The Baseball Index: Quarter Mark Awards: American And National League MVP
The baseball season is amazing at its quarter point and it’s time to hand out some awards. Let’s start at looking who has been the MVP of the American and National League.
American League
Candidates: Adam Jones, [...]
The Sports Bank.net: Kerry Wood’s final Cubs, MLB moments
Kerry Wood retired from MLB today. He ended his career with the same team he begun with, the Chicago Cubs. He also had some time with the Cleveland Indians and New York Yankees. Wood set a single game strikeouts record, had some big postseason moments in 2003, suffered major injuries due to aggravating motions in [...]
A swarm of bees briefly took over Coors Field
A swarm of bees briefly stopped this afternoon’s game between the Rockies and the Diamondbacks. Play was halted for about four minutes when the bees chased Diamondbacks first base coach Eric Young, Sr. away from his position. The game has resumed and a bee keeper is apparently on the way.
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Footbasket: Fantasy Baseball: Week 7 Waiver Wire Pickups: Pitchers
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Entering week 7, we can’t help but witness the injuries beginning to mount among starters like Danny Duffy, Cory Luebke, Daniel Hudson and relievers such as Sergio Santos, Houston Street and Carlos [...]
C.J. Wilson Predicts Josh Hamilton Will Break Barry Bonds’ Home Run Record
The Texas Rangers have arguably the best batting lineup in all of baseball. With the word “arguably” in that statement, it can’t be argued by any respectable baseball mind. Former Rangers pitcher C.J. Wilson played against his old team for the first time over the weekend and had some kind words to say about his [...]
Footbasket: FANTASY BASEBALL: Week 6 Waiver Wire Pickups
After a week that has seen a perfect game and Albert Pujols’ first home run of the season, we enter into week six with three types of recommendations; a couple of starting pitchers that have re-invented themselves, a new one that is off to an amazing start, a probable new closer on the horizon, and a true baseball icon. [...]
Yu Darvish to Face C.J. Wilson Head-to-Head in Texas Rangers-Los Angeles Angels Series
It’s finally here; the Texas Rangers host the Los Angeles Angels this weekend at the Ballpark in Arlington for a three-game series that’s sold out. The best part is the first game on Friday, in which Rangers rookie phenom Yu Darvish will take the mound to face the man he replaced in Texas – new [...]
Boston Red Sox Looking to Trade Kevin Youkilis?
The Boston Red Sox are struggling this season and if things continue on this path, they may be in a situation where they have to shed salary as the season goes on. One of those trade chips could be long-time third baseman Kevin Youkilis.
Will Youkilis injured, prospected Will Middlebrooks [...]
The Sports Bank.net: Too early to give up on the Milwaukee Brewers making the playoffs
Just a mere seven months ago, the Milwaukee Brewers were the 2011 National League Central Champions and a serious contender for a trip to the World Series. Now, twenty seven games into the 2012 regular season and the Brewers (12-15 record) couldn’t look any further from that team who broke numerous franchise records and captured [...]
Cries from the Crowd: David Robertson could be the savior for the Yankees bullpen
When Mariano Rivera first came up through the minor league system and joined the Yankees, he started as a setup man for John Wetland. With Mariano getting older, the Yankees have tried to take the same philosophy several times. It hasn’t worked out for Joba Chamberlain or Rafael Soriano. When Mariano Rivera went down yesterday [...]
