Last night I got off of work, jumped into my truck and made my way to Wal-Mart to pick up a few things. About a minute into the drive I flipped to the Mariners game just to see how things were going and the first thing I hear is the score is 8-0 and I…
For the past week or two there has been a lot of talk about playing the game in an old school way. From Cole Hamels initiation of Bryce Harper with a ball in the back, to the Mets David Wright being pulled out of the game by his coach to protect him from potential retaliation…
Today I was blessed with the opportunity to watch one of the rarest occurrences in baseball, the perfect game. Today was supposed to be a day where I could sit down and watch my favorite team, the Seattle Mariners, for the first time all season and enjoy watching as some of my favorite young players…
Well its Monday and the first weekend of the season has officially come and gone and there are more then a few interesting story lines that have already popped up. Who would of guessed that the Orioles and Mets would all start the season 3-0. The Rays, Tigers and B-backs are all 3-0 as well…
I know the season is about to start but its still not too late to get your fantasy baseball team or teams in my case up and running. I have always loved baseball and I try to do anything I can that is baseball related, which is exactly why I love playing fantasy baseball. To…
A lot of people have been looking at my spring training guide that I put up a few weeks ago and so I wanted to go a little bit more in depth on the stadiums that I go to and the places I go to while in Arizona. Now I know there are people out…
During the winter, baseball fans sit around the TV watching the MLB channel hoping to hear that this off season their team pulled in that big name player that is going to shower them with World Series rings for years to come. Now things normally don’t work that easily but that doesn’t mean that the…
The casual fan doesn’t realize this but the Mariners farm system has been one of the weakest farm systems in baseball over the past 5 and even 10 years. Yes there have been some good players to come through the system such as Felix Hernandez, Adam Jones (with the Orioles), Shin-Soo Choo (with the Indians),…
Three times in my life I have had the amazing opportunity to go to Phoenix, AZ and watch spring training baseball, and through these experiences and talking with others who have gone to spring training I, along with some help from my brother-in-law, have put together a ‘plan’ on how to approach spring training. Just…
Last week Baseball America put out their Top 20 prospects list for the Northwest League and having had the opportunity to watch most of the players on that list in person this season, I wanted to throw in my two cents. Overall Opinion Making a list of prospects at this level is often a hit…
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