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The Tigers kick off their regular season today in New York against the Yankees at around 1 pm.  This should be a fun pitching matchup with Justin Verlander going up against CC Sabathia.  I’ll be in the car during most of the game so I’ll …

2011 WASHINGTON NATIONALS PREVIEW Prediction: 5th in the NL East Team Strengths: Exciting infield, led by team mvp, 3B Ryan Zimmerman… Very good bullpen, led by 7th and 8th inning tandem of RH Tyler Clippard and LH Sean Burnett… Corner OF s…

2011 FLORIDA MARLINS PREVIEW Prediction: 4th in the NL East Team Strengths: Superstar SS Hanley Ramirez is one of the elite talents in the game… Ace RH Josh Johnson… Exciting young talent all over the field, hi-lighted by OFs Mike Stanton a…

LF Jason Bay will open the 2011 season on the 14 day disabled list with a intercostal strain in his left rib cage.  Lucas Duda will get  most of the work in left with Willie Harris occasionally filling in. The Mets plan to back date the DL stint to l…

2011 Season Predictions MVPs AL: New York Yankees 3B Alex Rodriquez NL: St Louis Cardinals 1B Albert Pujols CY Young AL: Boston Red Sox LH Jon Lester NL: Philadelphia Phillies RH Roy Halladay Rookie of the Year AL: Chicago White Sox LHP Chris Sale NL: …

2011 Season Predictions MVPs AL: New York Yankees 3B Alex Rodriquez NL:  St Louis Cardinals 1B Albert Pujols CY Young AL: Boston Red Sox LH Jon Lester NL: Philadelphia Phillies RH Roy Halladay Rookie of the Year AL: Chicago White Sox LHP Chris Sale NL…

2011 Season Picks MVPs AL: New York Yankees 3B Alex Rodriquez NL: St Louis Cardinals 1B Albert Pujols CY Young AL: Boston Red Sox LH Jon Lester NL: Philadelphia Phillies RH Roy Halladay Rookie of the Year AL: Chicago White Sox LHP Chris Sale NL: Atlant…

2011 Philadelphia Phillies season preview Prediction: 2nd in the NL East(Wild Card winner) Team strengths: Incredible rotation, led by two true #1 starters in RH Roy Halladay and LH Cliff Lee…. Winning culture and environment…. Vastly under…

An MRI on the right shoulder of Philadelphia Phillies closer Brad Lidge Tuesday revealed right rotator cuff strain. The injury does not require surgery but he cannot throw for 3 weeks. If the rehab goes well, Lidge could return by the end of May. The c…

MVPs AL: New York Yankees 3B Alex Rodriquez NL: St Louis Cardinals 1B Albert Pujols CY YOUNG AL: Boston Red Sox LH Jon Lester NL: Philadelphia Phillies RH Roy Halladay ROOKIE OF THE YEAR AL: Chicago White Sox LHP Chris Sale NL: Atlanta Braves 1B Freddi…

2011 NEW YORK METS PREVIEW Prediction:  3rd in the NL East Strengths: Potentially strong lineup with speed and power….. Elite 3B David Wright…. Team plays well at Citi Field….New Management team has made wise moves, hi-lighted by th…

MVP AL: New York Yankees 3B Alex Rodriquez NL: St Louis Cardinals 1B Albert Pujols   CY YOUNG AL: Boston Red Sox LH Jon Lester NL: Philadelphia Phillies RH Roy Halladay   ROOKIE OF THE YEAR AL: Chicago White Sox LHP Chris Sale NL: Atlanta Bra…

ATLANTA BRAVES 2011 SEASON PREVIEW Prediction: 1st in NL East Team strengths: Balanced team with solid rotation and line-up as well as a good blend of youth and experience… Elite C in Brian McCann…. Excellent young talent in 2010 Rookie of …

