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 [...]
The NL West……….Best Division in Baseball?
By: sbooth64 | Thursday July 29th, 2010
Let the Real Games Begin
By: sbooth64 | Tuesday June 29th, 2010
By Steven Booth The Red Sox should be sending Thank You cards to the NL West for pretty much putting them back in the AL East race. They got to avoid the hot Padres, they swept the Dodgers and the Diamondbacks, took 2 out of 3 from the Giants, and suffered their only bump in [...]
The Sea of Red
By: sbooth64 | Thursday June 24th, 2010
By Steven Booth The scariest thing about the Dodgers fifth straight loss was not that they were now tied for fourth place with the Rockies, it’s not that Charlie Haegar is the only thing standing between the Dodgers and another sweep, nor is it the cold shower effect that AL teams have on Dodger bats. [...]
Tulowitski’s Injury Puts Rockies in a Splint
By: sbooth64 | Saturday June 19th, 2010
By Steven Booth This was going to be Troy Tulowitski’s year. After a sophmore-slump style, injury-riddled 2008 followed by a very effective 2009, it looked like Tulowitski was going to lead the young and talented Rockies to the promised land. They were even talking MVP. This year has gone how the Rockies have gone. Solid, but [...]
Reality Bites: The NL West Approaches Midseason
By: sbooth64 | Monday June 7th, 2010
By Steven Booth Here we are at the one-third mark. The bleary-eyed optimism of the early season is over. Some of the winners, however unlikely, are beginning to establish themselves. Some of the contenders and almost-contenders are rubbing their chins, checking their pocketbooks, and eyeballing the trade bait, wondering if they can upgrade themselves to [...]
