Baseball Historians

We’re about a month into the voting and there are some interesting trends already.  Buster Posey has a nice lead in the National League at catcher but he’s now out for the season so that opens things up for two other guys, Brian McCann and…

I know 14-12 isn’t horrible, but playing above .500 ball for a team that eventually won 109 games is interesting.  That was the 1961 Yankees record in the month of May and when you put it together with their okay April, they sat 23-17.  That wa…

We’re knocking on June’s door and the Pirates, while not sitting pretty, aren’t sitting all that bad either.  They’re a decent winning streak away from .500 but they’re only three losses back of the second place Brewers.Â…

April was a bad month but the Red Sox really turned things around in May.  So much so, that they now tied with the Yankees in first place in the AL East.  It’s been quite the turn around but there’s still four months left to play.  Jo…

The Twins can’t seem to catch a break.  They came from behind against the Tigers today and then blew a two run lead late in the game.  And then there was also the news that Francisco Liriano was put on the disabled list.  When it rains, it pou…

Memorial Day was a good one for Tigers fans at they took on their not quite so arch-nemisis, the Minnesota Twins, in some afternoon action.  This was definitely a back and forth game.  The Tigers jumped to an early 3-0 lead, went down 5-3, then came …

HOUSTON — Houston we have a problem?  Not in Phoenix. Manager Kirk Gibson of the Arizona Diamondbacks seems to be pushing all the right buttons lately for his team who now have over taken sole-possession of first in the NL West.  After some str…

DENVER — After a blow out victory of the St. Louis Cardinals Saturday, the Colorado Rockies came back to the park with the same aggression they have been showing the entire month of May.  Those fifteen-runs translated into three-runs for Colorad…

According to an Associated Press article on ESPN, (http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=6605589), Buster Posey is out for the season after surgery was needed to repair three ligaments in his ankle.  This is devastating for the Giants organizati…

One of the more productive weeks of the 2011 campaign for the 4 time defending NL East champion Philadelphia Phillies(33-20 as of May 29th) due to the return of franchise 2B Chase Utley(Knee). Utley, who has been out since spring training, has a homer,…

The 2011 Florida Marlins continue to be one of the top surprises in all of baseball, improving to 30-20 as of May 28th. Pitching wise, this team is carried by solid top 3 in the starting rotation and an excellent bullpen,hi-lighted by closer RH Leo Nun…

The 2011 Atlanta Braves continue to play solid ball(29-24 as of May 28th) led by their elite pitching staff and supported by just enough offense. The team has won 3 extra inning games in the last calendar week(May 21st thru 28th): 5-4 at the Los Angele…

The glaring lack of offense has really stung the 2011 Washington Nationals as the club has lost 8 of 10 and fallen to 22-29 as of May 28th. The pitching staff has battled from game 1, an cleverly conceived rotation with a blend of kids and vets as well…

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Dodgers used a base-loaded ninth-inning to take game one of a three game series over the Florida Marlins. The game was tied at 2-all in the eighth.  Hanley Ramirez walked to lead-off the inning for the Marlins, adva…

Investor and businessman David Einhorn,43,  purchased 33% of the New York Mets this week and has infused the cash strapped club with a reported $200 million, according to numerous reports. A lifelong Mets fan and New Jersey native, Einhorn’s pur…

WASHINGTON — Homerun, homerun, and one more homerun was all the offense that took place Friday night between the San Diego Padres and Washington Nationals, both last in their respective divisions. For two teams that struggle to score runs, it is …

MILWAUKEE — Welcome to Major League Baseball Brandon Crawford! With the San Francisco Giants trailing the Milwaukee Brewers 3-1 entering the seventh inning, the momentum of the game was completely altered by the Giants next four batters.  Aubrey…

The Orioles are 48 games in and they sit at a nice, even 24-24 mark.  Fortunately, the rest of the division has been tight and while that only puts them a half game ahead of the last place Blue Jays, they’re only three games back of the Yankees….

The Cubs are hardly out of it yet, but they’re as close to the last place Astros then they are to the second place and red hot Milwaukee Brewers.  Even worse, they’re tied with the perenial losers, the Pittsburgh Pirates and they needed th…

The past couple of weeks, nobody in the AL West has made a move except for the Mariners and while there are still some tight divisions, none of them has just a 2 1/2 game seperation between first and last place.  The Angels sit at 26-26 and that&#8217…

The good news is, the Yankees are in first place.  The bad news is, they’re tied for first and they’re only 3 1/2 games ahead of the last place Blue Jays.  This is going to be a tough run and while you’ll probably see some of these …

The Mariners continue to hang around with a 24-25 record and that’s in a division where nobody wants to break out.  They did it behind a solid start by Erik Bedard.  He gave up six hits and a walk with four strikeouts in six shutout innings.  …

The Rays fell to 26-23 on the season with their fifth loss in six games after being in first place in the American League Central.  This one was tough because the Rays had a 4-1 lead and the Tigers pummelled Wade Davis and the pen as they dropped this…

PHEONIX — A deranged Minnesota Twins team is just what the doctor ordered for a surging Diamondback team.  After losing five straight games earlier, the Arizona Diamondbacks have followed that by winning eight of their last nine. Minnesota (15-3…

MILWAUKEE — Can Ubaldo Jimenez buy a break?  He has been struggling all season, starting with the blister at the home opener to two-hitting the Milwaukee Brewers in a losing effort and still remains win-less. It was a pitcher’s duel at Miller …

SAN DIEGO — It will only be a matter of time before the 30,000+ fans that show up become frustrated over the Padres lack of offense that PETCO Park will start to look as empty as the Florida Marlins or Oakland Athletics ballpark. San Diego contin…

SAN FRANCISCO — Interleague Play began this weekend with a majority of MLB teams taking on their arch-rivals; the Oakland Athletics visited the San Francisco Giants in a three-game series.  Upon a Giants walk-off single in extras, the Giants wer…

Thanks to a Reds losing streak and some solid baseball, the Cardinals sit atop the NL Central with a 2 1/2 game lead.  This team had some big time question marks once Adam Wainwright went down and with a guy like Chris Carpenter struggling it’s …

The White Sox still sit in fourth place in the American League Central but if second place is an immediate goal, they’re almost there.  They’ve won two straight and seven of their last ten and they now sit at 22-26.  Not impressive, but t…

After a five game winning streak, the Reds have now lost five in a row.  Unfortunately things aren’t looking up because next up is a series against the Philadelphia Phillies.  The good news is, the Reds still sit in second place and they’…