Hot Stove Week in Review Dec 29 – Jan 4

With the Holidays and New Year’s over let’s hope the Hot Stove starts to heat up again. Still a few big free agents left in Max Scherzer and James Shields. Also a few teams still have an overabundance of outfielders and will need to make trades, Padres and Red Sox, just to need a few.…

2014 In Review

2014 was full of changes for the 9 Inning Know It All crew. Josh moved back to his hometown of Longview, WA, Norm got married, and Kelly…well he has 3 daughters so crazy is a better word to describe his year.  Through it all we have enjoyed sharing our thoughts about baseball with everyone. Check…

The Case for Edgar Martinez

(Kelly’s Thoughts) Everyone here in the Pacific Northwest knows that Edgar Martinez belongs in the Hall of Fame. Will he ever get there I don’t know but I asked a friend of mine who is a big supporter of Edgar to write a little something on why he thinks he is a Hall of Famer. By Aaron…

Hot Stove Week in Review Dec 22-28

I hope everyone had a great Holiday season and a Merry Christmas. With New Year right around the corner Pitchers and Catchers begin reporting February 18th. Teams still have a lot of work to do with January and February beginning where teams add depth and many important pieces. Here’s to your team adding the player…

Hot Stove Week in Review Dec 12-21

NEWS LaTroy Hawkins of the Rockies announced on the MLB Network that the 2015 season will be his last. It will be his 21st season in the show. He played with 10 different teams spending a majority of his career with the Twins. Jon Lester of the Cubs picked to wear #34 because he is…

Winter Meeting Recap Thursday

NEWS The 2015 Winter Meetings will be in Nashville and in 2016 they will be in Washington D.C. TRANSACTIONS The Dodgers signed free agent RHP Brandon McCarthy to a 4 year/$48 million contract. The Angels acquired INF Josh Rutledge from the Rockies. The Rockies received PHP Jairo Diaz. The Padres acquired OF Matt Kemp, C…

Winter Meeting Recap Wednesday

NEWS They announced this year’s winner of the Ford C. Frick Award for excellence in baseball broadcasting and the winner is Dick Enberg of the San Diego Padres. He worked with the Angels from 1969-1978 and has been with the Padres since 2010. The Texas Rangers have placed Seattle Seahawks QB Russell Wilson on their…