| This Just In: Ankiel has an Arm! |
| It's
always been known that St. Louis Cardinals Outfielder Rick Ankiel has
an arm, but last night solified that belief to any non-believers. |
| Zito
Back in the Rotation |
| The San Francisco Giants are
sending their team's biggest drain on their budget back into the
rotation. |
| Changes in
Seattle |
| The
Seattle Mariners made a couple major changes to their club yesterday as
they designated two for assignment and called up a couple of
hard-hitting prospects. |
| Let's go
see the Cubs at Tootsie Roll Park! |
| The
Illinois Sports Facilities Authority is close to a deal to purchase
Wrigley Field from the Tribune Company. Part of the financing
would come from the sale of the partial naming rights to Wrigley Field. |
| Granderson
the Key? |
| Has anyone noticed that in the
six games that Granderson has played since coming off the DL, that the
Tigers are 4-2? |
| Dan Johnson
Passes Through Waivers |
| Dan Johnson has made it
through waivers for the Tampa Rays and will report to Triple-A.
Hello Sabean, you awake?! |
| Wayne
Krivsky Fired |
| Wayne Krivsky was fired in a
somewhat surprising move. Was he any good as GM of the Reds? |
| Are Prince
Fielder's Days Numbered? |
| Over
the off-season Prince Fielder let it be known that he wasn't happy with
his pre-arbitration raise. Could he end up out of Milwaukee
relatively soon? |
| Frank
Thomas Released |
| Frank Thomas was released
April 20th by the Toronto Blue Jays. What does this mean for
Thomas and the Jays? |
| Longoria
Signs Record Breaking Contract |
| Six games and 20 at-bats of
major league experience Evan Longoria gets a nine-year contract.
WHAT?!!??! |
| Misc Notes:
Kotchman has Heads-Up Play |
| While watching baseball
wednesday night, I came across a good heads-up play by Casey Kotchman. |
| Over
Spilled Milk: Walker for Ochoa |
| In another edition of Over
Spilled Milk, I look back on the Todd Walker trade of 2001. |
| Giants don't want Johnson |
| Fans
and
media outlets alike believe that the San Francisco Giants are
needing to do a complete rebuild of their team from the ground up. Yet it doesn’t look like
Giants’ GM Brian
Sabean has fully bought into that. |
| Cox Pulls Interesting Move |
| Last
Thursday
(April 3rd) the Atlanta Braves’
Manager, Bobby Cox, pulled a move that I’ve never even heard of before. |
| Brian Bannister Shines |
| Brian
Bannister continued his effective pitching from 2007 into this season
with his first start by not giving up a run versus a powerful Detroit
Tiger offense. |
| This just in....Gomez is Fast! |
| While watching a few opening
day games, I came across a Twins game. Carlos Gomez really
caught my eye. |
| 2008
Fearless Predictions |
|
Every year the major media
outlets make their "bold" predictions as to who will win it
all. I go a step further and predict the final standings and
some other predictions along the way. |
| 2008
Season Preview |
|
The Baseball Opinion 2008
Season Preview is here! Although it is a great source for
information about each team, the best part about it is.....IT'S
FREE!!!! Download it today! |
| Trade
Bait: Braves Ship out Yates |
|
The Atlanta Braves have
reduced their surplus of bullpen arms without options remaining today
by trading Tyler Yates to the Pittsburgh Pirates. |
| Trade
Bait: Reds need a Catcher |
|
David Ross' back and
batting average last season have drawn the rumors that the Reds are in
the market for a catcher. |
| I'm
Baaaaaack |
|
After a long hiatus, I'm back
in the saddle. |
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