BIG Questions Loom For All AL Contenders
Friday, March 31st, 2006It’s a BIG weekend: tomorrow the Final Four taps off, Sunday morning we gain an hour of sunlight, Sunday night the baseball season kicks off in Chicago (CWS v CLE), Monday is Opening Day, and Monday night is the college basketball championship game.
America… what a country!!
With the baseball season getting underway on Sunday, let’s [...]
Sox On Precipice Of Locking Up Ortiz
Friday, March 31st, 2006A member of David Ortiz’ family has told ESPNdeportes that Big Papi is about to sign a contract extension for four years and $50 million… an average of $12.5 million per year from 2007 to 2010. Ortiz is in the second year of a two-year, $12.5 million contract that will pay him [...]
Fantasy Baseball: Top Ten AL Prospects For Your Farm Team Drafts
Friday, March 31st, 2006Many fantasy baseball auctions and drafts will take place this weekend and next Saturday. I have written numerous articles concerning top position players, by position, and top prospects, by organization… and today, I provide my Top Ten Overall AL Prospects. [NOTE: If readers want to expedite reading my fantasy baseball articles, click on the [...]
Red Sox Have Mohr Options With Re-Assignment To Pawtucket
Friday, March 31st, 2006Dustan Mohr has accepted re-assignment to AAA Pawtucket.
The utility outfielder, who arrived in camp expecting to make the Red Sox as a 4th or 5th outielder and right-handed pinch-hitter, leaves the big league club with some disappointment, knowing that he did everything he could do to make the team out of Spring Training (Mohr hit [...]
Red Sox, Wakefield Lose to Reds, Arroyo… 4-0
Thursday, March 30th, 2006Bronson Arroyo faced his old team for the first time since being traded for Wily Mo Pena… and if he pitches the rest of the year the way he pitched today, the Red Sox may end up regretting the trade.
Arroyo shut out the Red Sox for seven innings today, allowing three hits and a walk [...]
A Message to Leonard Moore: Shut Your Pie Hole!
Thursday, March 30th, 2006In today’s issue of USA Today, Leonard Moore, director of African and African-American Studies at LSU, stated that he believes the impending investigation into the use of steroids among players in Major League Baseball is motivated by racism.
Are you kidding me? Hey, Len… there is an old saw: keep your mouth shut and let people [...]
Tavarez Suspended
Thursday, March 30th, 2006Red Sox pitcher Julian Tavarez has been fined and suspended (for 10 days) by Major League Baseball for “his violent and unsportsmanlike actions” with respect to his joust with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays outfielder Joey Gathright earlier this week.
MLB disciplinarian Bob Watson was unable to locate any film of the incident to assess Tavarez’ [...]
“NOTHING Is More Important Than The Integrity Of The Game”
Thursday, March 30th, 2006So said Commissioner Bud Selig at his press conference today in NYC…
With that statement, Bud Selig confirmed the rumors that have been circulating all week… he announced that Major League Baseball is initiating a formal investigation into allegations that The National Pasttime has been infected with the disease of illegal performance-enhancing supplements for — at [...]
MLB To Investigate Bonds, Steroids
Wednesday, March 29th, 2006ESPN is reporting that George Mitchell, former U.S. Senate majority leader (D-ME), will lead MLB’s investigation into steroid use by major-league players, most prominently Barry Bonds.
Mitchell, a 1954 graduate of my alma mater (Bowdoin College, in Brunswick, ME) and Georgetown University Law Center (1960), served in the US Senate from 1980 - 1995, and as [...]
Red Sox Beat Pirates, 3-2; Schilling ‘OK’ In Final Tuneup
Wednesday, March 29th, 2006In his final outing before Opening Day, Curt Schilling allowed two runs on six hits and a walk in four innings today in the Red Sox’ 3-2 win against Pittsburgh in Fort Myers.
Reliever Keith Foulke pitched a scoreless inning, allowing one hit, in his third major league game of the spring… and Rudy Seanez pitched [...]
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