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 [...]
Reality Bites: The NL West Approaches Midseason
By: sbooth64 | Monday June 7th, 2010
The Red-Hot Padres: The Vultures Need Somewhere Else to Feed
By: sbooth64 | Sunday April 25th, 2010
By Steven Booth You know the vultures are circling when they pick you last in the NL West. You know the fans aren’t overwhelmed with confidence when the team’s owner replied “no” to a reporter’s query about signing your superstar to a contract worthy of his market value. Take a wild guess about who the [...]
Opening Day in the NL West- According to Script (Well… …Except for the Dodgers)
By: sbooth64 | Tuesday April 6th, 2010
By Steven Booth You gotta love Opening Day. Baseball on TV, everywhere you look. ESPN was so hyped about it they actually showed a game with the Cincinnati Reds in it. Actually, anytime that ESPN shows anybody except the Yankees and/or Red Sox, you have to be shocked. On the left coast, in that other [...]
2010 MLB Predictions
By: Tony Bosma | Monday April 5th, 2010
Welcome to the 2010 Major League Baseball season. If you haven’t had enough predictions in your life already, here are more (and really the only ones that matter). *Denotes World Series team Tony Bosma AL MVP – Evan Longoria, NL MVP – Ryan Howard, AL Cy Young – CC Sabathia, NL Cy Young – Tim [...]
National League West Preview
By: sbooth64 | Friday April 2nd, 2010
Dodgers Playing Not to Lose, the Hungry Rockies, Pitching-Rich Giants, Power-Happy DBacks, and a Cautionary Tale About How Divorces Tear Teams Apart By Steven Booth The NL West is one of the weaker divisions in baseball. You have the Dodgers, maybe the Rockies and a slew of middle market teams in various stages of re-building [...]
