By Josh So the other day I put out my predictions for the playoffs but today I wanted to have some fun and not only pick my award winners for the year but also give you some predictions of what I think will happen this year. Especially after Mike Carter wrote a great post on 9…
NEWS Hall of Famer Monte Irvin passed away at the age of 96. Irvin played in both the Negro Leagues and Major Leagues. The San Diego Padres and Houston Astros will play two Spring Training games at Fray Nano in Mexico City, Mexico on March 26-27. TRANSACTIONS The Cardinals signed Korean RHP Seung-hwan OH…
NEWS The Marlins have officially announced Don Mattingly as their new manager. He received a 4 year deal. Bud Black had accepted an offer from the Nationals to become their new manager but the two couldn’t reach an agreement. The Nationals reached out to Dusty Baker and they reached an agreement to a multi-year contract.…
Opening day is just one day in a very long season but that doesn’t mean we can’t learn some important things. In fact I would dare say we learned more then we could ever have hoped for about this upcoming season. (In case you don’t figure it out there might be some sarcasm in these…
By Josh: When a lot of the ‘professional’ writers grade out how teams did over the offseason they look to determine just how much of an impact the moves made by each team will affect them during the next season. That is a perfectly valid way to grade teams but for me I’m going to…
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…
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…
NEWS Josh Willingham has announced his retirement from the MLB. He played 11 seasons for 5 teams; Marlins, Nationals, A’s, Twins and Royals. He ended his career with 195 HR’s and 632 RBI’s and won a Silver Slugger in 2012 with the Twins. The Reds have hired Kevin Towers as their new Special Assistant of…
By Josh Over the past week the rumors that Giancarlo Stanton would be signing a $300 million contract have been swirling and became official recently. A grand total of $325 million dollars over 13 years has been granted to one of the most talented young players in the game. Let me say what I always…
The voting is complete and here are the complete results counted by Kelly. Also check out his thoughts on each team. Mt. Rushmore: NL East Edition Atlanta Braves Hank Aaron (21 votes) Greg Maddux (20 votes) Chipper Jones (19 votes) Warren Spahn (8 votes) Other receiving votes: John Smoltz (7), Tom Glavine (6), Bobby Cox…
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