I make no bones about the fact that I am not a Brian Sabean fan. Yes, the Giants won the World Series in 2010, but that has a lot more to do with player development than anything he has done ... (Continue reading)
Josh Byrnes is getting a second crack at being a general manager and he must be grateful for the mess that was dropped in his lap. Coming into the Winter Meetings, he was without a closer, much of an offense ... (Continue reading)
The Winter Meetings are over. Like the Christmas season, the build-up to the Winter Meetings leaves some excited about the gifts under the tree and others envious of the gifts their friends got.The Oakland Athletics are in the second category as ... (Continue reading)
Technically, this is not a preview since the Los Angeles Dodgers are one of the few teams to actually make moves at MLB's winter meetings yesterday.The Dodgers have been hard at work filling in their bench and the back of ... (Continue reading)
We continue the fantasy baseball series with center field. The series has been well received in terms of comments. Many have raised good questions and questioned my sanity along the way. All points of view are fair—this is a reminder ... (Continue reading)
Brian Sabean is the luckiest man in sports. Colin Powell once said of George H.W. Bush that "he was born on third base and thinks he hit a triple." The same could be said of Sabean.There is nothing worse than ... (Continue reading)
The 2010 Padres were the talk of the league. No, they didn't win the NL West as it turned out, but they surprised everyone by being the best team in that division for most of the season. Then, they began ... (Continue reading)
One has to feel sorry for every Los Angeles Dodgers employee right now. Working for the Dodgers used to be the same source of pride that being a New York Yankee, Los Angeles Laker or Dallas Cowboys employee was. Sure, ... (Continue reading)