In most cases when you win the Most Valuable Player award in the World Series one season you are expected to perform and perform well the next. The previous 10 winners include all-stars Mike Lowell, David Eckstein, Jermaine Dye, Manny Ramirez, Josh Beckett, Troy Glaus, Curt Shilling, Randy Johnson, Derek Jeter, and Mariano Rivera all [...]
In the history of Major League Baseball there have been only 23 players have hit for 40 or more doubles and 40 or more home runs in the same season, a feat that has been accomplished only 32 times. This past season Albert Pujols joins Lou Gehrig as the only two players to accomplish this [...]
Growing up watching Barry Larkin play I can remember his entire 19 year career with the Reds include 12 all star appearances, 3 gold gloves, a career .295/.371/.444, and 397 steals with only 77 caught stealing for an impressive 84% steal percentage. He would retire with 9 silver slugger awards, 441 doubles and 198 home [...]
After listening to Howard Eskine argue with Ike Reese quite adamantly during today’s broadcast that Ryan Howard could improve his offensive numbers if he were to “choke up” with two strikes, I decided to research the issue. How could someone that has averaged 100+ runs, 25+ doubles, 51 home runs 144 rbi’s, and 100 walks over [...]
Chicks dig the long ball. It has been instilled in our heads since I can remember. Truthfully, I never fully believed it in because the closest I ever came to a home run in little league was when my best friend parked a lob ball over the left field fence right where I was sitting. [...]
When a former major league ball player give a complement about another player people listen, especially when it pertains to a player at his same position. Anybody that follows baseball knows that Joe Morgan thinks very highly of himself, and rightfully so as he is regarded by many as the best ever.
There have been eight players in the history of baseball that have had 5 consecutive seasons with 40 or more home runs. There have been 3 with 6 or more, Babe Ruth being the only with no ties to performance enhancing drugs. The other two, Alex Rodriguez and Sammy Sosa, achieved this for 6 consecutive [...]
Abreu talks power surgeUploaded by FOX_Sports_Interactive. – Discover the latest sports and extreme videos. There are only 50 players in major league history with 500 or more doubles, Bobby Abreu currently has 475. There are only 20 players in the history of baseball in the 250/250 club, Abreu being one. There have been fifty two [...]
Jason Werth – Stealing His Way to History – 05-12-09 – A funny movie is a click away I am not knocking Jimmy Rollins as a player. Frankly I do not care if he hits 200 for the rest of his career as long as he maintains his career fielding percentage of .983, which would [...]
It came as quite a surprise when Twins manager Ron Gardenhire announced that his opening day starting outfield could consist of Michael Cuddyer in right field, Carlos Gomez in center field, and Denard Span in left field. Surely, he must have forgotten about Delman Young. Surely he knows that professtional hitters are commonplace in the [...]
ARod Vs. Manny! Who more valuable to their team…tell us!! – Watch more Funny Videos Not that I agree that either one of these players are worth the type of money each has received throughout their career, I did want to decide which of the two deserves more money this upcoming 2009 season. I will [...]
Phillies General Manager Ruben Amaro must have been listening to Beyonce’s “Let me Upgrade You” when he finally decided to make the first big move in the off-season picking up Raul Ibanez from the Seattle Mariners. The Philliess could not have found a better fit for the five hole spot. Batting behind cleanup, Ibanez has [...]
