Hot Stove Week in Review Nov 23-29

NEWS The White Sox have hired former MLB player Aaron Rowand to be their minor league outfield and base running instructor. Rowand had an 11 year career with 3 different teams and was an All-Star in 2007 with the Phillies. The Tigers have hired former Mariners manager Lloyd McClendon to be their manager at Triple…

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…

Hot Stove Week in Review Oct 30 – Nov 9

NEWS Kevin Youkilis announced he will retire. He played 10 years in MLB and was a 3 time All-Star. He is best known for the 9 years he spent with the Red Sox where he helped win 2 World Series Championships. After the World Series was over the Yankees contacted veteran outfielder Raul Ibanez about…

Playoff Predictions: Josh

AL WILD CARD This game is going to be hard for me to watch because my Mariners were so close to being in this game. With that being said I am picking the Royals to beat the A’s. The A’s have not looked good the last half of the season and say what you want…

Playoff Predictions: Kelly

AL WILD CARD My predictions at the beginning of the year I had the Oakland A’s making it to the ALCS but they had a huge melt down and barely backed into the 2nd Wild Card spot. After saying that, I think Oakland beats the Royals and only because they have Jon Lester starting. I’m…

September is Here

By Josh: Football season is here and you know what that means, the final run for the playoffs is upon us and playoff baseball is just around the corner. I know a lot of crazy people out there are so excited that they get to watch their favorite NFL team play once a week. I…

Craziest MLB Trade Deadline Ever

By Josh Let’s be honest, for a few hours I wasn’t able to accomplish as much as I normally do. My phone was going crazy with people tweeting like crazy about all that was going on in the MLB world. Things were absolutely crazy. Heck here is the easiest way for me to break everything…

Josh’s 2014 Predictions

With opening day officially done and every team having officially announcing their rosters and their injuries I am now ready and as confident as I’ll ever be to make my 2014 predictions. Last season I didn’t do bad, but compared to Trevor’s perfect predictions last season, I looked mediocre at best. So here I go…

Norm’s Way to Early Predictions

I normally won’t do my predictions this early. But, with all the snow we got and being cooped up for the past couple of days, I figure what the hell. So here are my pre-spring training predictions for the 2014 season. WARNING: This is subject to change after spring training. I will start with the…

Playoff Thoughts: The Championship Series

By Josh: So I went with my heart on two playoff picks and missed but my World Series picks are still alive and let’s be honest the two Championship Series look like great match ups. American League Championship Series Detroit Tigers vs. Boston Red Sox Although I would have loved to see the A’s in…