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Red Sox vow to lock up Gonzalez, but how much will it take?
Posted on February 25, 2011 | 1 CommentSpring is in the air, meaning baseball is on the horizon: the best sport there is and will ever be. Players are reporting to camp and rosters are all but set. Many teams have improved this offseason, including bottom-dwellers such as the Pittsburgh Pirates. The... -
Pujols wants to be a Cardinal for life, so why isn’t he?
Posted on February 18, 2011 | 5 CommentsThe imposed deadline came and went for the St. Louis Cardinals to sign the best player on the planet, Albert Pujols, to a contract-extension. He now enters the final year of his deal and will be a free-agent at season’s end. A bidding war will... -
Cardinals have no choice but to show Pujols the money
Posted on February 9, 2011 | 1 CommentContract negotiations in baseball have collectively become the most memorable scene from Jerry Maguire, when Cuba Gooding Jr.’s character, Rod Tidwell, emphatically and hilariously told Tom Cruise’s character, Jerry Maguire, to “show me the money.” Rarely will athletes take pay cuts. Since baseball appears to... -
Is Andy Pettitte a Hall of Famer? No
Posted on February 7, 2011 | 3 CommentsAndy Pettitte, who announced his retirement from baseball on Friday, pitched 15 seasons in the major leagues for the New York Yankees and Houston Astros. With New York, stints spread from 1995-2003 and 2007-2010, he won five World Series Championships. He has 19 postseason wins,... -
Treating 2011 like 2003: rich Yankees forced to be thrifty, get confused
Posted on February 1, 2011 | 3 CommentsIn 2003, Mark Prior won 18 games with the Chicago Cubs. That same year, Freddy Garcia won 12 games for the Seattle Mariners while Bartolo Colon won 15 for the Chicago White Sox.Andruw Jones was also in his prime, smacking 36 homers and driving in 116 runs for... -
If stars can bounce back from injury, Red Sox should be lethal in 2011
Posted on January 30, 2011 | 1 CommentOn paper, the Boston Red Sox have the best and most complete team in the American League. To back up such a declaration, however, many of their prime talents must bounce back from a slew of injuries. Last season, the team was held back as... -
Blast from the past: Ramirez, Damon together again, this time with Rays
Posted on January 24, 2011 | 2 CommentsI knew the Tampa Bay Rays were interested in both Manny Ramirez andJohnny Damon, but I was stunned upon learning that the team signed the duo for a combined $7.25 million. Ramirez, 38, played with Damon, 37, on the Boston Red Sox from 2002-2005. Now the... -
Andruw Jones looking to revitalize career with Yankees
Posted on January 22, 2011 | 1 CommentPitchers and catchers report in 23 days and, to be expected, the pickings on the free-agent market are slim. The biggest news in the past few weeks has been reliever Rafael Soriano signing with the New York Yankees. The 31-year-old who previously closed for the... -
Cubs busy, but will have tough time contending in stacked NL Central
Posted on January 19, 2011 | No CommentsThe Chicago Cubs have not won a World Series since 1908, a painful 102 years ago. Their fans have thought ‘this will be the year’ year after year and their front office has been aggressive enough through free agency and trades in recent offseasons to... -
Some MLB teams are cautious with young arms, but why?
Posted on January 13, 2011 | 1 CommentPerusing the internet as I do, I came across the latest piece by Sports Illustrated‘s Tom Verducci, which was a very interesting read. The best-selling author discussed young pitchers in the major leagues, and claimed many have been overworked by their teams. The game of baseball has changed...