By Steven Booth Despite T.J. Simers of the Los Angeles Times (with some justification) knocking the Dodgers’ thrift store approach to signing free agents, it still must be said that they are actually trying to get better. Not Red Sox or Phillies or even Nationals better, but better. All things considered, that still may be [...]
The not so wild, wild, but still wide-open NL West
By: sbooth64 | Friday December 17th, 2010
The Mexican standoff at the top, more drama in L.A. and the DBacks get better
By: sbooth64 | Wednesday September 22nd, 2010
By Steven Booth This is one exciting race in the NL West. You have the veteran Giants holding a slim lead at the top. They didn’t blink when the Padres ran out in frontof the race, and the veteran team is becoming harder to argue with to win it all. Barry Zito has come out [...]
The Dodgers are the cure of all that ails.
By: sbooth64 | Tuesday September 7th, 2010
By Steven Booth The Giants came into last weekend in a tailspin. While still in the race, it was mostly due to the Padres’ freefall and the Phillies’ seeming unwillingness to run away with the wildcard. What few hitters they have are slumping, Barry Zito ran out of his magic dust and it looks like [...]
After the deadline, heading into September, the west has been won
By: sbooth64 | Friday August 20th, 2010
By Steven Booth I’m sure everyone knows somebody (out here in L.A. at least) who has a strangely new-looking Adrian Gonzales jersey, who says they’ve been a fan of the Padres since 1971, and they’ve always beleived the Padres were the team to beat, not only in the NL West, but in the National League [...]
The NL West……….Best Division in Baseball?
By: sbooth64 | Thursday July 29th, 2010
By Steven Booth The trade deadline and the dog days of August close in like hungry weasels. And the best record in the National league belongs to…………………..The Padres?!?. Hmmmmm. Everyone except Adrian Gonzales got that one wrong. Looks like Padre management will have to put away their “fire sale” signs. The wildcard is………………The Giants!. So [...]
