Atlanta Braves 2012 Offseason Recap and Preview
The Braves’ story of 2011 should have been their historically great bullpen back three: Sadly, it was their semi-historically great collapse at the end of the season: Grade: D Notable Additions:...
View ArticleLos Angeles Dodgers 2012 Offseason Recap and Preview
For the Dodgers, it was the year of the star player. First there wa Andre Eithier making noise with his big hitting streak at the beginning of the year: Then there was Matt Kemp with extraordinary...
View ArticleSan Diego Padres 2012 Offseason Recap and Preview
Lost in the Red Sox’s collapse was how well Adrian Gonzalez did on the Red Sox. Even more lost was how devastated the Padres were without him. Let us not forget, this was the team dominating the NL...
View ArticleArizona Diamondbacks 2012 Offseason Recap and Preview
For so many years prior, the Diamonbacks had always been the team “with the talent to break through”. Finally in 2011, under the hands of Kirk Gibson, they did break through and won the division title:...
View ArticleColorado Rockies 2012 Offseason Recap and Preview
Last year was not a good one for the health of the Rockies: Grade: C Notable Additions: Michale Cuddyer, Casey Blake, Tyler Chatwood, Tyler Colvin, Jeremy Guthrie, D.J. Le Mahieu, Guillermo...
View ArticleSan Francisco Giants 2012 Offseason Recap and Preview
So, Brian, what happened last year? Grade: F Notable Additions: Angel Pagan, Melky Cabrera, Clay Hensley, and Ryan Theriot. Notable Subtractions: Carlos Beltran, Pat Burrell, Orlando Cabrera, Mark...
View ArticleObserving Baseball’s Two-Year Anniversary
Sorry it’s two days late– given October 13th was Observing Baseball’s two-year anniversary– (YouTube was giving me problems uploading it, FOUR TIMES) but this is a video tribute-type thing I did for...
View Article5/25/13 Braves at Mets: Citi Field
So after the adventure I had gone through the previous game, and the state I awoke in, I feel as though I shouldn’t have been in the mood to go back to Citi Field any time soon, but so I did. I woke up...
View Article6/1/13 Tigers at Orioles: Camden Yards
Wanna see my view more or less as the gates of Camden Yards opened? While Avi and I had gotten to the train station at a time that normally would have gotten us to the gates by the time they opened–and...
View Article8/21/13 Rays at Orioles: Camden Yards
Again my day did not get off to a good start. But unlike the previous day, it didn’t get all that much better during batting practice. So when I got to Gate H, I kept expecting other ballhawks to be...
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