What Baseball Means to Me by Robb Buzzini

By: Robb Buzzini As I sit here during the Opening week of the 2016 Major League baseball season I realize that baseball means to me that there is always a tomorrow. There is always another pitch, another at bat, another chance in the field, another start, a new beginning, always a chance at redemption. I…

9 Bold Predictions for the 2016 Season

By: Mike Carter I was asked to make nine bold predictions for the upcoming 2016 season. I’ve thought long and hard and hope to have you scratching your head or turning your eyes going, “what is this guy thinking? The Chicago winter rotted his brain!” So here goes nothing:   1.) The Cubs will not…

Hot Stove Week in Review Jan 4-10

NEWS The BBWAA elected two new Hall of Famers. Ken Griffey Jr. (99.3) highest % ever and Mike Piazza (83.0). The next closest were Jeff Bagwell (71.6), Tim Raines (69.8), Trevor Hoffman (67.3), Curt Schilling (52.3), Roger Clemens (45.2), Barry Bonds (44.3), Edgar Martinez (43.4), Mike Mussina (43.0), Alan Trammell (40.9), Lee Smith (34.1), Fred…

My Team Offseason Awards

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…

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…

Baseball Memories

By Kelly, Over the past week I have had a few opportunity to spend some time with my family at a couple different baseball venues. What came of it was 2 memories that I will never forget and I hope my girls won’t either. Memory #1 Last Tuesday I took my middle daughter Malia to…

Mt. Rushmore: NL West Edition

It has been a few weeks since we updated everyone on the results of the Mt Rushmore voting but we are back at it.  Kelly includes his thoughts on the voting along with every vote that was tallied. Arizona Diamondbacks Randy Johnson (15 votes) Luis Gonzalez (14 votes) Matt Williams (11 votes) Curt Schilling (9…

July Is Here Already

By Josh: The midway point of the season in terms of games played has come and gone and I can’t believe how fast the season is going. Since the regular season has started I have made it to one Mariner game, one Salem-Keizer Volcanoes game, and one Cowlitz Black Bears game. (I did go to…