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),…
Here in the Northwest the weather is still cold and rain is seen more often then the sun, but yet there is still hope that is arising. The greatest sign that summer is just around the corner has finally got here, Spring Training has officially begun. I know that many people can become depressed during…
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…
Fans are what make sports special. Players can play all they want but if no one is there to watch them then all that they accomplish is only known to themselves. It is when the fans stand to their feet and cheer as an outfielder jogs into the dugout after making a diving catch, or…
After taking a few weeks to try to catch up on my school work, getting used to a new job, and happily announcing that I will be a dad in April, I felt it was finally time to start a series that is easily going to be one of my all time favorite topics to…
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…
For the past few months there have been rumors that next season there will be two Wild Card teams that will make the playoffs in each league instead of the current state where one from each league makes it. To this I simply say “WHY?” The final day of the 2011 regular season is the…
For those of you who know me personally you know that writing about baseball isn’t something I do because I’m bored, but instead its something I do because of how much the game of baseball means to me. Most of the pictures of me from the ages of 4 to 15 are me with a…
There are few things more exciting for a die hard baseball fan then to stand on a professional baseball field and just enjoy the moment. For the last two summers I have been given the opportunity to do just that on an almost daily basis. Although over those two seasons I grew used to walking…
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