By James Bailey This year marks the 102nd anniversary of the Chicago Cubs’ last World Series championship. Suffice it to say, the game has changed nearly as much as the team’s fortunes since then, when they were the three-time defending National League pennant winners and had just won back-to-back World Series. George R. Matthews recounts [...]
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By James Bailey The Cubs had to unload Milton Bradley. He was damaged goods in Chicago after incidents that led to his suspension at the end of last season. With two years left on Bradley’s three-year, $30 million deal, Cubs GM Jim Hendry had no choice but to move one of the worst contracts he’d [...]
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By Bill Begley Next to New York (and in a neck-and-neck race with Philadelphia), maybe the hottest spotlight with the most learned and committed audience in the major leagues is in Boston. Up there, the “Sawks” aren’t merely a baseball team, they’re a religion.
By Bill Begley There is a difference between a streak and a surge. The Washington Nationals are on a streak – an eight-game winning streak, to be exact, which barely qualifies as news since the “streak” managed to lift the “Nats” to a resounding 40-72 for the season.
By Michael Cooper With the All-Star break just three days away, players and coaches alike are no doubt ready for a few days off. While they may have relaxation on their mind, there’s no time to relax these weekend. The games still count – especially for teams playing division rivals. There are two big Central [...]
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By James Bailey Who would have figured last December that Mark DeRosa could have such an impact on the standings in the NL Central? On New Year’s Eve, the Cubs dealt the super utility man, in the final year of his contract, to Cleveland for three pitching prospects. That same day Chicago signed Aaron Miles [...]
By James Bailey Four first-rounders, including two of the top 10 players selected in the MLB draft Tuesday night, will be playing in the College World Series in Omaha, starting this weekend. All of the games will be televised on ESPN and ESPN2, giving fans an opportunity to catch these prospects in action before they [...]
By Ron Thompson Is the National League Central Division the strongest in major league baseball? No one would have thought so entering the season, but as May turned to June it was the only division with four teams above .500, and the fourth place team was the one which had been the consensus choice of [...]
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By Bill Begley David Ortiz hit a home run this week. First one in a 150 at-bat power outage on his part stretching back to last season. There was great celebration among the Red Sox Nation – “Big Papi” was back! Eh … not so much. The Boston bopper promptly went back into the tank, [...]
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By James Bailey What Jake Fox is doing in the Triple-A Pacific Coast League this year is astounding for anyone at any level. Through 33 games he’s batting .426 with 13 doubles, 16 homers and 46 RBIs. His slugging percentage (.959) would be a great OPS, but then add in his .510 on-base percentage and [...]
