Hot Stove Week in Review Dec 19-25
I hope everyone had a great Holiday season and a Merry Christmas. With New Year’s right around the corner, Pitchers and Catchers begin reporting February 12th. Most teams still have…
Hot Stove Week in Review Dec 9-18
NEWS The Twins RHP prospect Yorman Landa passed away on Dec 9th. The cause of death was a car accident. Landa’s father was driving and his car struck a fallen…
White Sox Reloaded!
By: Mike The annual Winter Meetings concluded last week, and the team at the center of the action was, for once, my beloved Chicago White Sox. There seems to be little doubt…
Winter Meetings Thursday Recap
A very slow Thursday at the Winter Meetings as everyone was packing up and heading home. Lots of the top free agents are still available (Encarnacion, Turner, Jansen, Bautista, Trumbo,…
Winter Meetings Wednesday Recap
NEWS They announced this year’s winner of the Ford C. Frick Award for excellence in baseball broadcasting and the winner is Bill King. He was the radio voice for the…
Winter Meetings Tuesday Recap
NEWS The BBWAA passed a measure today mandating that all Hall of Fame ballots be made public starting in 2018. The Yankees announced that Derek Jeter’s number 2 will be…
Winter Meetings Sunday and Monday Recap
NEWS The 16 member Today’s Game Era Committee voted in John Schuerholz (16 votes) and Allen Bud Selig (15 votes) into the Baseball Hall of Fame. Lou Piniella came up…
Hot Stove Week in Review Nov 28- Dec 3
NEWS The Twins have announced they will hire former players Torii Hunter, Michael Cuddyer and LaTroy Hawkins as special assistants to the front office. Eduardo Perez is replacing Omar Vizquel…
The Case for Manny Ramirez
By: William Earl Robinson Jr. This year is probably one of the most interesting votes in hall of fame history. Why? Well there are one hundred fewer voters this year…