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Evaluating WAAS, WAR As HOF Measuring Sticks
The results of this year’s Hall of Fame voting and with them a renewed debate about what actually makes a worthy candidate. This debate has been around for decades, before the question of steroids arose, and has more to do with voting on “very good players,” you know, the guys who are at the top of the league but not necessarily among the best ever. A wide range of opinions exists as to who should be enshrined in the hall. I personally am in the camp that says that only the best of
Let's face it. Ryan Braun avoided the fifty game penalty he deserved for violating MLB's drug policy, on a technicality. As we all know, in legal situations, the technicalities usually determine the outcome of the case. Of course, the technicality that Braun's skillful attorneys...
His 50-game suspension and months of anxiety lifted from his shoulders, Ryan Braun carried only an equipment bag containing his bat and glove.
No speeches or suspicions on this day.
Braun took batting practice, shagged fly balls in the outfield and ran the bases like a little kid, relishing every...
Ryan Zimmerman had previously set a Saturday, February 25th deadline for contract extension negotiations between himself and the Washington Nationals to avoid his contract situation being a distraction this season. Saturday, with the deal in its final phases, Zimmerman extended the...
ARIZONA & FLORIDA - Spring training games are about to break out all over Arizona and Florida. How predictable are spring won-loss records to regular season records?
Looking back to 2010, the eventual World Series Champion San Francisco Giants had the 3rd best record out of 15...
I was making my usual daily visit to Mets Blog and saw something that caught my eye. It appears that David Wright has decided to let the Mets front office come to him in regards to a new contract. Here’s what Mets Blog says he said;
This afternoon at Digital Domain Park, David Wright...
FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) – There will be no drinking in the Boston Red Sox clubhouse this season.
The team will ban alcohol in the clubhouse and on the last plane flight of road trips, new manager Bobby Valentine announced on Saturday.
The move comes in the wake of last season’s September collapse in...
Be sure to enter the 2012 Fantasy Baseball Team Name Contest. We already looked at the LestersLegends’ top 25 outfielders for 2012, but there are plenty of solid options out there..Power Options Desmond Jennings, Tampa Bay Rays: Jennings is a combo guy. In 63 games he hit 10 HRs and stole 20...
Mets left-hander Johan Santana took another big step forward on Sunday afternoon in Mets camp, throwing 72 pitches from a mound without feeling any sort of pain or discomfort in the shoulder that he had surgically repaired back in September of 2010.
According to ESPN New York’s Adam Rubin, Santana...
BY DAN FLAHERTY
Last year a prominent American League East team went into spring training answering questions about who would be their fourth and fifth starters. That team came out of the season as AL East champs. Unfortunately it was the New York Yankees, but with the Boston Red Sox facing similar...
Jonathan Papelbon will soon wield the hammer after the aces work their magic for the Philadelphia Phillies. If you are second best, do you reach the peak after the top dog jogs in from the ‘pen for the final time? And what can be expected from the other 6 arms in the relief corps?
WELCOME,...
PHOENIX (AP) — Manny Ramirez arrived at the Oakland Athletics training facility Friday to begin his return to baseball and said he was intent on demonstrating “I can still play.”
The A’s are hoping he can return to the level that made him one of the most feared hitters in baseball. Ramirez got off...
No one expects much from the Mets, but the reports of them being a 100-loss team are, in my opinion, greatly exaggerated. Vegas has their over/under at 74.5. I have also seen 70.5 as the number. I believe their offense and bullpen gives them a decent shot at about 75-77 wins, and that...
This edition of the Phil Naessens Show is dedicated to the 2012 Kansas City Royals. Please join me and Mr. Josh Duggan as we highlight the Royals!
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Clayton Kershaw won the Cy Young last year and completely dominated the NL West while leading the league in ERA, wins, strikeouts, WHIP, and hits/9. He threw 230 innings and gave up only 174 hits. He was really quite unbelievable in that we all knew he was good, but not this good....
BY DAN FLAHERTY
To say new Boston Red Sox manager Bobby Valentine is a little different than Terry Francona is to say that Rex Ryan has a somewhat different media approach than Bill Belichick. Well, perhaps, the Valentine-Francona gap isn’t that large, but it is something...
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