Buster Posey
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50 Ways to Pick an All-Star Team
Major League Baseball released the All Star Ballots obscenely early this year, about 3 weeks into the season. Below is a link from April 24th. @ mlbonfox @ allstargame it's too early — Bobby Aguilera (@BobbyAguilera)…
Wins Above Replacement / 600 Plate Appearances
Look in the mirror. You'll see a person who would click on an article titled: Wins Above Replacement / 600 Plate Appearances . Anyone with an opinion on what it is "to blog" will say that readership numbers vary…
Who Should Win the MVP?
Buster Olney got it started early this morning... In the wide open AL Cy Young race, the frontrunners from here look to be: 1. Felix Hernandez. 2. Verlander. 3. Weaver. As of today. — Buster Olney (@Buster_ESPN) August…
Pujols Knows Futility
It's been well documented that Albert Pujols is struggling to adapt to the American League. Most of us know he has yet to hit a homerun. After a base on balls in the 8th inning of tonight's game, he's currently in an…
Fantasy Baseball: Catchers
At this time last year, I was readjusting to life in NYC after a three-week holiday in rural Bali. Two years ago, I wrote this piece from Valdelagrana, Spain. It's easy to miss Valdelagrana... Our criteria this year…
Popping Your 20 HR Cherry
In the past week, I had the pleasure of meeting Lorraine Bracco and Greg Kelly at separate occasions. They were both very nice, even after I may have allegedly ganked Lorraine Bracco's seat at Diane von Furstenberg's…
Rookie of the Year Ballots
It occurred to us last night that at the conclusion of this year's regular season, we posted our picks for the Cy Young and MVP winners but failed to enter a ballot for the AL and NL Rookies of the Year. I guess R.O.Y.…
SF Giants Chapmionship Parade
Last year, we were lucky enough to attend the New York Yankees championship parade in the Canyon of Heroes. Here is a link to our photographic retrospection from 12 months ago. It felt cool because I took all of the…
World Series Preview
The only thing we know for sure is that Bengie Molina will be winning a World Series ring this year. Most of you probably know this by now, but it bears repeating because it's pretty cool. After everybody's…
The Bright Future of Logan Morrison
We can't be the only ones who are beyond excited about the prospects of Logan Morrison's future. Can we? Sure, his friends and family are thrilled for him. There are probably about eleven thousand hard core Marlins fans…
Aug 31 MLB Predictions
It's late in the season, and it's a shame that it looks and feels like a good number of teams really have no chance at the postseason. According to coolstandings , Eighteen teams have less than a 5% chance at the…
Pictures: NL Rookies
We've been blessed with exciting rookies this year. Just the National League has a
Prospect Spotlight w/Reggie
Back in the glory days of Sports Talk radio in the mid-90s, we would sometimes try to make White Sox fans sound even more like complete morons than they really are. Before the days of caller ID, and thus before spoof ,…
Another Natural: Carlos Santana
Just a quick note this evening... Doesn't Carlos Santana "look" like a good hitter? I'm not talking about the gaudy minor league stats , his minor league MVP awards (plural), nor his successful start in his first three…
Newest Good Friend: Buster Posey
We dropped Matsuzaka and picked up Gerald Demp "Buster" Posey . According to Andrew Baggarly, of the San Jose Mercury News ... A very good source just told me that the Giants will recall a position player before…
Cocktail Party Ammo
In case anyone has plans to attend a cocktail party in the next couple of days, here are a few conversation starters that are sure to keep your fellow party goers entertained and enlightened. - It looks like the Yankees…
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