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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
