Category: Baseball

Instincts are instincts even when you’re not on the field. He probably saved the reporter a trip to the emergency room, maybe even more. …

James Earl Jones’ great baseball speech still sends chills through me. Play ball!

The Boise Hawks could be considering moving their stadium to Meridian according to the Statesman.

I’ve been to some Hawks games, and love it when I get a chance to go. I went four times in 2008, but didn’t ge …

And now a Baseball break.

Was reading ESPN’s coverage of Eri Yoshida training with Tim Wakefield of the Boston Red Sox. Yoshida is a female Japanese pitcher, who is playing with the Arizona Winter league. She got some tutoring on …

I’m going to make my predictions for the first round of the playoffs. My best guess for the World Series at this point is the Cardinals-Yankees, but I think there’s plenty of room to be wrong, particularly in the NL.

ALDS:

Twins …

I saw Mariano Rivera end the all-star game with a perfect inning of relief. His career all-star game stats: 8 IP, 5 Hits allowed, 4 SO, 0 BB, and 4 Saves, an all-star game record.

The game led me to think …

Baseball’s Hall of Fame Ballots are out. If I had a ballot, here’s who I’d vote for:

1) Rickey Henderson

Is there any doubt? The man has 1406 Stolen Bases or 468 more than the previous record holder. 3055 Hits, a former …

Let me give a belated tip of the cap to the great Greg Maddux, who will easily enter Cooperstown when he’s eligible. He announced his retirement with 355 wins, 8th most of all times. Maddux is the type of pitcher we’ll …

The Rockies trade Matt Holliday to the A’s. Why do I have a feeling it’s going to be a long time before the Rockies play another post-season game?

Briefly, let’s admit that if either the Rays or the Phillies win, it’s a great story. The Phillies haven’t won the World Series in 28 years. The Rays never have.

That said, I think this Phillies Line-up is going to be …