Perusing the internet as I do, I came across the latest piece by Sports Illustrated‘s Tom Verducci, which was a very interesting read. The best-selling author discussed young pitchers in the major leagues and claimed many have been overworked by their ... (Continue reading)
Some professional athletes just can’t say goodbye to the game. Quarterback Brett Favre won’t go away. He should have hung up his spikes when his days with Green Bay came to a close. But, even in his late 30s, he ... (Continue reading)
The San Francisco Giants are champions of the baseball world. Celebrating with Cody Ross near the on-deck circle as the ball curved over the wall, Andres Torres said to his fellow San Francisco Giant, “He told me he was going to ... (Continue reading)
Baseball is a game of inches. Defensive alignment can be the difference between a snared liner and a double in the gap. Whether a pitch is inside enough or not can be the difference between a sawed off pop-up and ... (Continue reading)
Games like this make baseball the greatest sport there is. Playoff baseball at its best, with one team trying to reach the World Series for the first time since the Barry Bonds era and the other attempting to keep their ... (Continue reading)
When Philadelphia Phillies manager Charlie Manuel walked to the mound in the eighth inning, talked with his starting pitcher, and walked back to the dugout, as a San Francisco Giants fan I was hoping this would be his Grady Little ... (Continue reading)
Troy Tulowitzki has been in a historic zone for the Colorado Rockies. Carlos Gonzalez has had an unbelievable year for the Colorado Rockies, but despite hitting a ridiculous .467 this month, he isn’t even the most publicized player on his terrific ... (Continue reading)
The San Francisco Giants and Los Angeles Dodgers has always been a rivalry, a fierce and entertaining one at that, while the Tampa Bay Rays and New York Yankees have come to form a partnership of hate, fighting for the ... (Continue reading)
In 1995, the owner of the Oakland Athletics, Walter Hass Jr., died. Successors Stephen Scott and Ken Hofman had watched Hass spend an abundant amount of money on players, and they wanted to go into an entirely different direction. The duo ... (Continue reading)
There have been many memorable home-runs hit in major league baseball history. There was Bill Mazerowski’s shot in the bottom of the ninth inning in Game Seven of the 1960 World Series; Carlton Fisk’s in the 1975 World Series, waiving it ... (Continue reading)