Thought I'd get these out there before we get into the season. The only change from my MLB Preview is that I've swapped the Angels and Mariners due to the injuries to Kelvim Escobar and John Lackey. In all honestly, I want to pick the Dodgers for the NL Wild Card over the Phillies, but I've always said once the Phillies make it over the hump and make the playoffs, I'll have a lot more faith they can make it again, so I'm going to stick with that. NL East New York Mets Philadelphia … [Read more...]
Stop Me When You’ve Heard This Before…
March 31, 2008 By 2 Comments
I know it's just Opening Day, and it only counts for one game - but the Phillies inability to play decent baseball out of the chute EVERY year drives me absolutely crazy. The last 2 years, they have started off 1-6 and spent much of the start of the season just scratching to get back to .500. Hence, the team is always playing catch-up until their yearly August/September surge. Since 1995, they have only ONCE started the first 4 games at or better than 3-1. Here are their starts since … [Read more...]
2008 MLB Preview: Top of the NL East
March 30, 2008 By 26 Comments
Explanation of ratings system and other team previews here I decided to change it up a little bit for the last 3 teams of MLB Preview - The Mets, Braves and Phillies. Since this is a Philly blog, people are most interested in how these 3 teams stack up in what should be one of the closest division races in baseball. What I'm going to do is rank their players, not by position, but by "best hitter vs. best hitter," "2nd best hitter vs. 2nd best hitter," etc... Then, at the end, I plan to come … [Read more...]
Post Birthday Sports Blogging
March 27, 2008 By 7 Comments
Finally! Back sports blogging again. I have been caught up in March Madness, then Easter came, and Monday was my birthday which I planned on posting then. But I got this new laptop, and after 45 minutes on the phone with Dell support yesterday I finally got it working right after 3 days of frustration. A lot has happened since my last post and much more to come. So lets get right into it. The 76ers are two games above .500, the 6th seed in the Eastern conference, only a half game behind … [Read more...]
2008 MLB Preview: Florida Marlins
March 27, 2008 By 2 Comments
Explanation of ratings system and other team previews here FLORIDA MARLINS Ranks Overall – 67 points (27th MLB, 16th NL) Starting Rotation – 23 points (25th MLB, 14th NL) Line-Up – 30 points (24th MLB, 13th NL) Bench/Bullpen/Defense – 14 points (T-22nd MLB, T-13th NL) Offseason Additions – Cameron Maybin, Andrew Miller, Mark Hendrickson, Offseason Subtractions – Dontrelle Willis, Miguel Cabrera, Armando Benitez Biggest Strength- Hanley Ramirez The Red Sox won the World … [Read more...]
Notre Dame’s Occasional Recruiting Disadvantage
March 27, 2008 By 2 Comments
This recruit, Kenneth Page, was down to Clemson, Notre Dame and UNC. Who did he choose? Well - I'm guessing whoever gave him that $10,000 cash (hint: It wasn't Notre Dame) … [Read more...]
2008 MLB Preview: Washington Nationals
March 26, 2008 By 2 Comments
Explanation of ratings system and other team previews here WASHINGTON NATIONALS Ranks Overall – 69 points (24th MLB, 14nd NL) Starting Rotation – 21 points (29th MLB, 16th NL) Line-Up – 31 points (22nd MLB, 12th NL) Bench/Bullpen/Defense – 17 points (T-3rd MLB, T-1st NL) Offseason Additions – Aaron Boone, Tyler Clippard, Johnny Estrada, Paul LoDuca, Rob Mackowiak, Lastings Milledge, Elijah Dukes Offseason Subtractions – Tony Batista, Ryan Church, Nook Logan, Brian … [Read more...]
2008 MLB Preview: Arizona Diamondbacks
March 25, 2008 By 2 Comments
Explanation of ratings system and other team previews here ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS Ranks Overall – 82 points (7th MLB, 2nd NL) Starting Rotation – 33 points (4th MLB, 1st NL) Line-Up – 33 points (12th MLB, 7th NL) Bench/Bullpen/Defense – 16 points (T-5th MLB, T-3rd NL) Offseason Additions – Dan Haren, Chad Qualls, Billy Buckner (seriously) Offseason Subtractions – Tony Clark, Livan Hernandez, Carlos Quentin, Jose Valverde Biggest Strength- Brandon Webb and Dan Haren In Webb … [Read more...]
2008 MLB Preview: Los Angeles Dodgers
March 24, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Explanation of ratings system and other team previews here LOS ANGELES DODGERS Ranks Overall – 79 points (14th MLB, 7th NL) Starting Rotation – 32 points (10th MLB, 5th NL) Line-Up – 32 points (16th MLB, 10th NL) Bench/Bullpen/Defense – 15 points (T-11th MLB, T-7th NL) Offseason Additions – Andruw Jones, Hiroki Kuroda Offseason Subtractions – Mark Hendrickson, Randy Wolf, Luis Gonzalez Biggest Strength- Bullpen Joe Torre will have to get used to a lot of things moving from … [Read more...]
2008 MLB Preview: Colorado Rockies
March 23, 2008 By 1 Comment
Explanation of ratings system and other team previews here COLORADO ROCKIES Ranks Overall – 82 points (9th MLB, 3rd NL) Starting Rotation – 31 points (12th MLB, 7th NL) Line-Up – 36 points (6th MLB, 3rd NL) Bench/Bullpen/Defense – 15 points (T-11th MLB, T-7th NL) Offseason Additions – Luis Viscaino, Josh Towers, Kip Wells Offseason Subtractions – Kaz Matsui, Jeremy Affeldt, LaTroy Hawkins Biggest Strength- Line-Up The Rockies have never had any trouble scoring runs, but … [Read more...]
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