Jamie Moyer is Old
Jamie Moyer - Pitcher, Hunter, and Gatherer Quite frankly, the “Jamie Moyer is old” meme has replaced the “Yadier Molina is slow” meme which was preceded by the “Adam Dunn whiffs a lot” meme. At age...
View ArticleThe Roy Oswalt Watch
Oswalt Watch Roy Oswalt hath descended from the mountaintops to declare himself available to pitch for the right team and presumably, the right price. Thank goodness, because I was just sitting in a...
View ArticleOrganizational Outlook: Boston Red Sox
Xander Bogaerts This is part two of thirty in the Organizational Outlook series. For those of you interested in minor league baseball, and I know you are out there, keeping up with all the top players...
View ArticleKangaroo Court: When This Baby Hits Colby Lewis…
With my 2nd weekly column, I told my boss here at FSBB that I’d like to write about baseball. He asked me what area I wanted to focus on. I said just baseball. I like everything about it. The game,...
View ArticlePittsburgh Pirates Working on 20th Year of Futility
WC Standings (from ESPN) The last time the Pittsburgh Pirates finished with a record above .500 Barry Bonds was skinny, George H. W. Bush was the President of the United States, and Miley Cyrus had not...
View ArticleYou’ve Done It Again Mr. Selig
So we have officially been through Bud Selig’s first ever one-game, Wild Card games and I have to say, as something of a baseball purist, I was a bit iffy going in. But here’s the thing, I actually...
View ArticleThe More Things Change…
…the more they stay the same. The LCS match-ups are set. Yankees-Tigers, Cardinals-Giants. Ho-hum. Now, while these are not heated rivalries and these teams do not have a ton of recent playoff history...
View ArticleDear Yankee Fans … I might have spoken too soon.
Remember, when I said “Dear Yankee Fans…. Chill Out”? Maybe, I spoke too quickly. The 12th inning cast a very different pallor on a relatively young ALCS last night. As the Yankees’ future Hall of Fame...
View ArticleThe 1988 Cleveland Indians And The Greatest Question In Bar Trivia History…Ever
This week at Winter Meetings, Ron Washington got a pop quiz. “Four other members of your 1988 club are now current Major League managers, just like you. Can you name them?” The Rangers skipper,...
View Article“Astro”nomical Silver Linings
Spring Training is right around the corner and with the coming of Spring Training, comes hope. Yes, that’s right. Spring Training is where hope springs eternal. Everyone is preparing for the upcoming...
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