PHOENIX– On a day of the long ball, the Milwaukee Brewers just  barely edged out the San Diego Padres who fell a run short losing 5-4 Monday afternoon.  Both starters allowed first inning solo homeruns, one from Padre Will Venable, the other fr…

SCOTTSDALE—Trailing by two runs going into the ninth, the Rangers mustered a four run rally off Arizona reliever Juan Gutierrez who only lasted 1/3 inning, earning the loss for the Diamondbacks.  Aside from Gutierrez’s ninth inning struggle, Arizo…

PEORIA– A close game throughout the entire afternoon, the Seattle Mariners rallied for two runs in the bottom of the ninth to escape with a win over the Colorado Rockies Monday.  Both starting pitchers got roughed up for most of the day despite …

GLENDALE– Fausto Carmona, the Cleveland Indians projected Opening Day starting pitcher, performed great in his last game as the regular season draws nearer.  Los Angeles was just outdueled from the start as the Indians bullpen continued the Dodg…

If the games didn’t matter before, they really don’t matter now as only one spring game separates the spring season from the regular season.   The biggest concern was Max Scherzer was pummeled by the Orioles.  It looks like Leyland left …

The home opener for the 1961 Yankees was April 11 so be sure to check back to this site on that day.  Just in looking at the schedule, it’s interesting that the Yankees had three doubleheaders in the month of April.  You don’t see that mu…

Ticket strips to the 2011 All Star Game go on sale today.  You get a lot for your strip because it includes a ticket to each event over the weekend including the Home Run Derby and the actual game.  You also get two tickets to FanFest. Of course if y…

We’re less then a week away from the Rangers defense of their AL crown and in the meantime, we have some spring games to wrap up.  Yesterday, they needed ten innings but they got it done in a 5-4 win over the Mariners.  Colby Lewis threw five i…

The good news is, the Brewers got six solid frames from Marco Estrada.  The bad news is, it wasn’t enough because Mark Buerhle outdueled him in the 2-1 loss to the White Sox.  Estrada gave up two runs on seven hits and a walk with four strikeou…

The Mariners lost to the Rangers 5-4 and Scott Patterson gave up the losing run in the ninth inning.  Luke French got the start and he had a subpar outing.  He gave up three runs on nine hits and a walk without a strikeout in five innings.  Jamey Wr…

The Pirates won their eleventh game of the spring with a ninth inning rally.  Paul Maholm got the start and while he lasted five innings, he gave up three runs. He gave up five hits and a walk and he struck out five.  Joel Hanrahan threw two shutout …

The Tigers made their final cuts and at least for opening day, the team is set.  The Tigers kick things off Thursday afternoon against the Yankees and while I made some predictions in my Hardball Times preview, here I’m going to make some more s…

Speedy CF Nyjer Morgan was traded to the Milwaukee Brewers for a prospect(Cutter Dykstra, son of ex ML all star Lenny Dykstra) and 50K cash  by the Washington Nationals Sunday(March 27th). This move clears the way for pure tool talent Rick Ankiel( a…

Never a dull moment with the New York Mets and this week several news items to report. 1- Perez waived: The Mets finally released LHP Oliver Perez on March 21 with a year and 12 million dollars remaining on his 3 year/36 million dollar deal signed afte…

Royals outfielder, Lorenzo Cain, was optioned to Triple-A earlier today so he could be in the lineup every day. He was competing for a fifth outfielder spot, but manager, Ned Yost, didn’t want him sitting on the bench all the time. “He has the abil…

White Sox catcher, AJ Pierzynski, leaped up in celebration after the last out in the Chi Sox 7-3 victory over the Diamondbacks. The White Sox, previous to that game were 0-12 with a tie when Pierzynski was behind the plate. Although the White Sox were …

Twins second baseman Nishioka’s 13-game hitting streak was brought to an end yesterday after going 0 for 3 against Daisuke Matsuzaka. Yesterday was the first time the two faced each other since 2006 when both played in the Nippon Professional Basebal…