From the monthly archives:
By Thom Henninger On Saturday, Cubs right-hander Carlos Silva struck out a career-high 11 and improved to 7-0 with a masterful 5-0 victory over St. Louis. The 31-year-old veteran, who allowed just two hits and didn’t walk a batter over seven innings, worked ahead in the count consistently all afternoon. It’s difficult to say what [...]
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By James Bailey Each spring book stores are inundated with a new crop of baseball books. Nearly all are non-fiction. In fact, it’s hard to find baseball novels in your average book store, as most of them are released by small publishers who don’t typically land most of their titles in Barnes & Noble, etc. [...]
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By Thom Henninger Detroit rookie Austin Jackson had a terrific spring in Florida after being the key pickup from the Yankees in December’s Curtis Granderson trade. Going into the season, there was little doubt Jackson was ready defensively, but it didn’t seem like a wise decision when Tigers manager Jim Leyland anointed him his leadoff [...]
By Jeremy Tiermini In fantasy baseball, the two-month mark is a good time for owners to take a hard look at the players on their rosters; owners should look at their team’s statistics to identify where they have weaknesses. Over the next few articles, I will take a look at each position, identifying which players [...]
By Jeremy Tiermini “People ask me what I do in winter when there’s no baseball. I’ll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring.” –Rogers Hornsby As I have gotten older and more responsible (supposedly…I mean, I think that I am more responsible since I have become a father) [...]
By James Bailey In this era of free agency and spiraling contracts that force teams to move hometown heroes, we romanticize the rare player who spends his entire career with the same team. Cal Ripken would never have looked right in anything but an Orioles uniform. George Brett will always be a Royal, and Derek [...]
By Thom Henninger The Toronto Blue Jays hit six home runs in Arizona Friday night. . . and lost. That’s hard to do, but all six homers were solo shots and the Jays came up short, 8-6 to the Diamondbacks. If there was a team likely to do that, it would have to be the [...]
By Thom Henninger For a hitter, getting ahead in the count provides an opportunity to look for a certain pitch or to narrow the strike zone and look for a pitch in a certain location. Theoretically, the best counts for a power-hitter are 2-0 and 3-1. So, do today’s sluggers tee off most frequently when [...]
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By James Bailey The Stephen Strasburg show came to Rochester this week. Twice. When it was announced late last week that the top pitching prospect in the minor leagues would be facing the Red Wings, tickets for Tuesday night’s game at Frontier Field began flying out of the box office. By Monday the Wings were [...]
