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Is Pirates Slugger Pedro Alvarez The New Adam Dunn?
In the 2008 draft, the Pittsburgh Pirates selected a player they envisioned would lock down third base for years to come and more importantly the cleanup spot in the batting order for years to come. It has been a work in progress,... More of this article »
Baseball’s Strong Connection Between Father and Son
Baseball is a tradition. It’s a religion. Baseball is history. It’s family. All of these terms get tossed around and when you’re not into the sport it gets treated like a bad love letter full of sappy romantic rhetoric... More of this article »
Mariano Rivera is a Reminder of the Greatness Behind Jackie Robinson
The number “42” has always been a weird little subtlety of the game of baseball for a Yankees’ fan. In late 1993, I started following the Yankees. The first season I can remember in any detail from start to finish... More of this article »
Jeffrey Loria is the Worst Owner in Sports
Forget about just baseball owners. Jeffrey Loria is the worst owner in all of sports. In fact Loira is such a bad owner it seems fair to draw conclusions he’s a bad person too. How else can he be so comfortable spending everyone... More of this article »
San Francisco Giants: Melky Cabrera Doesn’t Deserve a World Series Ring
Baseball is a sport, and I treat it as such. I don’t get “mad” when the Giants go on a losing streak. I don’t get “mad” when players are in slumps. I don’t even get “mad” when the Giants drop a series... More of this article »
Across the Diamond: Hot Stove League Edition #8 – Napoli, LaRoche and Leftovers
LaRoche’s destination could be tied to Napoli’s contract situation Boston Editor’s Note: Across the Diamond: Hot Stove League Edition is a new weekly column that appears on Baseball News Source every Friday and... More of this article »
Across the Diamond: Hot Stove League Edition #7 – Bourn, Swisher, LaRoche
Bourn is the premiere center fielder left on the free agent market Editor’s Note: Across the Diamond: Hot Stove League Edition is a new weekly column that appears on Baseball News Source every Friday and details free agent and... More of this article »
MLB Trend: The Shrinking Closer Market
The market for high salaried closers is shifting Once upon a time, closers like Rafael Soriano were in high demand. Draft picks carried less clout, the ninth inning was critical and it took a special kind of attitude to record those... More of this article »
Across the Diamond: Hot Stove League Edition #6 – Hamilton, Sanchez, Myers
The signing of Josh Hamilton was big news this week Editor’s Note: Across the Diamond: Hot Stove League Edition is a new weekly column that appear on Baseball News Source every Friday and details free agent and trade talk at every... More of this article »
Across the Diamond: Hot Stove League Edition #5 – Post Winter Meetings
How long can the Rays hold onto an arm like Shields Editor’s Note: Across the Diamond: Hot Stove League Edition is a new weekly column that appear on Baseball News Source every Friday and details free agent and trade talk at every... More of this article »
All Signs Point To Yankees Selling
Causing panic among Yankees’ fans is not very difficult Unlike actual New Yorkers, overreacting is the status quo. When it comes to sports, fans can become irrational and impulsive in general. When you root for a team expected... More of this article »
Should The Red Sox Trade Ellsbury Sooner Rather Than Later?
Trade Ellsbury ? The debate is rampant among Red Sox fans With the addition of Shane Victorino, the Boston Red Sox outfield is seemingly set for the 2013 campaign with the right-handed hitting Jonny Gomes and perhaps the left-handed... More of this article »
Across the Diamond: Hot Stove League Edition #4 – Non -Tendered Players
Baltimore’s Mark Reynolds was among the list of non-tendered players today Editor’s Note: Across the Diamond: Hot Stove League Edition is a new weekly column that will appear on Baseball News Source every Friday and detail... More of this article »
Across the Diamond: Hot Stove League Edition #3 – Blue Jays, Dickey, Wright
Blue Jays moves are aggressive and the team will be relevant again Editor’s Note: Across the Diamond: Hot Stove League Edition is a new weekly column that will appear on Baseball News Source every Friday and detail free agent... More of this article »
Marlins Trades Reaffirm MLB’s Laissez-Faire Indifference
“The damage to the Marlins’ ‘brand’ is impossible to calculate.” Baseball, often derided for it’s uncapped, laissez-faire player market that rewards deep pockets like the Yankees and Dodgers, is... More of this article »
Across the Diamond: Hot Stove League Edition #2 – Upton, Hamilton
Editor’s Note: Across the Diamond: Hot Stove League Edition is a new weekly column that will appear on Baseball News Source every Friday and detail free agent and trade talk at every position. Amid the annual general manager meetings... More of this article »
Across the Diamond: Hot Stove League Edition
Will the Angels strike a new deal for Zack Greinke Editor’s Note: Across the Diamond: Hot Stove League Edition is a new weekly column that will appear on Baseball News Source every Friday and detail free agent and trade talk... More of this article »
Dodgers Target Shields – Seriously, Who Don’t the Dodgers Target ?
Dodgers target Shields among others this winter As reported by our friends at Rays Index , and Mark Saxson of ESPN , The Los Angeles Dodgers, alias “Team Money Bags” have targeted Tampa Bay Rays right-hander James Shields... More of this article »
Demise of the Yankees Greatly Exaggerated
The formula for the Yankees success remains intact… The New York Yankees were dominated this season one stop short of the World Series. But was it a fluke or would they benefit from going “back to the drawing board”?... More of this article »
Yankees Go Quietly – Now The Postseason Really Begins
Yankees on the wrong side of four-game sweep in the ALCS When Jayson Nix‘s pop up settled into Prince Fielder‘s glove and the Detroit Tigers celebrated their four-game sweep of the New York Yankees and American League... More of this article »
Alex Rodriguez – Baseballs $30 Million Dollar Platoon “Player”
Rodriguez – I love the Yankees and…. Alex Rodriguez is again out of the Yankees’ starting lineup for Game 4 of the ALCS. Has Rodriguez become baseball’s $30 million platoon player? It certainly looks that... More of this article »
Past Franchise Experiences Can Benefit Yankees Now
Can the Yankees come back in this series? Players past their prime tend to struggle. If they’re not struggling, they tend to become unhealthy the older they get instead. Franchises generally try to keep as many players as possible... More of this article »
What Happened to the Pittsburgh Pirates?
Pirates – There are still two games left to lose Twelve wins. For the promises of the currently expiring five-year plan and its big-money draft picks, prospect-raking trades and hopeless free agent acquisitions, the Pirates... More of this article »
Orioles Power Takes Opener – Tie Yankees for Division Lead
Mark Reynolds Hit 2 Of Baltimore’s 6 Home Runs I was nine years old the last time the Baltimore Orioles bothered me. Let’s put it in an even stronger perspective. In 1996, when Derek Jeter‘s controversial Game One... More of this article »
Pirates – Management, Players, Fans Show Inexperience with Winning
Pirates Feeling Pressure of Pennant Race After two decades of losing baseball, the Pittsburgh Pirates are where they want to be–directly in the middle of a serious pennant race. Although the organization has taken large strides... More of this article »
Skip Bayless, White Sox, Rip Yankees
Sale struck out a season high 13 hitters and yielded just three hits and a solo home run in 7.2 innings of work. For Yankees’ fans and the team itself, the last three games have been frustrating against the Chicago White Sox.... More of this article »
Nationals Could Regret Shutting Stephen Strasburg Down
Fueled by the best record in the majors at 73-45 and boasting the best pitching staff is baseball statistically, the Washington Nationals are one of the game’s most compelling stories in 2012. Fan interest is high because the... More of this article »