against the Rangers, but just couldn't keep it up for the three games. The good news, the Halos still won the series. Read more »

Dodgers? pitcher Brett Tomko?s first four innings against the Pirates went smoothly and was on pace for his second win of the season. But the fifth inning proved to be the beginning of the end for Tomko as the long ball played the difference maker Read more »

It's never too early. Everyone deserves a little adulation. And this is the time to give the love to those who have started out so well but who have no chance to finish this strong. In that spirit, I present the first annual ?Weekies.? Read more »

What an exciting finish! The Angels were down one run in the bottom of the 9th inning facing the Texas Rangers closer, Francisco Cordero. With two men on base, Adam Kennedy goes clutch driving a first pitch fastball down the right field line, plating both runs. The Angels take game two of the three game against the division rivals, the Texas Rangers. Read more »

After taking in the thriller at Wrigley Field on Sunday night between the Cardinals and Cubs, I have come to two simple conclusions. First, Wrigley Field is a must for every baseball fan, and second, the Cubs might be able to sneak their way into the playoffs. Read more »

The Pittsburgh Pirates were able to rally in the sixth inning to defeat the Los Angeles Dodgers 7-6 on Tuesday, securing their second win of the season. Dodgers? pitcher Jae Seo allowed five runs on seven hits in his starting debut with the club, and lasted five innings before being picked up in relief by RP Lance Carter Read more »

On Tuesday morning, the Cubs announced that Derrek Lee has agreed to a 5 year, $65M contract. In other words, he won?t be clipping coupons any time soon. He is worth every penny of that $13M per year contract. While the Cubs ?aces? are once again rehabbing, and the everyday lineup endured a facelift this off-season, Derrek Lee will be asked to carry the brunt of the power. Ask yourself this, ?Where would the Cubs be without Lee?s production?? Read more »

The opening week of MLB has certainly had an offensive feel, as Albert Pujols leaps over A-Rod to our #1 player ranking. Teams are hitting a combined .270, the highest first week average since 1961. HR's are up 10.6% from last year, scoring is up 5.3%. During the first week pitchers have been collectively wild, giving up 634 walks, up from last season's 573. Read more »

The Angels got another quality start, this time from John Lackey. Lackey went a strong seven innings, striking out eight batters. Halos played their offensive style of baseball; no homeruns. Instead of hitting the long ball, the Angels stole bases and hit weak fly balls, supplying Lackey with enough run support to close out the win. Read more »

With emotions running high in Pittsburg today, most of the Dodgers roster saw some old faces across the opposite dugout. Odalis Perez was given the nod to start the first of a four game series against his former manager Jim Tracy and the Pittsburgh Pirates Read more »

Bartolo Colon took the mound for the Halos on Saturday and received a rude welcoming from the Yankees. Colon got creamed like a bagel giving up seven earned runs in just a measly two innings. Read more »

The Dodgers and Phillies were rained out Saturday morning, so the makeup game was played today. Derek Lowe took the mound in game one, and was out to bounce back from a horrendous Opening Day start Read more »

Adam Kennedy hit a clutch triple driving in two runs in the bottom of the 5th inning breaking a 1-1 tie. With this win, the Angels take the series and will look to sweep the Yankees in tomorrow?s finale. Read more »