Open Letter to Marlins Lovers (Streak Streak Streak)

To everyone who saw the first 11 games of the season and wanted to hand the Marlins the NL East crown, Watch them now. The pitching has cooled and Hanley is hurting. They are a completed different team. The Mets have been fairly awful so far this season and they are controlling... [Read more...]

Pedro Being Manny

Has anyone else noticed that a lot of the recent rumors about Pedro Martinez sound an awful lot like the rumors that surrounded Manny Ramirez all off-season? Speculative writers give ideas of where Pedro would be a good fit. Rumors pop up and teams make announcements that they... [Read more...]

The Failed Experiment: Freddy Garcia

Unsurprisingly, the Mets announced today that they have released Freddy Garcia. Freddy was reportedly throwing so softly that he was unable to break a sheet of paper. The Mets promptly cut him. According to Mike Harrington of the Buffalo News (who’s report was passed on... [Read more...]

Depth Chart Analysis: Pitching in the AL West

Angels A’s Rangers Mariners John Lackey** B+ Dallas Braden C- Kevin Millwood C+ Felix Hernandez A- Ervin Santana** B+ Dana Eveland D+ Vicente Padilla C Erik Bedard B- Joe Saunders B Brett Anderson D+ Brandon McCarthy D+ Carlos Silva D Jared... [Read more...]

GET YOUR ACE HERE!!!

As the season moves on, we are beginning to see how rotations around the major leagues are beginning to pan out. Granted, a two week sample is not enough to base a full assessment of a team’s staff, but we are starting to get an idea where the strong staffs are and where the... [Read more...]

NL West Starting Pitching Analysis

Dodgers Diamondbacks Giants Rockies Padres Kuroda B+ Webb A+ Lincecum A+ Francis A- Peavy A Kershaw A Haren A+ Cain A- Jimenez B+ Young B+ Billingsley B+ Scherzer B Big Unit B+ Cook A- Correia C+ Wolf B Davis B Sanchez B De La... [Read more...]

NL Central Starting Pitching Analysis

Cubs Cards Astros Brewers Reds Pirates Dempster A- Carpenter A- Oswalt A+ Gallardo A- Harang B+ Maholm B+ Zambrano A+ Lohse B+ Hampton B Looper B+ Volquez B+ Snell B Harden B++ Wainwright B+ Wandy B+ Suppan B/A+ Cueto B+ Duke B Lilly ... [Read more...]

Depth Chart Analysis - Pitching in the AL Central

Twins Royals Indians White Sox Tigers Scott Baker C+ Gil Meche B Cliff Lee B- Mark Buehrle B- Justin Verlander B- Francisco Liriano B+ Zach Greinke A- Fausto Carmona C+ John Danks B+ Edwin Jackson C+ Kevin Slowey B Kyle Davies C Carl... [Read more...]

Depth Chart Analysis: Pitching in the AL East

Yankees Rays Red Sox Blue Jays Orioles CC Sabathia A Scott Kazmir B+ Josh Beckett B Roy Halladay A+ Jeremy Guthrie B- AJ Burnett B+ James Shields B Jon Lester B+ David Purcey C- Koji Uehara C Chien-Ming... [Read more...]

Guilty or Innocent? Who decides?

written by Brian Kassay and Jasper Kassay Currently Major League Baseball is going through one of the biggest changes the sport has ever seen. The steroid scandal has destroyed the careers of the guilty, including Barry Bonds, Rafael Palmerio, Mark McGwire, Roger Clemens and... [Read more...]

2009 Season Predictions

written by: Brian Kassay American League EAST New York Yankees 103-59 CENTRAL Minnesota Twins 97-65 WEST Los Angeles Angels 89-73 WILD CARD Tampa Bay Rays 99-63 The Yankees have received a major facelift this off season with major... [Read more...]

MYTH BUSTED: Wang and the Minors

Since Chien-Ming Wang’s most recent implosion on April 18th, where he gave up 8ER over 1.1IP and his ERA ballooned to 34.50, I have been hearing much talk about how the Yankees should option Wang to AAA in order to work on his mechanics and get back to form. Unfortunately for... [Read more...]

Broadcasting Loses a Legend: Harry Kalas Passes at 73

Phamous Phillies Broadcaster and the voice of NFL Films, Harry Kalas collapsed before Monday’s Phillies game against the Nationals and passed away shortly thereafter. Kalas has long been one of the most recognizable voices in the world. He was the James Earl Jones of sports... [Read more...]

Angels Nick Adenhart Killed in Automobile Accident

Just hours after promising young pitcher, Nick Adenhart pitched 6 scoreless innings for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, he was tragically killed in a car accident. Adenhart and two others were killed in a three car accident early in the morning of April 9th, 2009. Our condolences... [Read more...]

Braves Pitchers Get Lost in Philly

I was watching Javy Vasquez pitch “good enough” for the Braves in their third game of the season. He pitched 6 good innings and the Braves offense gave him 10 runs to work with. So he left the game up 10-3 expecting to cruise to his first win in a Braves uniform. Then... [Read more...]

Worst Announcing Crew: Florida Marlins

It’s painful. These two idiots talk endlessly about nothing. They speak to the listener like they’re stupid. Rich Waltz and Tommy Hutton. Marlins Announcers = Fail I live in Arizona and love the Mets, so I watch a lot of games through the Extra Innings package.... [Read more...]

DBack Switch Hitter History

Yesterday, Tony Clark and Felipe Lopez made history. They were the first switch hitters on the same team to hit home runs from both sides of the plate on Opening Day. Watch out Dodgers. The DBacks have the offense and the pitching to beat you. You might want to see if you can... [Read more...]

Why Met Fans Should be Happy and Yankee Fans Shouldn’t be Worried

Johan Santana and CC Sabathia both have been habitually slow starters. Neither one exactly starts off the year in mid-season form. You usually don’t see the real Johan or the real CC till somewhere around the first week of May. So no one should read much into yesterday’s... [Read more...]

Need A Laugh? Here Is Your Weekly Article From The Onion!

Those of you who have been living under rock for the past decade or so and are not familiar with “The Onion”. “The Onion” is a newspaper and online news provider of fake news based on life events. It features satirical articles reporting on international, national, and... [Read more...]

Buchholz Growing and Learning

Clay Buchholz is coming off an impressive spring and feels that he’s made major strides since last year in which he spent most of the year in the minors with an above six ERA after having an above 9 ERA in the majors. In a recent interview he used the analogy of a ball... [Read more...]