The Giants sent catcher Bengie Molina to Texas today for RHP reliever Chris Ray and a player to be named later in a deal that developed very quickly. Giants management is extremely good at keeping trade negotiations secret until a ... (Continue reading)
When a town's citizen receives the call to the Bigs, his hometown usually goes crazy. He gets a parade, streets are named after him, the whole deal. But what happens when the local neighborhood kid is playing for the local ... (Continue reading)
The Raiders have had a pretty busy off-season so far. They revamped the defensive front seven, brought in a new QB, and added depth to nearly every position. Conventional wisdom would suggest that the Raiders still have, at least, one more ... (Continue reading)
If you are going to read this article I need you to stop laughing right now. I know what you are thinking, "Here we go again, the Raiders added some players and just like every year the fans think they ... (Continue reading)
Raider Nation appears to be sleeping on Louis Murphy so far. Most of the talk has been about this offseason and for good reason. "Big" John Henderson, Rolando McClain, and Lamarr Houston are now in Oakland to stop the run. The Raiders now have a legitimate quarterback in ... (Continue reading)
The grades are in as we approach the halfway mark of the 2010 season. What teams have lived up to the hype in the American League West, and which have laid an egg and why? Here is a team-by-team breakdown recapping the ... (Continue reading)
I was looking at the box score of the Giants-Dodgers game today, and aside from the fact that the Dodgers are thumping the Giants, I noticed that Jamey Carroll was having a big day (2-for-2 with a couple of walks ... (Continue reading)
Nobody can accuse me of being hypercritical of the San Francisco Giants' management, including the Bay Area's two most bullet-ridden targets. For all his warts, I've always believed general manager Brian Sabean's gotten more heat than is justifiable. Meanwhile, Bruce Bochy got ... (Continue reading)
Many NFL fans, when encouraged, will immediately rank the 1985 Chicago Bears with its 18-1 record as the best team in the XLV years of the Super Bowl super era. These '85 Bears could outscore any team, but it was ... (Continue reading)
At the beginning of the 2009 season, it looked like Travis Outlaw was on his way to a big deal once free agency hit in 2010. A regular off the Blazers' bench, Outlaw was primed to show he could be a ... (Continue reading)