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It’s Time For Realignment in Baseball

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Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig and the owners must look at divisional realignment in order to provide more fairness in the league. The NFL should be the model for all professional team sports. It has had unparalleled success over the last decade despite the tumultuous domestic economy. A good deal of that is because parity is most prevalent in Roger Goodell’s … [Read more...] about It’s Time For Realignment in Baseball

Brett Myers Staying Put: Non-Houston MLB Media Breathe sigh of Relief

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Although this incident with Major League pitcher Brett Myers occurred over three years ago, I haven't forgotten it. It's probably the most abrasive, confrontational and childish athlete-reporter exchange I've ever heard. Or put another way, it's the most extreme jackass-jock-condescending-to-journalist example ever imagined. And the thought of ever experiencing anything even … [Read more...] about Brett Myers Staying Put: Non-Houston MLB Media Breathe sigh of Relief

Policing Baseball: Macha Gets Wish, Venters Suspended

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Milwaukee Brewers Manager Ken Macha is really angry.  Finally.  And Major League Baseball did something about it Monday afternoon. After Braves’ Jonny Venters threw a breaking ball over Prince Fielder’s head Saturday, he drilled Prince in the back, hard. Fielder had hit a game-tying homer in his previous at-bat. That puts the Prince at 14 plunks this season, third in all of … [Read more...] about Policing Baseball: Macha Gets Wish, Venters Suspended

How Many Milwaukee Brewers are All-Stars?

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Besides Ryan Braun, who on the Milwaukee Brewers team is All-Star material this year?  Is Yovani Gallardo deserving of a pitching spot?  Does Corey Hart have a chance?  What would it mean for the man whose rough March and April has all but been forgotten? “Anytime you make the team it’s good, but to basically just point a finger at the Brewers and say ‘I told you so’ would … [Read more...] about How Many Milwaukee Brewers are All-Stars?

Oakland fading out of the AL West picture

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The Oakland Athletics started this month right near the top of the AL West race. It was thought that the “Moneyball” franchise could actually be adding pieces as the trading deadline approached in 2010. But instead, they now find themselves in free-fall. The A's lost for the tenth time in 12 games Wednesday night, and fell to a season-low six games under .500. They now trail … [Read more...] about Oakland fading out of the AL West picture

Cubs GM Jim Hendry Believes they’re still in it

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"It could be a lot worse. Like I said, if you could just reel off a few good weeks, you could find yourself in the middle of July under five games behind and then it's back to 'game on' again," Chicago Cubs General Manager Jim Hendry told the media before Wednesday night's 6-2 win over the visiting Oakland Athletics. "It's just time to do it. We need a couple good weeks, and … [Read more...] about Cubs GM Jim Hendry Believes they’re still in it

Jim Joyce Steals MLB History From Armando Galarraga, Tigers and Fans

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Maybe it was never meant to be. It's all about destiny in terms of a perfect game. So maybe, for Armando Galarraga, destiny was not in his cards on June 2nd, 2010. Still, it was a pretty terrible call and that's probably an understatement. Umpire Jim Joyce inserted himself squarely and firmly into the debates of an umpire's role in a game and about whether or not Major … [Read more...] about Jim Joyce Steals MLB History From Armando Galarraga, Tigers and Fans